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| Joseph Hazelton's eyewtiness account of Lincoln's assassination. He was an errand boy at Ford's Theater the night Lincoln was shot. www.historyforsale.com/productimages/jpeg/84446.jpg |
| assassinated, Parker was in charge of guarding the president. On May 1, 1865, Parker was charged with neglect of duty in connection with the assassination. He was tried but the case was dismissed in June 1865. Parker died in Washington D.C. years later of pneumonia, asthma and exhaustion. He was buried beside his children in Glenwood Cemetery there. Parker's wife died in 1904, and is also buried beside him. The specific plot is not marked. Note that the article from Smithsonian Magazine states there is no photos of John Parker, but the one above was posted on FindaGrave. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi... |
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| A Tragedy's Second Act; Did Col. Henry Rathbone's Agony as an Eyewitness to the Lincoln Assassination Lead Him to Murder His Wife, Clara Harris 18 Years Later? By MICHAEL E. RUANE The Washington Post April 12, 2009 |
| On Aug. 7, 1891, the royal Prussian physician in the town of Hildesheim, Germany, went to a mental asylum in a former Benedictine monastery to examine a wealthy American who had been an inmate there for the past eight years. The patient's name was Henry R. Rathbone. He was a former U.S. Army officer who had once moved in the elite circles of Washington society |
| and now had exclusive quarters in the 800-year- old complex, where he had been confined by the German courts. The physician, one A. Rosenbach, found Mr. Rathbone thin and graying. He was 53, stood 5-foot-11 and weighed 140 pounds. The doctor took his pulse -- 68 beats per minute -- and temperature -- 99.6. Both about normal. The doctor noted that the patient was polite, carefully dressed, and "earnest." He appeared healthy, although the pupil in his right eye was larger than the left. The patient refused to discuss his mental condition, but the asylum records spelled it out. Henry suffered from hallucinations. He believed he was being persecuted and tortured. He thought there was an apparatus in the wall pouring "injurious vapors" into his head, causing headaches. He believed he could hear people gliding suspiciously in the corridor outside his suite. The doctor noted two more things: Mr. Rathbone declined to discuss his late wife, Clara, whom he had murdered in 1883 in the German apartment in which they were living during a European tour. And he would not talk about the assassination of President Abraham |
Lincoln.
These two events, many years and an
ocean apart, seemed unrelated. The
doctor was unsure that they were
connected. But Henry R. Rathbone's
friends and relatives had long been
convinced that
they were most certainly and fatefully
linked.
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These two events, many years and an
ocean apart, seemed unrelated. The
doctor was unsure that they were
connected. But Henry R. Rathbone's
friends and relatives had long been
convinced that
they were most certainly and fatefully
linked.
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| Method. 1. Used google image search for "elderly man on tv show "I've got a Secret" - sixth image matched the quiz photo, found the following "I've Got a Secret featured Samuel Seymour, a Maryland man who was the last surviving person to witness Abraham Lincoln's death." Tom Collins ***** Googled "I've Got a Secret" and found the IMDb website which had Samuel Seymour's secret as one of the trivia for the show. So then went looking for Samuel Seymour and found several images that suggested I was on the right track. Really want to find out Mrs George S Goldsboro's name and whether she was his godmother or just his father's clients wife. Fiona Brookner |
| Samuel J. Seymour mentalfloss.com/article/49050/..... |
On April 12, 1956, Samuel J. Seymour
died in his daughter’s home in Arlington,
Virginia. This isn’t really noteworthy on
its own. People die every day. Mr.
Seymour was 96 years old on the day he
died, though, which means he was born
in 1860, the year before the American
Civil War began, and was the longest-
surviving witness to one of the nation’s
great tragedies.
died in his daughter’s home in Arlington,
Virginia. This isn’t really noteworthy on
its own. People die every day. Mr.
Seymour was 96 years old on the day he
died, though, which means he was born
in 1860, the year before the American
Civil War began, and was the longest-
surviving witness to one of the nation’s
great tragedies.
