John Wilkes Booth

John Wilkes Booth

John Wilkes Booth (10 mai 1838 – 26 aprilie 1865) a fost un actor de teatru american, simpatizant fanatic al Statelor din Sud, care l-a asasinat pe președintele Abraham Lincoln la Teatrul Ford, în Washington, D.C., pe data de 14 aprilie 1865.

Deces

Una dintre teorii spune că John Wilkes Booth a fost ucis la 26 aprilie 1865 de către soldații unioniști. Însă, în urma unor cercetări mai ample, istoricii au spus că John a murit 30 de ani mai târziu în Enid, Oklahoma. El a decedat in incinta unui fost hotel actual magazin de mobila,camera in care s-a sinucis ,John Wilkes Booth a fost conservata pentru cercetari.El s-a sinucis prin otravire astfel a murit in chinuri.El a hotarat sa se sinucida dupa ce i-a marturisit cuiva ca defapt el este John Wilkes Booth

Bibliografie

• Allen, Thomas B. (1992). The Blue and the Gray. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society. ISBN 0870448765 
• Balsiger, David and Sellier, Charles Jr. (1994). The Lincoln Conspiracy. Buccaneer. ISBN 1-56849-531-5 
• Bates, Finis L. (1907). Escape and Suicide of John Wilkes Booth. Atlanta, Ga.: J. L. Nichols. Library of Congress Control Number 45-052628. http://www.archive.org/details/escapesuicideofj00bate 
• Bishop, Jim (1955). The Day Lincoln Was Shot. Harper & Row. Library of Congress Control Number 54-012170 

Legături externe

• Cervical (Neck) Vertebrae preserved at National Museum of Health and Medicine
• Autopsy
• Lieut. Doherty's report to the War Department on 29 April 1865, recounting Booth's capture
• Booth: Escape and wanderings until final ending of the trail by suicide at Enid, Oklahoma, January 12, 1903 (1922) Digitized by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
• The life, crime, and capture of John Wilkes Booth, with a full sketch of the conspiracy of which he was the leader, and the pursuit, trial and execution of his accomplices (1865) Digitized by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library.