While in the custody of the sheriff, though, she somehow was able to escape. A baliff accused Lincoln of chasing her off, but in one version of the story, he told the judge, Your honor, I did not run her off. She wanted to know where she could get a good drink of water, and I told her there was mighty good water in Tennessee." No effort was made to bring her back."
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这个故事在电影<林肯>中也被引用过。这个法院现在门口有一个林肯和家暴老太太的塑像。