In the spring of 1865, when Seymour was 5 years old, he joined his father on a
business trip to Washington, D.C. While the elder Seymour attended to business at his
client's estate, Samuel and his nurse were entertained by the client’s wife, Mrs.
Goldsboro.
“Sammy, you and I and Sarah are going to a play—a real play,” Seymour recalled
Goldsboro telling him. The play was called Our American Cousin, and they went to the
evening performance on April 14 at Ford’s Theater.
As they took their seats in one of the balconies, Goldsboro pointed across the theater to
a draped balcony box.
“See those flags, Sammy? That’s where President Lincoln will sit.”
When the president and his party arrived and took their seats, Goldsboro lifted Seymour
up so he could have a clear view.
“He was a tall, stern-looking man,” Seymour said of Lincoln. “I guess I just thought he
looked stern because of his whiskers, because he was smiling and waving to the
crowd.”
During the play’s third act, Seymour wrote, “all of a sudden a shot rang out—a shot
that will always be remembered—and someone in the president’s box screamed.”
Seymour didn’t actually see anyone shoot Lincoln, but he watched as the president
slumped over in his chair and a man jumped from the balcony to the stage. He landed
awkwardly, and appeared to have hurt himself.
“Hurry, hurry,” Seymour begged Goldsboro. “Let’s go help the poor man who fell
down.”
Not knowing who the man was or what he had just done, Seymour was concerned for
his well-being, but John Wilkes Booth's landing was smooth enough that he escaped the
theater and evaded pursuit for almost two weeks.
Samuel Seymour did not sleep easy when he finally escaped the commotion of the
theater and returned home.
“That night I was shot 50 times, at least, in my dreams,” Seymour later said. “And I
sometimes still relive the horror of Lincoln’s assassination, dozing in my rocker as an
old codger like me is bound to do.”
In February 1956, Seymour appeared on the TV game show I’ve Got a Secret, where
the panelists were able to guess his secret in just a few minutes. He died just a few
months later, survived by five children, 13 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren.
business trip to Washington, D.C. While the elder Seymour attended to business at his
client's estate, Samuel and his nurse were entertained by the client’s wife, Mrs.
Goldsboro.
“Sammy, you and I and Sarah are going to a play—a real play,” Seymour recalled
Goldsboro telling him. The play was called Our American Cousin, and they went to the
evening performance on April 14 at Ford’s Theater.
As they took their seats in one of the balconies, Goldsboro pointed across the theater to
a draped balcony box.
“See those flags, Sammy? That’s where President Lincoln will sit.”
When the president and his party arrived and took their seats, Goldsboro lifted Seymour
up so he could have a clear view.
“He was a tall, stern-looking man,” Seymour said of Lincoln. “I guess I just thought he
looked stern because of his whiskers, because he was smiling and waving to the
crowd.”
During the play’s third act, Seymour wrote, “all of a sudden a shot rang out—a shot
that will always be remembered—and someone in the president’s box screamed.”
Seymour didn’t actually see anyone shoot Lincoln, but he watched as the president
slumped over in his chair and a man jumped from the balcony to the stage. He landed
awkwardly, and appeared to have hurt himself.
“Hurry, hurry,” Seymour begged Goldsboro. “Let’s go help the poor man who fell
down.”
Not knowing who the man was or what he had just done, Seymour was concerned for
his well-being, but John Wilkes Booth's landing was smooth enough that he escaped the
theater and evaded pursuit for almost two weeks.
Samuel Seymour did not sleep easy when he finally escaped the commotion of the
theater and returned home.
“That night I was shot 50 times, at least, in my dreams,” Seymour later said. “And I
sometimes still relive the horror of Lincoln’s assassination, dozing in my rocker as an
old codger like me is bound to do.”
In February 1956, Seymour appeared on the TV game show I’ve Got a Secret, where
the panelists were able to guess his secret in just a few minutes. He died just a few
months later, survived by five children, 13 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren.
