Telegram from John Wilkes Booth
The date on this telegram is wrong. John Wilkes Booth actually sent this on March 13, 1865, the month before he assassinated President Lincoln. The telegraph...
Testimony of Mrs. Mary Ann Turner
Mrs. Mary Ann Turner, a witness for the prosecution, testified that she witnessed a man exit the rear of Ford’s Theater, leap on a horse, and leave the area at...
The Zapruder Camera
On November 22, 1963, the day of President John F. Kennedy’s visit to Dallas, Abraham Zapruder initially left his camera at home. But his secretary convinced him to...
Verdicts of the commission
The military commission deliberated the fates of the Abraham Lincoln assassination conspirators for two days. Booth was not tried because he was shot and killed while...