Apparently it has happened quite a few times. A search on the library of congress newspaper archives gives over 200 hits. First one was in 1850 (on that search).
A lot of those are false positives. Searching for "Rothschild" and "arrested" turns up many irrelevant hits where someone else's arrest was mentioned on a page which also happened to mention the Rothschilds. Actual Rothschild arrests are few and far between - and a ransom only happened once.
I did not look through all of the reports; however, the search parameters limit the search to "Rothschild" and "arrested" being within 5 words of each other.
I looked at 4 at random, and they were 4 for 4 relating to a Rothschild arrest; so not "false positives." I may have "gotten lucky" but it does indicate they aren't all false positives.
Suggesting "a lot" in such a circumstance, without some actual measurement (as I did, with 4/4 but perhaps on a larger scale to get a better statistic) is not really saying anything at all, even though it suggests... well, "a lot."
I didn't say they were all false positives. I just don't think there's been over 200 Rothschild arrests since 1850. From the ones I clicked on (about half a dozen or so), half or more were unrelated. I don't have time to dig through and check all 12 pages of the search results to give you a proper measurement of exactly how many are relevant and how many aren't. I was just pointing that out for yours and others' benefit.
Could someone please provide a source for this? It would help in my paper. If not a source, at least some context so I can find it.
Apparently it has happened quite a few times. A search on the library of congress newspaper archives gives over 200 hits. First one was in 1850 (on that search).
A lot of those are false positives. Searching for "Rothschild" and "arrested" turns up many irrelevant hits where someone else's arrest was mentioned on a page which also happened to mention the Rothschilds. Actual Rothschild arrests are few and far between - and a ransom only happened once.
I did not look through all of the reports; however, the search parameters limit the search to "Rothschild" and "arrested" being within 5 words of each other.
I looked at 4 at random, and they were 4 for 4 relating to a Rothschild arrest; so not "false positives." I may have "gotten lucky" but it does indicate they aren't all false positives.
Suggesting "a lot" in such a circumstance, without some actual measurement (as I did, with 4/4 but perhaps on a larger scale to get a better statistic) is not really saying anything at all, even though it suggests... well, "a lot."
I didn't say they were all false positives. I just don't think there's been over 200 Rothschild arrests since 1850. From the ones I clicked on (about half a dozen or so), half or more were unrelated. I don't have time to dig through and check all 12 pages of the search results to give you a proper measurement of exactly how many are relevant and how many aren't. I was just pointing that out for yours and others' benefit.
This might be the same story, albeit not the same newspaper.