Booth defiantly remains inside, ignoring the threat to burn the barn if he does not surrender to them. The officer in charge of the cavalry was trying to negotiate with Booth, when someone at the back of the barn lights some straw and the fire spreads throughout the structure. Booth at first moves towards the fire and then turns and hops towards the door. A shot rings out. Sergeant Boston Corbett fired it.
Booth falls to the ground paralyzed.
Lincoln's assassin lingers between life and death. He finally let go of life around seven in the morning. Sergeant Corbett is arrested and held briefly as a possible accomplice in the assassination of Lincoln. David Herold stands trial with the three other conspirators. All four conspirators are found guilty.