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Booth (JOHN WILKES an Ameriin another)

JOHN WILKES, an Ameriin 1838; another son of JUNIUS BRUTUS in the Civil War, and to avenge the defeat of their cause he formed a confeat of their cause he formed a con- EDWIN BOOTH spiracy against the life of President Lincoln. He mortally wounded the President, while the latter was attending a performance in Ford's Theater, in Washington, on April 14, 1865; broke his own ington, on April 14, 1865; broke his own leg in escaping from the building; and when, on being discovered, and refusing to surrender, he was shot.