Talk:Henry Rathbone

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Untitled[edit]

To 198.30.7.120, thank you for your edit, and contribution to the article. I reverted it only because I felt that the opening statement would contain TMI (too much information) in one shot. The "grappling with Booth and stabbing" are covered in the article itself, and follows the timeline of Rathbone's life. Its inclusion in the opening line makes it also unnecessarily redundant, in so short an article. I hope that upon reading the article again and giving this some thought, you will agree with my reasoning Dr. Dan 05:41, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am interested about this Basil Rathbone connection- but where is the citation? I know it is noted that one is needed. Who wrote "it" in the first place? <Anonymous>

By "it" do you mean the Rathbone allusion, or the citation? Dr. Dan 01:55, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Booth leg injury[edit]

This article reads:

"Although he had broken his leg (fibula) two inches above the ankle jumping on to the stage, Booth successfully escaped ..."

The article on John Wilkes Booth, by contrast, casts doubt on the circumstances of Booth's leg injury: there is some doubt as to whether Booth broke his leg on stage after the jump, or later during his escape when he fell beneath his horse.

Karl gregory jones (talk) 17:40, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at the references on the John_Wilkes_Booth page, I suggest that adding 'perhaps' to the leg break sentence is justified. As ever, happy to be contradicted . . .

Gilgamesh4 (talk) 12:31, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Revising Circumstances Regarding Mental Deterioration[edit]

Using information from episode on Nat Geo: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/the-conspirator-the-plot-to-kill-lincoln-6469/Overview GG The Fly (talk) 00:24, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Major Rathbone in Booth's Wrath was Slashed to the Bone[edit]

I added this... When Rathbone attempted to prevent Booth from fleeing, he received Booth's wrath and was slashed by a large knife to his bone. 73.85.203.49 (talk) 13:33, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Conspiracy Theorists[edit]

The ideas of conspiracy theorists have no place here. I propose we either use a more credible source regarding the alternate perspective on Booth's leg or remove it. Eatmorepies (talk) 18:08, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]