# Did any good come of Lincoln's assassination? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 24, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-good-come-of-lincolns-assassination/494244 "2009-04-24T18:08:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2009, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-good-come-of-lincolns-assassination/494244/21 "2009-04-26T00:58:56Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > Yes it is. Booth didn’t die hours after killing Lincoln. He was on the run for almost two weeks, and spent almost half of that time hiding out in one spot. He was in contact with people sympathetic to him, and received help, food, and as \*\*Markxxx \*\*said, newspapers during that time. Huh, you are right. My mistake. Sorry! Speaking of which, in Omega Glory’s listed passage, Booth perhaps should have recognized that brutus wasn’t really considered to be a great guy. At best, he was a flawed hero, and many commentors, even those politically symapthetic to him, were not all that well-disposed to his reputation. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-good-come-of-lincolns-assassination/494244/22 "2009-04-26T01:03:02Z")
I took a tour of Booth’s escape route a few years ago. He did indeed see newspapers during the twelve days he spent as a fugitive, and was taken aback at how much condemnation - even in the Southern press - he came in for. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-good-come-of-lincolns-assassination/494244.md?page=1)