Thomas Jones brought Booth newspapers each day the fugitive was stuck hiding in the pine thicket. Booth had envisioned that his assassination of Lincoln would be something akin to what he did on the stage as an actor, though, this time, instead of being only the actor, he would be playwright and director, too. Nothing in his experience as an actor led him to foresee that his actions could be interpreted differently from how he meant them. Booth believed that once Lincoln’s critics learned of the attack they would celebrate Booth’s bold action. He believed that killing Lincoln would be…