It was further proof that Booth had been planning to kill the president for quite some time. The letter itself is primarily ...

In a fit of rage, Thakur opened fire. While the bullet missed Arya, it struck Akshay’s leg, leaving him injured. The violence ...

Recruited by Booth into the conspiracy, he was assigned to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson, but lost his nerve and stayed in a hotel bar, drinking, instead. Azterodt was executed by hanging in ...

has just made public a story in which he tells how he warned President Lincoln that he was in danger of being assassinated by John Wilkes Booth five days before the tragedy occurred. View Full ...

As a long-time melter and refiner at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, he devised procedures to refine great amounts of Au-Ag ore after the California gold rush.