that he put together these ne er-do-wells. and he wanted to kill not only lincoln but three other top government officials. and he said, if he can do that, the south would rise again. that was the genesis of the conspiracy. and they did do big damage to seward, who was secretary of state. and booth got lincoln. yes. and the president then became was it johnson? johnson, right. and regarded not well as a president. no, because one of the things we have in the book that s fascinating is at the second inaugural address, johnson spoke first, before lincoln. mm-hmm. and he was blasted. he was drunk. oh, that s right. the man had a drinking problem. he was drunk at giving the inaugur and lincoln s going. [ laughter ] absolutely true. so, we weren t exactly, you know, well-served by andrew johnson. did you now, it seems like every time you re on, every couple of months, you have a new book. now, bill. [ laughter ] it s just that time goes so fast. one a year. are
well, first of all, we have been doing more patrolling around our theaters here in los angeles because of all the theater violence that we ve seen across the country ever since colorado and a couple copy cats but you re right. if rival gangs come to the same theater at the same time to watch this particular show it s a recipe for possibly trouble so we want to make sure that everybody that goes through the theater has a great movie experience and everybody feels comfortable and everybody s safe. and is there any concern on the outside that it could be unrelated ne er-do-wells and nefarious evil doers? for instance, you know, we saw a church shooting that was predominantly allegedly about racism, just a young man who wanted to kill black people. is there any concern that a movie that highlights a lot of the concerns that troubled individual had might actually bring out the copycat notion at a theater that airs the movie? we certainly hope not and we don t have any information that
who knew that? what s the connection? how did somebody know that this large cache of silver was in the home? during an unrelated arrest days later, a local criminal told detectives who might have done the davies job. that was gary masse and stephen desantis. they were well-known thieves, ne er-do-wells, thugs. they d been in and out of custody for various crimes. i don t think the police were at all surprised. stephen was an angry young guy that just didn t know how to make a living other than robbing people. gary is unstable. he was a regular drug addict who had more ins into the criminal element. and the first thing the police did was go after gary masse and stephen desantis. police launched a manhunt but for days came up empty-handed. meanwhile, grace davies recovered and told police that a
east coast in particular. he starred in a lot of plays in new york and then d.c. and philadelphia. and he was a racist. and he was so angry that the south had lost the war. lee had surrendered that he and his little conspiracy group feel they would decapitate in his words the federal government, starting with lincoln and then getting the other johnson the vice president secretary of state steward down the line that the south would rise again. that s what the big grand plan was. and he could operate. they were going to it try to kidnap him right? first they were going to kidnap him which was, you know ridiculous. they felt that they could kidnap him bring him down south. try him as a war criminal, or whatever. but you have got to remember that none of this was real well thought out. these guys were ne er do wells, excepts for booth. booth was a successful guy and he had access. he could go around. people had never thought he would do anything like this.
that was well known on the east coast in particular. he starred in a lot of plays in new york and then d.c. and philadelphia. and he was a racist. and he was so angry that the south had lost the war. lee had surrendered that he and his little conspiracy group feel they would decapitate in his words the federal government, starting with lincoln and then getting the other johnson the vice president secretary of state steward down the line that the south would rise again. that s what the big grand plan was. and he could operate. they were going to it try to kidnap him right? first they were going to kidnap him which was, you know ridiculous. they felt that they could kidnap him bring him down south. try him as a war criminal, or whatever. but you have got to remember that none of this was real well thought out. these guys were ne er do wells, excepts for booth. booth was a successful guy and he had access. he could go around. people had never thought he would do anything like this.