John Wilkes Booth will live in infamy as the man who shot President Abraham Lincoln in April 1865 at the end of the Civil War. When the actor died, twelve days after the assassination, what remarkable find was made in his clothes?
Answer: Prior to the assassination, Booth was romantically involved with five different women, several of them well known. When the actor died, one of the few possessions he had on him were photographs of each of the five women.
Source: Lincoln by Carl Sandburg; The Civil War by Shelby Foote
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