towards him, he came in the direction in which i was standing. can you describe the man s form as he jumped from the box? yes, sir, i saw him as he ran across the stage. as he ran across, he looked right up in my face. i pulled the ladies down behind the bannister. as he went through the scene, threw his hand behind him and the knife was up in sight. he made some expression when he came on the stage the south shall be free. but i did not understand it. he stopped as he said i have done it! shook the knife. his face was towards me. he didn t say a word that i heard but very strongly resembled booth s. i believe to the best of my knowledge that it was john wilkes booth. still, i m not positive.
once. just speak to our children. just speak to little tad. you love him so. [ wheezing ] mary lincoln screams and faints. and secretary of war stanton orders that she is to be removed from the room. and she is led away, corporal tanner, transcribing in shortland in the back parlor, overhears him to say, oh, my god, i ve given my husband to die. dr. charles augustus leale, the surgeon who has been by the president s side for nine hours and scarcely let go of lincoln s hand for no other reason than to let him in his blindness know that he was in touch with humanity and had a friend. at 21 minutes and 55 seconds past 7:00 a.m. on saturday, april 15th, 1865, abraham
at 4:30 a.m. april 15th booth and herold arrive at the home of dr. samuel mud. either during his jump from the presidential box to the stage or as a result of his horse falling, booth has sustained a clean break of his fibula, two inches above the instep of his left foot. at the same time that dr. samuel mudd is tending to john wilkes booth, 30 miles away abraham lincoln is dying. i m inserting a milliton
cemetery in springfield, illinois. after one failed attempt, in the early morning hours of april 23rd, that john wilkes booth and david herold finally cross the potomac and land in virginia. as he writes in his diary, with every man s hand against me for doing what brutus was honored for, looked upon as a common cutthroat, abandoned with the cursive cane upon me. and on april 24th booth and herold arrive at the farm of richard garrett. booth presents himself as james w. boyd, a confederate soldier wounded at the battle of petersburg. and the family takes them in. but the very next day, booth is writing in his diary when word comes that union calvary are
once. just speak to our children. just speak to little tad. you love him so. [ wheezing ] mary lincoln screams and faints. and secretary of war stanton orders that she is to be removed from the room. and she is led away, corporal tanner, transcribing in shortland in the back parlor, overhears him to say, oh, my god, i ve given my husband to die. dr. charles augustus leale, the surgeon who has been by the president s side for nine hours and scarcely let go of lincoln s hand for no other reason than to let him in his blindness know that he was in touch with humanity and had a friend. at 21 minutes and 55 seconds past 7:00 a.m. on saturday, april 15th, 1865, abraham