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RE: Tarbell on Otto Eisenschiml
I think it's important to remember that had Balsiger and Sellier not come out with the movie and book of The Lincoln Conspiracies during the Watergate era, it's likely that Eisenschiml's theory was well on its way to a quiet death. Most people at the time were willing to believe just about anything of the government, and so it became possible to accept that high government officials could be capable of such actions.
There's an interesting book written by Michael Shermer called Why People Believe Weird Things which attempts to uncover why silly things seem to gain traction while more reasonable explanations don't. It's the old saying "If you see hoof prints, don't think zebras."
Best
Rob
Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.--Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent.
--Carl Sandburg
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Tarbell on Otto Eisenschiml
