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David Edgar Herold (June 16, 1842 – July 7, 1865) was an American pharmacist's assistant and accomplice of John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. After the shooting, Herold accompanied Booth to the home of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who set Booth's injured leg.
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Jan 1, 2016 · David Herold was a pharmacy clerk who accompanied Booth to the home of Dr. Samuel Mudd, where he set Booth's leg. He was sentenced to death by a military commission for his role in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. He was hanged along with Lewis Powell, Mary Surratt, and George Atzerodt on July 7, 1865, after a seven-week trial.
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David Herold was a pharmacy assistant who helped John Wilkes Booth escape after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. He was part of a wider conspiracy that also targeted the Vice President and other government officials, but he was captured and executed by hanging.
Like Booth, Herold's real life death was unpleasant. From the start, John Wilkes Booth has been aided by his friend and accomplice, David Herold, in Manhunt, but now in episode 6, both men are ...
assassination of Abraham Lincoln. …with another of the conspirators, David Herold, Booth fled through Maryland, stopping to have his leg treated by Samuel A. Mudd, a Maryland doctor who would later be convicted of conspiracy. A massive manhunt ensued, fueled by a \$100,000 reward. Booth and Herold hid for days in a thicket of….
1842-1865. Lincoln Assassination. Conspiracy Trial. Home. Images of David Herold. Herold captured as Booth stands in burning barn. Herold visited in cell by sisters on day of his execution. Biographic Sketch of David Herold. David Herold was the sixth of eleven children born to the chief clerk at the Navy Store at the Washington Navy Yard.
David E. Herold 23 years old, Herold first met Booth in 1863 after a performance at Ford's Theatre. Herold was friends with George Atzerodt and John Surratt and had met Michael O'Laughlen through Atzerodt. His role in the assassination plot was to guide Powell to Secretary of State Seward’s home and then aid his escape out of the city.
