<strong>This article has been superseded.</strong> The forensic five-witness analysis, the two-incident hypothesis, and the political economy section below have been incorporated into the comprehensive article <strong>[Teatown](/story/14_teatown)</strong>, which also includes the Neutral Ground context, the Brinkerhoff/Fishkill raid, the Jonas Orser military records from Raymond 1894, and the full land history of Teatown Lake Reservation.

Original article preserved for reference. For the current version with all corrections and new findings, see [Teatown](/story/14_teatown).