Who shot John Wilkes Booth?

BRY2K

BOSTON CORBETT Corbett testified in the conspiracy trial that took place after Lincoln's assassination. He testified on May 17, 1865. In his testimony he explained his shooting of Booth as follows: "Finding the fire gaining upon him (Booth), he turned to the other side of the barn, and got toward where the door was, and as he got there I saw him make a movement toward the door. I supposed he was going to fight his way out. One of the men, who was watching him, told me that he aimed the carbine at me. He was taking aim with the carbine, but at whom I could not say. My mind was upon him attentively to see that he did no harm, and when I became impressed that it was time I shot him. I took steady aim on my arm, and shot him through a large crack in the barn." http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln32.html Sep 29 08, 6:46 PM

albtucker

Thomas P. "Boston" Corbett (1832 – presumed dead 1894) was the Union Army soldier who shot and killed Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. He disappeared after 1888 and is believed to have died in Minnesota in 1894, but this is unproven. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Corbett Sep 29 08, 10:14 PM