False? Thomas Jefferson Shot A Man Dead On The White House Lawn

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I was watching the movie 'Swordfish' and Travolta's character made this claim.  Google says it's true.. that's crazy shit!

Thomas Jefferson Shot A Man Dead On The White House Lawn

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IS IT TRUE THAT HE SHOT A MAN AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR TREASON?

Yes. It is true. During Jefferson's presidential administration, Rodney Cox, from North Carolina was discovered in the act of providing former Tories with information regarding the American naval forces capability to secure American shores. After a brief ad hoc trial, Cox was convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad. Jefferson, being a notorious Anglophobic at the time, served as the sole member of the firing squad. With a single bullet dispatched from a flint lock rifle, Cox received a fatal wound. It took 10 hours for Cox to expire, during which he lay prostrate on the White House lawn. Afterwards, he was committed to the sea in a right proper burial, albeit, without any fanfare.

 

[Fury]

Is this a threat against the president? Thankfully, I've got the good sense to forward this to the FBI. Always got to play it safe.

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Is this a threat against the president? Thankfully, I've got the good sense to forward this to the FBI. Always got to play it safe.

LOL You know they already watch the heck out of this place.  Bald white guys with Tea party t-shirts are a huge danger, and there are plenty of them here.

I had no idea Jefferson did that... That is some ballsy inpressive stuff.

[garebear]

There is a very persistent story that Thomas Jefferson personally executed someone on the White House lawn for treason; some sites name the prisoner as a Rodney Cox from North Carolina.[1] We have no evidence that this event ever occurred: no such thing is ever mentioned in Jefferson's papers, or contemporary newspaper accounts. The story, as far as we know, originated entirely with the movie Swordfish (2001), where it is mentioned by John Travolta's character, Gabriel Shear.

The true origins of the story are a puzzle. Several actual events could have been (severely) misunderstood or mistaken for a "Jefferson execution:"

    Jefferson was involved in drafting a "Bill to Attaint Josiah Philips and Others" in 1778, which ordered the trial and provided for the execution of the murderer and bandit Josiah Philips for treason. Josiah Philips was eventually found and convicted of robbery, not treason.[2]
    The murder of Alexander Hamilton by Aaron Burr in their famous 1804 duel has also been suggested as a possible source for the story in question.

Neither of the above seems very plausible as a source. Unless further reliable evidence surfaces, we can only explain this story as a complete fabrication by the scriptwriters of Swordfish.

http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/execution-white-house-lawn

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typical hollywood liberal lies, much like we've seen from the likes of Dennis miller and Jon Voight.

[garebear]

typical hollywood liberal lies, much like we've seen from the likes of Dennis miller and Jon Voight.

Ha!

[Parker]

LOL You know they already watch the heck out of this place.  Bald white guys with Tea party t-shirts are a huge danger, and there are plenty of them here.

I had no idea Jefferson did that... That is some ballsy inpressive stuff.

Look for the controversy of the Death of Meriwether Lewis, of Lewis and Clark fame....

Apparently he was killed by someone in Jefferson's army, a high ranking general, and it was a coverup. Lewis was carrying a decoder for Jefferson.

[garebear]

Look for the controversy of the Death of Meriwether Lewis, of Lewis and Clark fame....

Apparently he was killed by someone in Jefferson's army, a high ranking general, and it was a coverup. Lewis was carrying a decoder for Jefferson.

Was it a decoder ring, by chance?

[GigantorX]

Was it a decoder ring, by chance?

Drink more Ovaltine.

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Drink more Ovaltine.

Ovaltine? A crummy commercial? Son of a bitch!