林肯和家暴案件

来源: lexm5 于 2014-05-20 12:59:15 [] [旧帖] [给我悄悄话] 阅读数 : (950 bytes)
回答: 要是碰巧溜到读到这段活呢？ 由 TZX999 于 2014-05-20 12:45:50

"On October 10, 1857, Lincoln attempted to defend Melissa Goings, a seventy-year-old woman accused of killing her abusive hu*****and, seventy-seven-year-old Roswell, earlier that spring. Roswell died from a blow to the back of his head, which Melissa was alleged to have inflicted with a piece of firewood. Town legend claims that most felt sorry for Melissa and did not want to prosecute her.

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."

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMJ9GR_Out_of_Court_Lincoln_and_Mrs_Goings_Sculpture_Metamora_IL

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。

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