Lincoln was killed by a crackpot actor named john wilkes booth who used a small pocket pistol known as a " derringer " for the deed .
林肯被一个想入非非的演员杀害,他名叫约翰威尔克斯布斯,行动时使用了一把叫做“德林格”的小手枪。
He was commissioned to murder an alleged communist spy but was so frightened that he emerged from behind a boulder to hand over his derringer pocket pistol to the man he was supposed to assassinate .