(12-02-2012, 07:40 PM)L Verge Wrote: It's interesting that you should ask about Rathbone, Bill. Maybe someone on this forum knows the answer about the severity of the wound to his arm, but I don't believe that I have ever read any detailed information on what happened to Rathbone that night.
Laurie, I don't have Mallon's book out right now (it's in the mess in the closet), but I think Mallon writes that the wound was really quite serious. I stand corrected on this, but I think Rathbone was bedridden for at least a week or longer and was in a great deal of pain.