In his request to be relieved of duty, General Fonseka asked the president to allow him to keep a security detail, including trained combat soldiers, and a bullet proof vehicle, saying the defeated rebels are yet capable of trying to kill him.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

Most had agreed to work with Booth because they believed he planned to kidnap Lincoln, not kill him.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

But in November of seventeen-eighteen, the governor of Virginia sent soldiers to kill or capture him.

VOA: special.2011.07.26

To get his boots wet in such cold weather might kill him.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

He believed God had ordered him to kill the president.

VOA: special.2010.04.22