 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Junius Brutus Booth Jr. amene akaiswa mutorongo kwenguva pfupi muWashington, D.C., pashure pokunge munununa wake auraya Abraham Lincoln. Panguva yokupondwa kwacho, akanga ari kuita basa rokutamba paPikes Opera House muCincinnati. Booth akabva kuCincinnati nechitima musi waApril 17 ndokusvika muPhiladelphia musi waApril 19. Booth akazivisa U.S. Marshal nezvokuvapo kwake muguta uye akasungwa ndokuendeswa nokukurumidza nechitima kuOld Capitol Prison, kwaakabvunzurudzwa ndokusunungurwa. 