Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I whakatupatohia e tētahi kairangahau o Ingarangi a Aperahama Lincoln kei te raru tona oranga i etahi wiki i mua i tana kohuru, e ai ki tētahi kaituhi. E whakaarohia ana ko Charles Colchester, he tohunga i tata ki te wahine tuatahi, i korero ki te perehitini mo te riri i nga marama tuatahi o te tau 1865. I patua a Lincoln e te kaiwhakaari a John Wilkes Booth i a ia e matakitaki ana i tetahi taakaro i roto i te pouaka motuhake i te Whare Tapere o Ford, Washington DC, i te po o te Paenga-whawha 14 o taua tau. I kohurutia: He whakaahua e whakaatu ana i a John Wilkes Booth e pupuhi ana i te Perehitini Lincoln i te Whare Taonga o Ford i te Paenga-whawha 14, 1865. Ko te kaitiaki Charles Colchester i piri ki te wahine tuatahi a Mary Todd Lincoln, i whakaahuatia i waenganui. Engari ahakoa i tukuna mai pea e Colchester te mōhiohio hei whakatūpato māharahara, tērā pea i ahu mai te mōhiohio i te kaiwhawhai - ko wai hoki tana hoa inu. Ko te whanaungatanga o Colchester me te perehitini kua tuhia pai, engari tae noa mai ki tenei wa kaore nga kaituhi hitori i hono atu ki a Booth, e kii ana te Ahorangi Terry Alford i roto i te Fortune's Fool, he koiora hou mo te kaiwhakatuma, e ai ki te Times. I mōhiotia te tohunga ki te whānau o Lincoln i muri i tana karangatanga e te wahine tuatahi a Mary Todd Lincoln i a ia e rapu ana ki te kōrero ki tana tama 11 tau te pakeke, a Willie. Ko Colchester, te tama tārewa o tētahi rangatira, i whakamīharo ki a Mrs Lincoln, ā, i karangatia ia ki te whakahaere i ētahi huihuinga i te Whare Pōtae me te Whare o nga Hoia, te wāhi okiokinga raumati o te peresideni. He whakatūpato: I korerotia ki a Aperahama Lincoln, kei te mōrearea tōna ora i ngā wiki i mua i tōna matenga, e kīia ana. Engari i te mea he mea nui ia ki te wahine tuatahi, te ahua nei kaore i taea e ia te whakaponohia te perehitini mo ona mana, e kii ana te Ahorangi Terry Alford. I tetahi wa i tono te perehitini ki a Joseph Henry, o te Smithsonian Institute, kia tirotirohia me pehea te kaha o Colchester ki te karanga i nga haruru i nga waahanga rereke o te ruuma - he tohu, e kii ana ia, mo tona kaha ki te korero ki nga wairua. I akiaki a Mr Henry ki te pūrongo kāore i taea e ia te kimi i tētahi whakamārama. (I kitea i muri mai he kaihanga haruru hiko a Colchester i herea ki...
I patua a Aperahama Lincoln i te whare tapere o Washington DC i te 14 o Paenga-whāwhā 1865. I whakatupatohia ia e te kaikorero a Charles Colchester mo te riri, e kiia ana. He whanaunga tata a Colchester ki te whānau o Lincoln, he hoa hoki o te kaiwhawhai a Booth. Engari kaore i taea e te tohunga Ingarihi te whakapā atu ki te peresideni mo ana kaha. Ko ngā whakakitenga i puta i roto i te kōrero hou mō Booth nā te kaituhi hītori a Tākuta Terry Alford.