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|fullname = Henry Reed Rathbone | |fullname = Henry Reed Rathbone | ||
|alias = | |alias = | ||
|origin = Albany, New York, United States | |origin = Albany, New York, United States | ||
|occupation = U.S. Army officer | |occupation = U.S. Army officer | ||
|type of villain = Family Murderer | |type of villain = Family Murderer | ||
|goals = Become a high-ranking diplomat (failed)<br>Kill his wife and children, then himself (successful with his wife, failed with his children and himself | |goals = Become a high-ranking diplomat (failed)<br>Kill his wife and children, then himself (successful with his wife, failed with his children and himself) | ||
|crimes = [[Murder]]<br>[[Familicide]]<br>[[Domestic Abuse|Domestic abuse]]<br>[[Child Abuse|Child abuse]]<br>Psychological abuse | |crimes = [[Murder]]<br>[[Familicide]]<br>[[Domestic Abuse|Domestic abuse]]<br>[[Child Abuse|Child abuse]]<br>Psychological abuse | ||
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}}'''Henry Reed Rathbone''' (July 1, 1837 – August 14, 1911) was a United States military officer and diplomat who was present at the [[assassination of Abraham Lincoln]]. Rathbone was sitting with his fiancée, Clara Harris, next to the | }}'''Henry Reed Rathbone''' (July 1, 1837 – August 14, 1911) was a United States military officer and diplomat who was present at the [[assassination of Abraham Lincoln]]. Rathbone was sitting with his fiancée, Clara Harris, next to the President and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, when [[John Wilkes Booth]] entered the president's box at Ford's Theatre and fatally shot Lincoln in the head. When Rathbone attempted to prevent Booth from fleeing the scene, Booth stabbed and seriously wounded him. Wracked with guilt over his perceived inability to stop President Lincoln from being killed, he spent years obsessing over his failure to the point where he drove himself mad. This culminated in him attempting to murder his children, then murdering his wife before attempting to commit suicide on December 23, 1883, while the family was living in Hanover, Germany. He would be committed to an insane asylum, where he spent the rest of his life before passing away in 1911. | ||
Wracked with guilt over his perceived inability to stop President Lincoln from being killed, he spent years obsessing over his failure to the point where he drove himself | |||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Henry Rathbone was born in Albany, New York, in 1837. Rathbone joined the Union Army in 1861 and during the [[American Civil War]] reached the rank of major | Henry Rathbone was born in Albany, New York, in 1837. Rathbone joined the Union Army in 1861 and during the [[American Civil War]] reached the rank of major. After his father's death, his mother married the New York senator, Ira Harris. In 1865 he became engaged to his step-sister, Clara Harris. | ||
On 14th April, 1865, Mary Lincoln, the wife of Abraham Lincoln, invited Clara Harris and her | On 14th April, 1865, Mary Lincoln, the wife of Abraham Lincoln, invited Clara Harris and her fiancee to the Ford Theatre to see the play ''Our American Cousin''. | ||
John Parker, a constable in the Washington Metropolitan Police Force, was detailed to sit on the chair outside the presidential box. During the third act Parker left to get a drink. Soon afterwards, John Wilkes Booth, entered Lincoln's box and shot the president in the back of the head. Rathbone grabbed Booth but he was slashed with a hunting knife. Despite a bad wound in his left arm, Rathbone continued to struggle with Booth and as a result he was unable to jump cleanly from the State Box. Booth landed on the stage eleven feet below at an awkward angle and as a result fractured his ankle. However, he was able to hobble out and get on his horse and escape. | |||
Although Rathbone's physical wounds healed, his mental state deteriorated in the years following Lincoln's death as he anguished over his perceived inability to thwart the assassination attempt. He married Harris on July 11, 1867, and the couple had three children: Henry Riggs (born February 12, 1870, who later became a U.S. Congressman), Gerald Lawrence (born August 26, 1871), and Clara Pauline (born September 15, 1872). | Although Rathbone's physical wounds healed, his mental state deteriorated in the years following Lincoln's death as he anguished over his perceived inability to thwart the assassination attempt. He married Harris on July 11, 1867, and the couple had three children: Henry Riggs (born February 12, 1870, who later became a U.S. Congressman), Gerald Lawrence (born August 26, 1871), and Clara Pauline (born September 15, 1872). | ||
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[[Category:Wrathful]] | [[Category:Wrathful]] | ||