Eighteen Pages

John Wilkes Booth found himself in a difficult situation. For months he had planned to kidnap Lincoln. Now Lee's surrender at Appomattox meant time was running short. He only had more shot to accomplish his purpose: Good Friday, and at a place he knew: Ford's Theater. In the audience, was a reporter, shocked as the evening unfolded but his shock was nothing compared to Booth's, who entered the box to see someone shoot the Tyrant. He was being set-up! During the next agonizing week, the actor-turned-fugitive tried to piece together what went wrong. Meanwhile, the reporter spent the week in the capital attempting to piece together the story from his end, gathering evidence from the many witnesses not rushed into imprisonment in the Old Capitol, as well as from the constantly changing news reports passed out daily from Secretary Stanton. He and his fiancée uncover a conspiracy which has little or no connection with Booth or Stanton, or even Lincoln. But who can he tell without getting himself killed as well?