police and military authorities, orders the national detective police to initiate a man hunt for the as yet unknown assassin. and novembers vice president johnson that the president is dying. and shortly before midnight, chief justice david kellogg carter begins to hear eyewitness testimony of the crime. but the appointed stenographer cannot write fast enough. is there anyone here who knows the practice of shorthand writing? here, there s a border here who does. tell his that his services are required here immediately. jim, it s general auger, they want you next door. tell him i ll be right there.
washington city celebrates robert e. lee s surrender with a grand illumination. candles burn in every window, public and private. fireworks and cannonba volleys proclaim victory. on april 13th, booth visits grovers theater and learns that a production of aladdin or his wonderful lamp is planned for the next night, april 14th, good friday, and that the president has been invited to attend. booth arranges for a ticket to the box adjoining the president s and informs his co-conspirators that the plan has changed from kidnapping to murder. that on april 14th lewis powell will kill secretary of state seward, david herold will accompany powell and lead him across the navy yard bridge and into maryland. george atzeradt will kill vice president johnson at his room in
tug boat bound for washington navy yard. alexander gardener and timothy o sullivan boarded to make glass plate photographs of the man who conspired first to kidnap, then kill, abraham lincoln. george axe arrived he lost his nerve rather than attempt to kill vice president johnson, condemned to die. mr. lewis, after his savage but failed attempt on the live
booth outlined on april 13th is to go into effect immediately. at 10:15 lewis powell is to kill secretary of state seward in his home on lafayette square. david herold will guide powell out of the city via the navy yard bridge. george atzerodt is to kill president johnson at the kirkwood house hotel. the only change in the plan is that booth will not be attending aladdin at grovers. hello, john. he ll kill lincoln at fords theater. it s still early in act two. booth has calculated that the appointed time of 10:15 will fall at the beginning of act three of our american cousin, and there will be an intermission between the acts. booth retrieves his horse from
tug boat bound for washington navy yard. alexander gardener and timothy o sullivan boarded to make glass plate photographs of the man who conspired first to kidnap, then kill, abraham lincoln. george axe arrived he lost his nerve rather than attempt to kill vice president johnson, condemned to die. mr. lewis, after his savage but failed attempt on the live