1937, 10 august, USA : Gun booth used to kill Lincoln. Washington, D.C., Aug. 10. The gun used by John Wilkes Booth to kill President Abraham Lincoln in 1865 is now on display at the Judge Advocate General's Office in the War Department. Edwin B. Pitts, Chief Clerk of the Judge Advocate General's Office, is shown holding the gun in this picture. The actor John Wilkes Booth (1838 - 1865), killer of U.S.A. President ABRAHAM LINCOLN (Big South Fork, KY, 1809 - Washington 1865).