JOHN WILKES BOOTHS BROTHER ONCE SAVED THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLNS - TopicsExpress



          

JOHN WILKES BOOTHS BROTHER ONCE SAVED THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLNS SON........................ FAMED ACTOR EDWIN BOOTH, THE BROTHER OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH, WAS BORN ON THIS DAY- NOVEMBER 13, 1833. EDWIN BOOTH SAVED THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLNS OLDEST SON, ROBERT. BOOTH AND LINCOLN WERE BOTH STANDING ON A RAILROAD PLATFORM TO BUY SLEEPING CARS, WHEN THE TRAIN BEGAN TO MOVE. LINCOLN LOST HIS FOOTING AND WOULD HAVE FALLEN INTO THE PATH OF THE MOVING TRAIN, BUT BOOTH GRABBED HIM BY THE COLLAR AND PULLED HIM BACK TO HIS FEET, SAVING HIM FROM FALLING INTHE TRAINS PATH. LINCOLN RECOGNIZED THE FAMOUS ACTOR AND THANKED HIM. LESS THAN A YEAR LATER, ROBERTS FATHER, PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN, WAS ASSASSINATED BY BOOTHS BROTHER, JOHN WILKES BOOTH.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:27:30 +0000

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