| John Wilkes Booth’s Wanted Poster | |
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Origin |
John Wilkes Booth |
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Type |
Wanted Poster |
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Effects |
Lets subject narrowly avoid suspicion and capture until they commit a treasonous act. Updates with the crimes they commit. |
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Downsides |
Violent desire for removal of enemy leaders. Attempting to flee will eventually corner user into an inescapable capture. |
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Activation |
Desire to avenge a defeated cause |
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Collected by |
Warehouse 13 |
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Section |
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Aisle |
398066-2916 |
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Shelf |
429391-6468-695 |
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Date of Collection |
October 12, 1998 |
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Origin[]
John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American stage actor who assassinated United States President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. A member of the prominent 19th-century Booth theatrical family from Maryland, he was a noted actor who was also a Confederate sympathizer; denouncing President Lincoln, he lamented the then-recent abolition of slavery in the United States.
Originally, Booth and his small group of conspirators had plotted to kidnap Lincoln to aid the Confederate cause. They later decided to murder him, as well as Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William H. Seward. Although General Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union Army , Booth believed that the Civil War remained active as General Joseph E. Johnston continued fighting.
In the theater, he slipped into Lincoln's box at around 10:14 p.m. as the play progressed and shot the President in the back of the head with a .41 caliber Deringer pistol. Booth's escape was almost thwarted by Major Henry Rathbone, who was in the presidential box with Mary Todd Lincoln. Booth stabbed Rathbone when the startled officer lunged at him. Rathbone's fiancée Clara Harris was also in the box but was not harmed.
Booth then jumped from the President's box to the stage, where he raised his knife and shouted "Sic semper tyrannis".(Latin for "Thus always to tyrants," attributed to Brutus at Caesar's assassination; state motto of Virginia and mentioned in the new "Maryland, My Maryland", future anthem of Booth's Maryland.) According to some accounts, Booth added, "I have done it, the South is avenged!" Some witnesses reported that Booth fractured or otherwise injured his leg when his spur snagged a decorative U.S. Treasury Guard flag while leaping to the stage. It is more likely Booth was injured later that night during his flight to escape when his horse tripped and fell on him,
Seward, severely wounded, recovered, whereas Vice President Johnson was never attacked. Booth fled on horseback to Southern Maryland; twelve days later, at a farm in rural Northern Virginia, he was tracked down sheltered in a barn. Booth's companion David Herold surrendered, but Booth maintained a standoff. After the authorities set the barn ablaze, Union soldier Boston Corbett fatally shot him in the neck. Paralyzed, he died a few hours later. Of the eight conspirators later convicted, four were soon hanged.
Effects[]
Activates by having an intense desire to avenge a defeated cause such as a loss from a tragedy, battle, takeover or defeat. One will want to remove the recognized leaders of any enemy group they detest, often forcefully through violent means. But if there is no hierarchy or focused target, they only effect will be avoiding general suspicion until they commit a major crime. Homicide or treasonous acts guarantee the activation. Attempting to flee is a futile effort, as they encounter close calls every step until they eventually make a poor decision. Even more, the data updates with the current list of known felonies and threat level of the subject.