What happened to the killer of Abraham Lincoln?

Answer 1

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, a promising actor and Confederate sympathizer. After Booth shot Lincoln at Ford's Theater, he ran from the Theater and fled south with accomplice David Herold. The two made a quick stop at the house of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who set Booth's leg (Booth broke it when he jumped from the president's box to the stage at Ford's Theater). Then they hid in a pine thicket for nearly a week. Eventually detectives caught up with them at Garrett's Farm in the South. Booth and Herold were hiding in the barn when detectives surrounded it. Herold surrendered, but Booth refused. The detectives set the barn on fire, and then Booth was shot by the soldier Boston Corbett. He was taken out of the barn and suffered for a while, but eventually died. It was twelve days after he shot Lincoln.

Answer 2

Famous American actor John Wilkes Booth was also a southern sympathizer. After he shot and killed President Lincoln, he himself was shot and killed in a Virginia tobacco barn.

Answer 3

Abraham Lincoln died. John W. Booth was hunted down and killed. Booth's accomplices were brought to trial and those found guilty were executed.

Answer 4

John Wilkes Booth