Spangler's Ghost Writer

[John E.]

(10-16-2012 01:59 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Many thanks, John. I did not know Spangler had made these statements.

Ok, I went back and reviewed my copies of Spangler's statements. It looks like he actually wrote these himself. The punctuation is bad again but his spelling is a little better. Perhaps he got some help ?

In one set of papers, it looks as though Ford wrote what Spangler dictated to him. The text is intermingled in different "person" accounts. In some places, Ford writes "I" went with Peanut John and in others he writes "Spangler" went back to the theater...etc.

There is no new information in these documents that isn't public already except for one thing. Spangler acknowledges that while at Ft. Jefferson he was made to wear manacles on his hands and feet as a direct result of Dr. Mudd's escape attempt.

Sam Arnold chose to blame the bindings on the folks in Washington who wished to make a spectacle of the conspirators. He was seriously paranoid.