David Herold

Criminal
BIRTHDAY
June 16,1842
Birthplace
Maryland
Age
Jul 7,1865,age 23
Birth Sign
Gemini
BIRTHDAY
June 16,1842 (age Jul 7,1865,age 23)
Birthplace
Maryland

About

American criminal and co-conspirator in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln who was sentenced to death by hanging in 1865.

Before Fame

He was a con man who sold so-called "Indian herbs" to unsuspecting patrons.

Trivia

He is one of the people theorized to have been the intheir serial killer Jack the Ripper.

Family Life

He was the sixth of eleven children born to Adam and Mary Porter Herold.

Associated With

He and John Wilkes Booth conspired to kill President Lincoln.