William Walton (painter) the candlesticks, satin backgrounds, and wooden cross brought for the lying-in-repose by Gawler's Funeral Home, and accepted just two prie-dieu (wooden desks at which people could kneel and pray). Walton also rejected silver candlesticks from the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, but accepted two wooden ones from Saint Stephen Martyr Catholic Church. A large silver crucifix with a golden Christ from St. Matthew's was rejected by Walton in favor of a black Benedictine crucifix with a realistic, wooden Christ owned by Shriver. Walton also ordered the storm door at the entrance to the White House beneath the North Portico
John Prie John Prie John Prie (died 1727) was a minor pirate in the Caribbean. In 1727 Prie and some associates staged a mutiny aboard the Dutch-flagged ship "Young Lawrence" during a cruise in the West Indies. Prie murdered the Captain and declared himself Master of the ship. The mutineers were caught and tried in London. Prie tried to frame fellow sailor John Ashley for the murder, who responded with a profanity-laced tirade. Prie was convicted for both murder and piracy and sentenced to hang. He was hung at Execution Dock, then gibbeted in chains opposite the town of Woolwich in July