engagments

Updated: May 27, 2025

Throng to the bar, crying all, Guilty! guilty!" By these starring engagments, Booth made incredible sums. His cashbook, for one single season, showed earnings deposited in bank of twenty-two odd thousand dollars. In New York he did not get a hearing, except at a benefit or two: where he played parts not of his selection.

George Alfred Townsend - The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth