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The two men flee to hide in the woods. when they return, garrett s suspicions have been aroused. tonight they will not be welcome to sleep in the house. tonight they will sleep in the tobacco barn. john wilkes booth: tonight i try to escape these bloodhounds once more. i have too great a soul to die a criminal. david herold: i don t want to die, booth. i don t want to kill no one. john wilkes booth: i do not wish to shed a drop of blood. but i must fight the course. tis all that s left to me. ....
You carry a carbine and you must hand it out! john wilkes booth: i declare before my maker that this man is innocent of any crime. upon the word and honor of a gentleman, he has no arms. the arms are mine and i ve got them! doherty: show your hands! put out your hands! david herold: booth. john wilkes booth: go! one more stain on the old banner! [laughs]. make quick work of it, captain. shoot me through the heart! [gunshot]. [door creaks]. conger: he s shot himself! lafayette baker: no, he did not. doherty: quick, get him out! get him out of here! ....
He stops in philadelphia to visit his sister, asia. and there he writes a letter. john wilkes booth: to whom it may concern. right or wrong, god judge me, not man. my love is for the south alone. nor do i deem it a dishonor in attempting to whom she owes so much misery. edwin. our brother voted for him? asia booth clarke: yes. john wilkes booth: for a false president? a tool of the north who means to crush out slavery by robbery, rapine and slaughter? oh, god, grant that i may see the end! this country was formed for the white man and not for the black. ....
But as abraham lincoln s body lies in state in the east room of the white house, john wilkes booth lies on a bed of dirt and pine needles and reads the worst reviews of his life. a man who was raised on shakespeare is brought to his knees by his own hubris. in one fell swoop, with one grand gesture, he has changed the course of american history and dramatically jeopardized the fate of the south that he loved so dearly. [horse neighs] [search party passes] tom hanks: booth s tragedy is nearly complete. ....
[audience applause] man: curtain! bring the curtain down. james mccollom: mr. booth. john wilkes booth: why, mr. mccollom! james mccollom: mr. booth, i, i am so very sorry. john wilkes booth: come, come, old fellow. you look as if you had lost the blood. not another word. now, if you d had gotten my eye, that would have been bad. but you didn t. and it was, well, it was splendid! james mccollom: thank you, sir. tom hanks: that is john wilkes booth. born and raised in maryland, a border state, a slave state that did not secede from the union. john wilkes booth is also a southern zealot, whose hatred of abraham lincoln is nothing less than fanatical. in october of 1864, booth makes contact with the confederate secret service. and shortly after lincoln s reelection, he determines to kidnap the president. ....