**This article has been superseded.** The forensic five-witness analysis, the two-incident hypothesis, and the political economy section below have been incorporated into the comprehensive article **[Teatown](/story/14_teatown)**, 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).*