John Wilkes Booth person
also: Booth, John Wilke Booth, the assassin, the killer
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Claims (2)
Lafayette Baker carried_out_attack
John Wilkes Booth documented
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“Baker found Booth's track pursued him with a command of cavalry and came at last to the Garrett farm where the assassin had taken refuge in a barn…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.50
Boston Corbett assassinated
John Wilkes Booth reported
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“In the midst of negotiations and flames Booth was shot by either himself or by Sergeant Boston Corbett…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.50
Mentions (2)
▶ 8:26
that John Wilkes Booth, who shot Lincoln, was part of a broader Confederate plot to decapitate the federal government, rather famously contradicting the Donovans' theory. But undeterred, Dulles continued to push the commission to frame Oswa…
▶ 34:15
and by far the greatest manhunt in American history. Only in the investigation following the assassination of JFK and the manhunt for John Wilke Booth after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln came close. No resources were spared…