The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth

by George Alfred TOWNSEND (1841 - 1914)

Obsequies in Washington

The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth

A series of articles by the New York World newspaper's special correspondent covering the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, its background and subsequent events. It should be noted that some statements in this contemporaneous account have since been shown to be inaccurate. Summary by Delmar H. Dolbier


Listen next episodes of The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth:
Extra Mural Scenes , Solution of the Conspiracy (1) , Solution of the Conspiracy (2) , The Assassin's Death (1) , The Assassin's Death (2) , The Detectives' Stories , The Executions , The Martyr , The Murderer (1) , The Murderer (2) , The Trial