Puzzles/Lateral puzzles/3/Solution

Puzzles | Lateral puzzles | Lateral puzzle 3 | Solution

1. His parachute did not open.
2. The man was actually Abraham Lincoln and 'the field' is the nickname for the theater he was in during his assassination. There is no one else in 'the field' because the theater was evacuated. The rucksack on his back was a late 1850's man-purse that was common during that era for theater-goers.