Major Rathbone's accomodation in Hannover

[My Name Is Kate]

If the link in post #76 shows an accurate depiction of the setting, I don't know how Rathbone could have failed to see Booth enter the box.

It seems Rathbone should have been committed a long time before he did his deed. I recall reading somewhere that, to the end, Rathbone was a "distinguished-looking gentleman". I wonder if that wasn't part of the reason he wasn't, whereas Mary Lincoln, who committed no crime but was involuntarily put away, was overweight and not very good-looking (IMO), and had a personality that rubbed alot of people the wrong way.