Booth and the Julius Caesar conspiracy had exit strategies in a different way than expected. John wanted to kill the president because of his hatred towards him and to make a statement to all of America. As he jumped from the state box, the place Lincoln was shot, to the stage he yelled “Freedom!” (O’Reilly 208). After which Booth ran to the back-stage door hopped on his horse and “In an instant, John Wilkes Booth disappears into the night.” (O’Reilly 211) As Julius Caesar lays lifeless on the capitol building ground his murderers dip their hands in his blood and “Then forth, even to the market-place, And, waving our red weapons o'er our heads, Let's all cry 'Peace, freedom and liberty!’” (Shakespeare) The men flaunted their work to innocent citizens in order to show the great work they’ve