Booth fled the building and, along with co-conspirator David Herold, ... After Lincoln's assassination, the space was sold to the government and remained closed until 1968.

But Christ Church’s grief was also particular. One of its parishioners was a John Wilkes Booth accomplice, David Herold, 23, of Eighth Street SE. His mother and eight sisters were also ...

Three men spent time in jail under suspicion of being involved in the murder of Presdient Lincoln 160 years ago. Two were released but a Randolph County native was executed.

Four were sentenced to hang: Powell, Atzerodt, David Herold, who was Booth’s right hand man and Mary Surratt, who owned the boardinghouse where the conspiracy was hatched.

Herold and Booth, among others, had been part of a group that planned a failed plot to kidnap Lincoln. Herold, following the assassination, was responsible for finding Booth medical care, and he ...

Earlier that morning, John Wilkes Booth and his accomplice, David Herold, had been trapped in a tobacco barn in Port Royal, Virginia, about 75 miles south of Washington. Herold surrendered. To ...

Booth fled the building and, along with co-conspirator David Herold, evaded authorities for nearly two weeks. Booth was shot and killed during capture in Virginia on April 26.