Robert Todd Lincoln --The vitals

[RJNorton]

(01-16-2018 06:16 PM)kerry Wrote:  Thanks for pointing out the Graves letter, Roger. Graves gave a few versions of the story, one of which is much more easy to digest (they were imitating a recent circus, trying to make the animals stand up with a rope, instead of trying to hang them). I haven't figured out what his response was, but here is Ida Tarbell's letter asking for a clarification:

https://dspace.allegheny.edu/handle/10456/28991

Thanks, Kerry. Indeed there seems to be many different versions. They range from (1) only one dog was involved and his/her rear legs were never raised off the ground, and no cats were involved; (2) several dogs were actually hanged, and Abraham Lincoln was (incorrectly) told two were dead, plus the boys had also rounded up cats.