Tarbell on Otto Eisenschiml

[L Verge]

First, Rob - thank you for that revealing set of correspondence. It's nice to read that the old guard was saying the same things about Eisenschiml before I was even born. I still have to deal with his books on a regular basis from visitors to Surratt House. Even the chairman of the committee that saved the house from destruction in the 1960s believed the Eisenschiml thesis!

As for Booth being the linchpin behind such a huge conspiracy that spread from Richmond to the Midwest, Northeast, and Canada, I just cannot fathom anything that widespread being kept a secret. It's sort of like a committee - the larger the committee, the less it accomplishes.