(A) ** Helped an injured Booth in the middle of the night and asked no questions. It was alleged he was a part of the plan all along
(B) Helped authorities capture Booth after he pretended to help him fix his leg but really notified authorities that he was there.
(C) Northern journalist that reported on the death of Abraham Lincoln and was murdered for exposing the conspiracy
(D) He did not play a role in the death of Lincoln or the conspiracy to kill northern leaders
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Concept note-1: -Edmund Spangler A stagehand and carpenter at Ford’s Theatre who was also known as Edward, Edman, and Ned, Spangler knew Booth well and assisted him on April 14 at the theater.
Concept note-2: -John Wilkes Booth is killed when Union soldiers track him down to a Virginia farm 12 days after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. Twenty-six-year-old Booth was one of the most famous actors in the country when he shot Lincoln during a performance at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C., on the night of April 14.
Concept note-3: -The assassin, actor John Wilkes Booth, shouted, “Sic semper tyrannis! (Ever thus to tyrants!) The South is avenged, ” as he jumped onto the stage and fled on horseback. Lincoln died the next morning.
Concept note-4: -His final death scene would drag on for several hours. Soldiers moved Booth to the porch of the farmhouse belonging to the Garrett family, whose tobacco barn they had just torched. There, Booth struggled to sip water but managed to speak in a whisper. In unrelenting pain, he repeatedly begged his captors, “Kill me!