CJ 3533-350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Trilateral Commission, Adam Weishaupt, John Wilkes Booth
21 Nov 2016
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Conspiracy study: john wilkes booth & the assassination of abraham lincoln. Background on john wilkes booth: he was a famous actor during the time that he lived, he was a strong southern sympathizer, but he remained in the north for the majority of the war. Some believe that he was a spy for the confederacy, and that is why he remained in the north. There seems to be some credibility behind this idea. March 17, 1865: john wilkes booth hatched a plan with co-conspirators to kidnap president lincoln: these men met at a tavern/saloon outside of washington d. c. and developed the following plan: Abraham lincoln was scheduled to ride out to a northern army hospital outside of washington d. c. The plan was to attack the stagecoach on this journey, kidnap. Lincoln, and hold him ransom for all of the southern pows. Side note: the army was protecting the president at this time, not the secret service.
