 On the night of March 15, 1865, O'Laughlen met with Booth and other conspirators at Gautier's Restaurant on Pennsylvania Avenue to discuss the possible abduction of the President.Basically, the plan was to abduct Lincoln and take him to Richmond, Virginia for the purpose of making the Union government exchange prisoners with the Confederacy.Booth learned that Lincoln was scheduled to attend a matinee performance of the play "Still Waters Run Deep" at the Campbell Hospital on the outskirts of Washington on March 17, 1865.