tell me! [sobbing] tell me, is he alive? tom hanks: at 10:35, 20 minutes after shooting the president, booth arrives at the navy yard bridge, his escape route into maryland. sgt. silas t. cobb of the 13th regiment massachusetts heavy artillery is on sentry duty. sgt. silas cobb: halt! who goes? john wilkes booth: a friend. sgt. silas cobb: name? john wilkes booth: my name is booth. sgt. silas cobb: where from? john wilkes booth: i m from the city. sgt. silas cobb: where are you headed? john wilkes booth: down home, charles county. sgt. silas cobb: what town? john wilkes booth: i don t live in a town. i live near beantown. sgt. silas cobb: i don t know where that place is, friend. but do you know it s against the law to cross here after nine o clock? what is your object to be in town so late when you got so far to travel? john wilkes booth: it is a dark road. i thought if i waited til now i should have the light of this moon to help me see my way.
tom hanks: minutes after john wilkes booth crosses the navy yard bridge, sergeant cobb stops david herold, riding a gray roan horse. herold asks if a rider has passed here and cobb tells him, yes, and lets him pass. david herold s job on april 14th is to guide lewis powell out of washington after killing secretary of state seward. but hearing the cries of murder from seward s house. fanny seward: murder! he s killing my father! tom hanks: herold flees the scene, not waiting for powell. he catches up with booth at soper s hill, eight miles from washington. and it s a little after midnight when they arrive at a safe house for confederate spies. [banging on door] david herold: for god s sake, lloyd, make haste and get the things! tom hanks: a tavern where weapons have been stored. david herold: lloyd, the things! tom hanks: a tavern owned by the mother of confederate courier john surratt.
tell me! [sobbing] tell me, is he alive? tom hanks: at 10:35, 20 minutes after shooting the president, booth arrives at the navy yard bridge, his escape route into maryland. sgt. silas t. cobb of the 13th regiment massachusetts heavy artillery is on sentry duty. sgt. silas cobb: halt! who goes? john wilkes booth: a friend. sgt. silas cobb: name? john wilkes booth: my name is booth. sgt. silas cobb: where from? john wilkes booth: i m from the city. sgt. silas cobb: where are you headed? john wilkes booth: down home, charles county. sgt. silas cobb: what town? john wilkes booth: i don t live in a town. i live near beantown. sgt. silas cobb: i don t know where that place is, friend. but do you know it s against the law to cross here after nine o clock? what is your object to be in town so late when you got so far to travel? john wilkes booth: it is a dark road. i thought if i waited til now i should have the light of this moon to help me see my way.
sgt. silas cobb: well, i will let you pass, but i don t know as i ought to. john wilkes booth: hell, there ll be no trouble about that. man: make way. make way! to the white house. we must take him to the white house. dr. charles leale: no, he will die on the way. dr. charles taft: the saloon. here, next door. peter taltavul: no! no, it should not be said the president of the united states died in a saloon. not even my own. lieutenant bolton: doctor, give me your commands and i will see to it that they will be carried out. dr. charles leale: as i said, across the street, to the nearest house. lieutenant bolton: make a path! let us pass!