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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (view source)
Revision as of 21:48, October 4, 2009
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Robert Todd Lincoln would survive into adulthood, becoming the president of the [[Pullman Car Company]], a wealthy [[Vermont]]er, and carry a passion for [[golf]]. Sadly, he would also be a witness to the assassinations of presidents [[James A. Garfield]] and [[William McKinley]].
Robert Todd Lincoln would survive into adulthood, becoming the president of the [[Pullman Car Company]], a wealthy [[Vermont]]er, and carry a passion for [[golf]]. Sadly, he would also be a witness to the assassinations of presidents [[James A. Garfield]] and [[William McKinley]].
John F. Parker, the guard who left the president's box at the theater and whose record bore several cases of dereliction and misconduct, reported for duty the morning of April 15 with a prostitute in tow, only to find out Lincoln had died. He was dismissed from the police force on August 13, 1865, when he was found sleeping on duty. No charges were ever brought against him related to the assassination. He died in Washington of pneumonia on June 28, 1890.
The remains of John Wilkes Booth would stay secretly buried in the Old Capitol Prison for two years after the trial; they were disinterred, identified, and returned to Baltimore for burial by the Booth family. Occasionally, a court is petitioned with the request of exhuming the remains to see if they are truly Booth's, or that of a double according to Eisenschiml's theory. Each time the request is denied.
The remains of John Wilkes Booth would stay secretly buried in the Old Capitol Prison for two years after the trial; they were disinterred, identified, and returned to Baltimore for burial by the Booth family. Occasionally, a court is petitioned with the request of exhuming the remains to see if they are truly Booth's, or that of a double according to Eisenschiml's theory. Each time the request is denied.