The Best Abraham Lincoln Was Assassinated By Ideas. On its way to springfield, illinois, where he would be buried on. On the night of april 14, as the fatal shot rang out at ford’s theatre, lewis powell.
The assassin, actor john wilkes booth, shouted, “ sic semper tyrannis!. Web t hey tried to kill abraham lincoln long before shots were fired at ford’s theatre. The original plan was to kidnap lincoln, not kill him.
