Talk:George Atzerodt

Conflicting data in articles
This article states "Of the four, he was the quickest to die, breaking his neck on impact." But the article for Mary Surratt states "The conspirators dropped about five or six feet, apparently killing Surratt instantly, although Powell, Herold, and Atzerodt writhed at the end of their ropes for a few minutes", and cites a book published in 1965. So which is it? Perhaps the fact is trivial, but if it is to be included, it should be accurate. One of these articles is wrong. --CPAScott (talk) 15:31, 24 February 2010 (UTC)


 * UPDATE -- Given corroborating citations in the David Herold article that supports that Surratt was killed instantly and Atzerodt did not, I have removed the offending sentence from this article. --CPAScott (talk) 15:32, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

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Who is Rufus?
At the end of this article where it mentions George Atzerodt being portrayed in the T.V. show "Timeless" it states "....he was stopped by Rufus". Who is Rufus? There's no mention of him in this article anywhere else but it reads as if this person had previously been mentioned. From reading other articles about Lincoln's assassination before this one I was familiar with "Rufus" aka Rufus King who, while serving as the U.S. Minister to the Papal States in Rome was responsible for taking John Surratt (another co-conspirator) into custody after being alerted of his presence by on old acquaintance of Surratt's (Surratt escaped shortly after being arrested by jumping 100 feet down into a ravine surrounding the prison, but was eventually caught). I'm guessing this is the "Rufus" they may be referring to but Rufus King was not involved in stopping any active attacks on Andrew Johnson or even Lincoln, like the T.V. show portrays, though I do realize this could be something the show made up. So I'm just trying to figure out how someone would know who "Rufus" is without any prior mention of him in this article. I don't know if the "Rufus" mentioned is Rufus King but I'm guessing that is who they are referring to. Jandg4206 (talk) 04:26, 18 June 2021 (UTC)