Tim Drake himself to Dick Grayson and impressed the former Robin with his skills. This led to Grayson and later Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne's butler, to support Tim's request to be Batman's new partner. Not wanting to make the same mistake as he did with Jason Todd, Batman had Tim endure an intensive period of training that was never given to his predecessors. Eventually, after Tim rescues Batman from Scarecrow, he proves his capability and becomes Robin. "Batman" editor Dennis O'Neil hoped that Grayson's approval of Drake would ease reader acceptance of him. Evidently, this approach was successful with the character being
Alfred Gilmore practice of his profession. He died while on a visit in New York City in 1890. Interment in Lenox Cemetery in Lenox, Massachusetts. Alfred Gilmore Alfred Gilmore (June 9, 1812 – June 29, 1890) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Alfred Gilmore (son of John Gilmore) was born in Butler, Pennsylvania. He was graduated from Washington College in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1833. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1836 and commenced practice in Butler. Gilmore was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses. He was not a candidate