Junius Brutus Booth Jr. himself was briefly imprisoned in Washington , DC , after his brother assassinated Abraham Lincoln . At the time of the assassination , he was fulfilling an acting engagement at Pike 's Opera House in Cincinnati before Edward , Prince of Wales . Even so , he was arrested and hurried by train to the Old Capitol Prison , where he was interrogated and released
assassinated Abraham Lincoln
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Junius Brutus Booth Jr.