Thomas F. Harney

[SSlater]

Me again. I can't stop thinking about Harney.
When Harney was captured, the skirmish was reported in a local paper, but there is no mention of the capture of Harney. From that I can say - the North didn't know that Harney was a "Bomber".
When Harney was put in Old Capitol Prison, there is no mention of a "Bomber" in their midst. When Harney was moved to Elmira -again no mention of a "Bomber". On July 5, 1865, when Elmira was closed, Harney was released.
I now believe that "Harney as a "Bomber", was not uncovered until Ripley wrote his book in 1905 +/-. Harney spent less than 3 months in jail. THEY DIDN"T KNOW WHO THEY HAD.
If Ripley read the Snyder Statement to Lincoln, and Lincoln's reaction was "I can't think of anyone who would hurt me" and refused additional protection. (until later in April when Conrad was trying to abduct him - the Cavalry Troop.) That statement , by Snyder, was put in the bottom drawer - along with the other threats -that were laughed at, and no one took any more interest.
How much of what Ripley said, to Lincoln, can be proved? (Snyder was not allowed in the room with Lincoln. Later,Ripley might have "improved" on the Statement, when he wrote his book - to make it sell better.
Now we are at the point where we can say that Harney DIDN"T do it, or, at least, nobody cared.