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MaddieM · 09-27-2012, 05:13 PM

(09-24-2012 06:23 PM)L Verge Wrote: OMG, Craig -- I bet Betty and Maddie are both heading for whatever program allows them to create these comical renditions of our favorite assassins!

L Verge · 09-27-2012, 06:15 PM

Ask and ye shall receive...

MaddieM · 09-28-2012, 06:23 AM

(09-27-2012 06:15 PM)L Verge Wrote: Ask and ye shall receive...

I didn't feel I could let you down...

BettyO · 09-28-2012, 06:39 AM

OMG!!!! That's hysterical! Wonder what Lindsey will have to say about that?! Big Grin

LincolnMan · 09-28-2012, 10:57 AM

(09-24-2012 03:50 PM)Laurie Verge Wrote: My great-grandparents knew David Herold, and the story that came down to me was that he was nobody's dummy. He had book smarts and some common sense, but had lacked male guidance -- growing up in a house full of women (mother and seven sisters) with father at work.

The term "trifling" was used on him, but I have always understood that to mean someone without enough incentive to go out and really work for a living. One who prefers to fritter away the day in doing whatever pleased him. The term does not relate to stupidity in my understanding of it.

Laurie: Yes, how books paint Davy as basically an idiot? He had attended college for goodness sake!

Laurie Verge · 09-28-2012, 01:01 PM

Agreed - both the Rittenhouse Academy (very prestigious) and Georgetown College. And he worked as a pharmacist's assistant. Even though his employers testified that they couldn't trust him, it had to take a bit of brains to work in that field. The lack of trust was based more on his behavior than his knowledge.

John Stanton · 09-28-2012, 01:25 PM

I had a good conversation, a long time ago, with Bill Tidwell, when I suggested that Herold was dimwitted. His reply was "He has fooled you too." Further -he said "Herold was acting. He was providing misinformation and trying to convince the Law that he wasn't smart enough to cooperate in an assassination". I have yet to prove Tidwell wrong.

LincolnMan · 09-28-2012, 01:27 PM

That would make Davy very clever, as well!

Laurie Verge · 09-28-2012, 02:31 PM

Mr. Hall said the same thing. When you read the statement given to the authorities shortly after he was returned to D.C. (after days on the run, little rest and relaxation, and harsh interrogation), Davey was very careful in what he said, skirted giving Dr. Mudd's name when asked about where Booth's leg was set, etc.

It has been my contention for almost fifty years that each one of the conspirators was chosen for a particular skill - but also because they were "rag-tag" enough not to attract anyone's attention or let people think that they were actually smart enough to pull off a kidnapping. Also, if you check out their roots, they all came from respectable families. (Yes, even the Atzerodts)

Craig Hipkins · 09-28-2012, 04:31 PM

(09-27-2012 05:13 PM)MaddieM Wrote:
(09-24-2012 06:23 PM)L Verge Wrote: OMG, Craig -- I bet Betty and Maddie are both heading for whatever program allows them to create these comical renditions of our favorite assassins!

Unbelievable!