(08-26-2018 08:04 PM)Anita Wrote:  The photo is of Austin Gollaher, Lincoln's friend who saved 7 year old Lincoln from drowning. In 1866 Ned Kelly at age 10 rescued his 7 year old friend Richard Shelton from drowning and Richard's dad gave Ned a green sash out of gratitude for his bravery. Ned wore the sash under his amour until he died.

Wow, what a challenge to come up with this!

(08-26-2018 08:06 PM)AussieMick Wrote:  1. Ned Kelly was wearing a long, fringed sash under his battle coat of armor. The sash had been given to him when he was ten by the parents of a young boy saved from drowning.

( I think Roger will get it very soon now thanks to you, Laurie)

The education ? Its the fact that Lincoln did not always attend school which impacted on the action taken by this person.

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(08-26-2018 08:04 PM)Anita Wrote:  The photo is of Austin Gollaher, Lincoln's friend who saved 7 year old Lincoln from drowning. In 1866 Ned Kelly at age 10 rescued his 7 year old friend Richard Shelton from drowning and Richard's dad gave Ned a green sash out of gratitude for his bravery. Ned wore the sash under his amour until he died.

Wow, what a challenge to come up with this!

Correct, Anita!

And it was when Lincoln and Austin were unable to attend school and so decided to go bird-hunting that they tried to cross a creek.

What a shame, Laurie ... so close ... you can have a shower now though.

(08-27-2018 05:04 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Wow, what a great question Michael! Someone even has a web page on Austin Gollaher but didn't get it. Laurie, that one article you found was wrong. It wasn't Shelton who accompanied the Lincolns to Ford's; it was Francis P. Burke.

(08-27-2018 09:19 AM)L Verge Wrote:  

(08-27-2018 05:04 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Wow, what a great question Michael! Someone even has a web page on Austin Gollaher but didn't get it. Laurie, that one article you found was wrong. It wasn't Shelton who accompanied the Lincolns to Ford's; it was Francis P. Burke.

Burke was the coach driver, and supposedly Parker was the mounted escort. However, that article got me to wondering if there was more than one mounted escort.

Do we know whether or not there was a Joseph Shelton on the DC police force assigned to the White House? We have had long conversations on who carried/escorted Lincoln to the Petersen House; does Shelton show up anywhere in the picture? Could he have been one of those who was overlooked by the investigators and press?

That article is in the excellent files of Congressional Cemetery, so someone believed what might otherwise be family hearsay...

(08-27-2018 09:19 AM)L Verge Wrote:  Do we know whether or not there was a Joseph Shelton on the DC police force assigned to the White House? We have had long conversations on who carried/escorted Lincoln to the Petersen House; does Shelton show up anywhere in the picture? Could he have been one of those who was overlooked by the investigators and press?

(08-27-2018 09:45 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(08-27-2018 09:19 AM)L Verge Wrote:  Do we know whether or not there was a Joseph Shelton on the DC police force assigned to the White House? We have had long conversations on who carried/escorted Lincoln to the Petersen House; does Shelton show up anywhere in the picture? Could he have been one of those who was overlooked by the investigators and press?

Laurie, here is what I have on this:

In the fall of 1864 it was decided that a detail of the Washington Metropolitan Police force would be assigned to protect the President. This was at the request of Ward Hill Lamon, United States Marshall for the District of Columbia and a close friend of Lincoln's. Lamon had become increasingly fearful for the President's life. On November 3, 1864, the initial detail was composed of John R. Cronin, Alphonso Dunn (or Donn), Thomas F. Pendel, and Alexander (or Andrew) C. Smith. Changes were occasionally made, although the detail was never more than 5 officers at any one time. Other officers who served in the detail included William S. Lewis, William H. Crook, George W. McElfresh, Thomas T. Hurdle, Joseph Shelton, John F. Parker, and D. Hopkins. Parker was assigned to the detail sometime between late February and early April, 1865.

SOURCE: "The Mystery of Lincoln's Guard" by James O. Hall in the May, 1982, issue of the Surratt Society News, and "Lincoln's Missing Guard" by Frederick Hatch in the April 2006 edition of the Journal of the Lincoln Assassination.

As far as I know, Shelton did not go to Ford's that night nor did he help carry the President to the Petersen House. Parker went ahead before the Lincoln party and met them at the entrance to Ford's; he was not a mounted escort during their trip to the theater (according to Tom Pendel.) Both Crook and Pendel wrote about that night, and neither mentioned Shelton going to Ford's. Pendel wrote:

"Previous to starting for the theatre, I said to John Parker, who had taken my place, to accompany Mr. Lincoln, `John, are you prepared'? I meant by this to ask if he had his revolver and everything all ready to protect the President in case of an assault. Alfonso Dunn, my old companion at the door, spoke up and said, `Oh, Tommy, there is no danger'. I said, `Dunn, you don't know what might happen. Parker, now you start down to the theatre, to be ready for the President when he reaches there. And you see him safe inside'. He started off immediately, and did see Mr. Lincoln all safe inside the theatre, and Mrs. Lincoln, Major Rathbone and Miss Harris also reached the building in safety."