
After John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln, he escaped to Maryland. According to the history books, he was discovered hiding in a barn in Virginia. After he refused to surrender, the barn was set afire and Booth died in the conflagration. However, in 1903 a Mr. David E. George, while on his deathbed in Enid, Oklahoma, claimed to be John Wilkes Booth. This film presents evidence of the possibility that Mr. George's claim was true.... (Full plot summary below)
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After John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln, he escaped to Maryland. According to the history books, he was discovered hiding in a barn in Virginia. After he refused to surrender, the barn was set afire and Booth died in the conflagration. However, in 1903 a Mr. David E. George, while on his deathbed in Enid, Oklahoma, claimed to be John Wilkes Booth. This film presents evidence of the possibility that Mr. George's claim was true.
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