News about John Wilkes Booth

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An extremely rare pair of theatre tickets containing a 'harrowing' front row glimpse of Abraham Lincoln's assassination have gone for a whopping $262,500. On April 14, 1865, the unknown ticket owners had prime seats at the front of the balcony for a production of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. As John Wilkes Booth crept in and shot him in the back of the head, Lincoln was watching the show from his box opposite when he heard it.

Harlan Crow, a billionaire, referred to a Prosecu story about his friendship with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who described it as a "political hit job" and defended his collection of historical memorabilia. The journalist's essay was deemed by him as an attempt to'stabilize' the court. His collections include more than Hitler, including outlaws and a group of people he does not endorse,' he said.' We've got Jesse James and Al Capone, Lee Harvey Oswald, and John Wilkes Booth.' These are bad guys. They did bad things to America,' he told the Dallas Morning News.