Dr. Charles Augustus Leale

[Laurie Verge]

A descendant of Capt. Obadiah Jackson Downing did an article on this subject a number of years ago for the Surratt Courier. When you read all of these people who claimed to have carried Lincoln across the street, you can only assume that it was done via crowd surfing.

PS: For any old-timers on this forum, that's like rock concerts where a person is lifted up and passed overhead from one wild audience member to another.