Barbee Papers

[Laurie Verge]

From what I have been told, Col. Raymond, Margaret Bearden, and Otto Eisenschiml were the triumvirate of Lincoln assassination studies pre-1960. I have also been told that the Colonel could only write a novel because his facts were so wrong. I knew Mrs. Bearden personally, and while being a very nice lady and a devout supporter of Mary Surratt, her materials were more of a collection of things than research-oriented. I'll leave you to guess what I think of most of Mr. Eisenschiml's work.