East Ayrshire Council Museum Service has two similar links from another of Burns' original surveying chains, and a handle from one of his chains is held in the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum.
George Shultz was later able to cleanse his reputation by virtue of his service to the Reagan administration, but at least to Burns initially, he was more than unimpressive.
The suspect was moved Sunday from a hospital, where he was treated for his burns, to an undisclosed location in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.