The Washington times., 1921-10-01

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IN ASYLUM
Former Lawyer, In Whose Bed
President Died. Pauper In
New York Homo.
The man in whose bed Abraham
Lincoln Is said to have died and who
is one Of the two living witnesses Of
the death Of the martyred President
1.-THE other being the Presidents son,
Robert Lincoln is q pauper in tho
city home on Blackwell's Island, New
York, It was learned here today.
In Home Since 1918.
He II Thomas Proctor. formerly
Government employe in this city, and
~. ','ua Ne" iA
city home in 1916. following q COM
pIete physical breakdown ten years
ago. ~ =,
Proctor, who at the tims OF the as.
ssssinsuA OF PRESIDENT Lincoln was
seventeen years old. was a clerk in
the War Department and had q room
In fba iodofn1 bou.e M ZIG Tentb
street northwest across tne street
from the old Ford's Theater build
ing, where Lincoln was shot by
On the night of the shooting Proc
Tor. returning home from an enter
tsinrnent. reached the lodging house
nc about 10 D. m, Just in time to
see q group Of men carrying the
wounded President out of the thea,
ter. The men climbed the steep
stone stems OF the LODGING house.
theY, paused. Uncertainty amid their
unfamiiisr surroundinrs. Here proc.
tor. accordinr 10 a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
story. stepped forward ana led ire
way to his bedroom on the second
floor az ths house threw hack the
covers and directed that the Prcsi.
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7,2O O'Clock shows Proctor in pron,i.
ner,f position beside the bed. about
which were grouped Mrs. lincoln. the
sons, Secretary Stanton. Secretary
weiies, and other officials. -.
According 70 the story, the surgeon
in charge, following the death OF the
President and after the room had been
cleared. clipped two locks Of hair from
the back Of Lincoln's head and gave
one OF them to Proctor. When asked
Yesterday what had becotne OF the
precious relic, Proctor was unable to
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around the idesthbed. slid he had been
informed by Osborne H. Cldroyd. pres
emit owner Of the house where Lincoln
died and owner Of . collection Of Lin
coin relics. that Proctor had been the
occupant Of the room and was present
az the death Of Lincoln. Timothy Daily,
OF 2e6 Odelphia street, Brooklyn, an
old friend Of Proctor's, said that
twenty years aeo, Proctor, then n law.
yer, had first told him the story. He
sdded that Proctor never sought to
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