Robert Todd Lincoln --The vitals

[kerry]

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