Didn't Eckert spend some time with Lewis?
Before you feel to sorry for Lewis, read Fanny's Seward's diary of that night at
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/index.cfm?p...&Print=436
A horrific night
(I learned about this from Linda Anderson of this forum, she's the Seward expert)
He was a young man, but he made some poor choices. He grew up in a Christian home and knew better than to do what he did. He hurt a lot of people, and not just the ones he attacked. Mr Seward's wife and daughter Fanny would both be dead within a year of the attack, and they were not even injured that night.