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When a celebrity-seeking couple
crashed a White House state dinner last
November, the issue of presidential
security dominated the news. The
Secret Service responded by putting
three of its officers on administrative
leave and scrambled to reassure the
public that it takes the job of guarding
the president very seriously. “We put
forth the maximum effort all the time,”
said Secret Service spokesman Edwin
Donovan.
That kind of dedication to safeguarding
the president didn’t always exist. It
wasn’t until 1902 that the Secret
Service, created in 1865 to eradicate
counterfeit currency, assumed official
full-time responsibility for protecting
the president. Before that, security for
the president could be unbelievably lax.
The most astounding example was the
scant protection afforded Abraham
Lincoln on the night he was
assassinated. Only one man, an
unreliable Washington cop named John
crashed a White House state dinner last
November, the issue of presidential
security dominated the news. The
Secret Service responded by putting
three of its officers on administrative
leave and scrambled to reassure the
public that it takes the job of guarding
the president very seriously. “We put
forth the maximum effort all the time,”
said Secret Service spokesman Edwin
Donovan.
That kind of dedication to safeguarding
the president didn’t always exist. It
wasn’t until 1902 that the Secret
Service, created in 1865 to eradicate
counterfeit currency, assumed official
full-time responsibility for protecting
the president. Before that, security for
the president could be unbelievably lax.
The most astounding example was the
scant protection afforded Abraham
Lincoln on the night he was
assassinated. Only one man, an
unreliable Washington cop named John
| Lincoln's Missing Bodyguard What happened to Officer John Parker, the man who chose the wrong night to leave his post at Ford's Theater? By Paul Martin smithsonianmag.com April 8, 2010 www.smithsonianmag.com/history/lincolns-missing-bodyguard... |
| Birth: May 19, 1830 Winchester City, Virginia Death: Jun. 28, 1890 District Of Columbia Bodyguard. The night Lincoln was |
Frederick Parker, was assigned to guard the president at Ford’s Theatre on April 14,
1865.
Today it’s hard to believe that a single policeman was Lincoln’s only protection, but
145 years ago the situation wasn’t that unusual. Lincoln was cavalier about his personal
safety, despite the frequent threats he received and a near-miss attempt on his life in
August 1864, as he rode a horse unescorted. He’d often take in a play or go to church
without guards, and he hated being encumbered by the military escort assigned to him.
Sometimes he walked alone at night between the White House and the War Department,
a distance of about a quarter of a mile.
John Parker was an unlikely candidate to guard a president—or anyone for that matter.
Born in Frederick County, Virginia, in 1830, Parker moved to Washington as a young
man, originally earning his living as a carpenter. He became one of the capital’s first
officers when the Metropolitan Police Force was organized in 1861. Parker’s record as
a cop fell somewhere between pathetic and comical. He was hauled before the police
board numerous times, facing a smorgasbord of charges that should have gotten him
fired. But he received nothing more than an occasional reprimand. His infractions
included conduct unbecoming an officer, using intemperate language and being drunk
on duty. Charged with sleeping on a streetcar when he was supposed to be walking his
beat, Parker declared that he’d heard ducks quacking on the tram and had climbed
aboard to investigate. The charge was dismissed. When he was brought before the
board for frequenting a whorehouse, Parker argued that the proprietress had sent for
him.
In November 1864, the Washington police force created the first permanent detail to
protect the president, made up of four officers. Somehow, John Parker was named to
the detail. Parker was the only one of the officers with a spotty record, so it was a
tragic coincidence that he drew the assignment to guard the president that evening. As
usual, Parker got off to a lousy start that fateful Friday. He was supposed to relieve
Lincoln’s previous bodyguard at 4 p.m. but was three hours late.
Lincoln’s party arrived at the theater at around 9 p.m. The play, Our American Cousin,
had already started when the president entered his box directly above the right side of
the stage. The actors paused while the orchestra struck up “Hail to the Chief.” Lincoln
bowed to the applauding audience and took his seat.
Parker was seated outside the president’s box, in the passageway beside the door.
