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New book on alleged Lincoln conspirator John Surratt
Many Americans are aware of the role Mrs. Mary Surratt reportedly played in the Lincoln assassination. The military tribunal hearing the case convicted her in being involved in the heinous crime, though her exact role is debated. She reportedly helped hide "shooting irons" for the plotters and gave general aid, shelter, and assistance to Booth and his accomplices. She was convicted and hung along. Robin Wright portrayed Mary Surratt in the 2011 film, The Conspirator.
Some historians believe that Mrs. Surratt was in reality being used as bait to draw her son, John Surratt, back to the USA to face trial in her stead. Surratt allegedly was one of the masterminds of the earlier plot to kidnap the president and may have been one of Booth's closest confidants among his motley gang.
Author Michael Schein tells the story of Surratt and his mother, and the government's case against them, in his fascinating new full-length biography, John Surratt: The Lincoln Assassin Who Got Away.
John Harrison Surratt, Jr. was born on the "Foxhall" estate in Maryland on April 13, 1844. His parents owned and managed a nine-room tavern on a 287-acre plot of land. At the age of 11, he and brother were sent off to a private school in Port To
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John President Surratt Jr (1844 - 1916)
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Biographic Sketch of John Surratt, Jr.
John Surratt was born on April 13, 1844 in the Washington, D. C. district of Congress Heights. Surratt was the youngest child of John and Mary Surratt.
Surratt, who intended to become a priest, enrolled at St. Charles College in Maryland, where he met Louis Weichmann who would become first a good friend, and later his chief nemesis.
Soon after John's father died in August, 1862, Surratt became postmaster of the small Maryland town of Surrattsville, first settled by his family. By 1863, Surratt was working as a Confederate secret agent, carrying messages to Confederate boats on the Potomac River and sending messages about Union troop movements in the Washington area south to Richmond.
John Surratt's Role in the Conspiracy
Dr. Samuel Mudd introduced John Surratt to John Wilkes Booth on December 23, 1864 in Washington. Surratt joined the Confederate conspiracy to abduct President Lincoln and participated in the March 15 meeting with other conspirators at Gautier's Restaurant on Pennsylvania Avenue, where plans were laid for a March 17 kidnapping.
On the night of April 14, 1865, Surratt--by his own account--was in Elmira, New York on a spying mission for General Ed