John Wilkes Booth (Public domain photo) ... Oklahoma, a drifter stating his name to be David E. George settled in the sprawling frontier town until 1903, ...

The poster, printed on April 20, 1865, advertises a total of $100,000 in rewards for the capture of John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices. Booth fatally shot Lincoln on April 14, 1865, at Ford’s ...

1838–65 Maryland Actor. Arguably the nation's most famous assassin, John Wilkes Booth was an accomplished actor, southern sympathizer, and likely spy before shooting President Lincoln in April 1865.

The federals, of course, would eventually catch up to not only John Wilkes Booth, but also his co-conspirators, Samuel Arnold, George Atzerodt, David Herold, Samuel Mudd, Michael O'Laughlen, Lewis ...

Matthew Weiner’s world premiere “John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only!” at Baltimore Center Stage finds an actor turned assassin in conversation with himself.