From where he sat, Parker couldn’t see the stage, so after Lincoln and his guests
settled in, he moved to the first gallery to enjoy the play. Later, Parker committed an
even greater folly: At intermission, he joined the footman and coachman of Lincoln’s
carriage for drinks in the Star Saloon next door to Ford’s Theatre.
John Wilkes Booth entered the theater around 10 p.m.. Ironically, he’d also been in the
Star Saloon, working up some liquid courage. When Booth crept up to the door to
Lincoln’s box, Parker’s chair stood empty. Some of the audience may not have heard
the fatal pistol shot, since Booth timed his attack to coincide with a scene in the play
that always sparked loud laughter.
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1865.
Today it’s hard to believe that a single policeman was Lincoln’s only protection, but
145 years ago the situation wasn’t that unusual. Lincoln was cavalier about his personal
safety, despite the frequent threats he received and a near-miss attempt on his life in
August 1864, as he rode a horse unescorted. He’d often take in a play or go to church
without guards, and he hated being encumbered by the military escort assigned to him.
Sometimes he walked alone at night between the White House and the War Department,
a distance of about a quarter of a mile.
John Parker was an unlikely candidate to guard a president—or anyone for that matter.
Born in Frederick County, Virginia, in 1830, Parker moved to Washington as a young
man, originally earning his living as a carpenter. He became one of the capital’s first
officers when the Metropolitan Police Force was organized in 1861. Parker’s record as
a cop fell somewhere between pathetic and comical. He was hauled before the police
board numerous times, facing a smorgasbord of charges that should have gotten him
fired. But he received nothing more than an occasional reprimand. His infractions
included conduct unbecoming an officer, using intemperate language and being drunk
on duty. Charged with sleeping on a streetcar when he was supposed to be walking his
beat, Parker declared that he’d heard ducks quacking on the tram and had climbed
aboard to investigate. The charge was dismissed. When he was brought before the
board for frequenting a whorehouse, Parker argued that the proprietress had sent for
him.
In November 1864, the Washington police force created the first permanent detail to
protect the president, made up of four officers. Somehow, John Parker was named to
the detail. Parker was the only one of the officers with a spotty record, so it was a
tragic coincidence that he drew the assignment to guard the president that evening. As
usual, Parker got off to a lousy start that fateful Friday. He was supposed to relieve
Lincoln’s previous bodyguard at 4 p.m. but was three hours late.
Lincoln’s party arrived at the theater at around 9 p.m. The play, Our American Cousin,
had already started when the president entered his box directly above the right side of
the stage. The actors paused while the orchestra struck up “Hail to the Chief.” Lincoln
bowed to the applauding audience and took his seat.
Parker was seated outside the president’s box, in the passageway beside the door.
From where he sat, Parker couldn’t see the stage, so after Lincoln and his guests
settled in, he moved to the first gallery to enjoy the play. Later, Parker committed an
even greater folly: At intermission, he joined the footman and coachman of Lincoln’s
carriage for drinks in the Star Saloon next door to Ford’s Theatre.
John Wilkes Booth entered the theater around 10 p.m.. Ironically, he’d also been in the
Star Saloon, working up some liquid courage. When Booth crept up to the door to
Lincoln’s box, Parker’s chair stood empty. Some of the audience may not have heard
the fatal pistol shot, since Booth timed his attack to coincide with a scene in the play
that always sparked loud laughter.
Read more...
| Joseph H. Hazelton Another candidatey for the "Last Living Witness" to the Lincoln Assassination archive.org/stream/accountsofassassefhlinc#page/n25/mode/2up |
Joseph M. Hazelton (ca. 1853 – 8 October 1936), aka Joseph Hazleton, was an
American stage and film actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1912 and 1922. As a
boy program giver at Ford's Theatre, he witnessed the assassination of President
Abraham Lincoln. He died in Los Angeles, California, USA.
American stage and film actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1912 and 1922. As a
boy program giver at Ford's Theatre, he witnessed the assassination of President
Abraham Lincoln. He died in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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