John Wilkes Booth used his status as an actor to sneak into Ford’s Theatre so he could kill the president. Then he broke his leg. Source: Getty Images John Wilkes Booth; Abraham Lincoln On April 21, 1865, The New York Times published a letter given to them by John Wilkes Booth’s brother-in-law, John S. Clarke. …
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