Mary Surratt Guilty In Chasing Lincoln's Killer

Chapter four in the novel “ Chasing Lincoln's Killer” was very action pact. There were two main components of the chapter;:John Booth, Lois Powell and David Herold escapes, and trying to save President Abraham Lincoln's life. After these three people murder, or attempted to murder, the president and the secretary, they needed to flee Washington so they would not get apprehended and killed. The most difficult component of the escape was crossing the bridge. Only two of the assassins crossed the bridge so for. After Lincoln was shot, Dr. Leal rushed to try to rescue him. He got him breathing on his own, but he does not think he will survive. This chapter was fairly entertaining. There were never a part I lost interest in.However, I did not

Mary Surratt: A Co-Conspirator for the Lincoln Assassination Mary Surratt should have been executed. She was guilty of lying to authorities and she held evidence for Lincoln’s murder at her tavern. Mary surratt should have been executed because she held all the supplies for the murder at her tavern.

This shows that she was hiding weapons for the assassination of President Lincoln. (Source 3). She delivered a package to Booth for the association. This shows that she was aiding the association by sending them packages.

Mary Surratt only was going to kidnap not the plan to kill. Mary Surratt wasn’t even at the place they killed Lincoln. Mary Surratt was the only one blamed for the murder. In the text it also said she wasn't there when the murder happened.

One reason Mary Surratt is guilty is because she was in contact with the conspirators a lot. A lady named Eliza Holahan noticed a man named John Wilkes Booth there many times. Booth is the one that came up with the plan to kill the president, Abraham Lincoln. She said, “ I have seen John Wilkes Booth at Mrs. Surratt’s three or four times”. A man named Louis Weichmann also noticed conspirators came to visit the boarding house often. He could tell that something was up.

John Wilkes Booth may think that he did the right thing for the southerner, however people from the north had different point of views and by that misfortune called him out for what he has done. The Chasing Lincoln's Killer, by James L. Swanson stated the quest of what John Wilkes Booth received and the task that he needs to be done is not a easy nor an impossible job, but the outcome of the event will be macabre. Although John Wilkes Booth is doing the greater good for the south, the assassination that John Wilkes Booth did will not be forgotten. Consequently, the assassination is what some people would hoped for.

Mary Surratt had John Wilkes Booth stay at her boarding house before the assassination of Lincoln. She said that she only knew about the kidnapping of president, but prosecutors believed that Surratt was lying because she wanted

Most Americans know John Wilkes Booth as the assassin of Abraham Lincoln- shot at a play at Ford’s Theater on April 14th, 1865. However, the names of the conspirators that surrounded Wilkes Booth are relatively unknown, especially that of Mary Surratt. Mary Surratt, a mother and boardinghouse proprietor, was arrested and tried for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln along with her son, John Surratt. Pleas from her family, lawyer, and fellow conspirators did not allow her to escape her fate, and she was hanged for her crimes on July 7th, 1865. Even from the scaffold, Lewis Powell, another conspirator condemned to die, cried, “Mrs. Surratt is innocent. She doesn't deserve to die with the rest of us.” So who was this woman, and most

The first colossal point is that Mary Surratt didn’t know that they were going to kill the president. For instance, in source 2, it states,” Mary knew of the kidnapping plot but not the plan to kill Lincoln.” This evidence shows that Mary Surratt had no clue about the kidnapping plot. This indicates that she had given them the guns with no idea on what their purpose was. Also, in the same source (Source 2), it mentions, “ When questioned if she knew of Booth’s plan, she replied, “Never in the world if it was the last word to utter.”” This indicates the first point that I mentioned about the guns use was true.

The mystery of how John Wilkes Booth pulled off the most influential and notorious assassinations in history is revealed in Killing Lincoln. The author of this book, Bill O’Reilly, built up the plot of the story through vivid historical details and pieced them together like a thriller. He tries to explain all of what happened on one of the most interesting and sad days in American history. Many conspiracies and Civil War ideals are on full display in the book. I agree with most of O’Reilly’s ideas but there are some that I am not really sure about because of his point of view like many of the conspiracy theories. Killing Lincoln by Bill O’Reilly was a very compelling read which described the Civil War, lives of

Weichman, a very close friend to the Surratt family. He was a frequent boarder at the Surratt’s Inn where he saw the conspirators having secret meetings with John Wilkes Booth. There were multiple incidents where he saw Mary Surratt and John Wilkes Booth talking in private meetings. Lewis J. Weichman felt that Mary Surratt knew about the plot to kill President Abraham Lincoln because it was unavoidable for her to have such close associations and to have no knowledge (Times, 2015). Weichman could not believe that a woman like Mary Surratt could be involved with something so horrible.

Mary Surratt was the defendant among the executed that received a punishment far out weighing her role in the crime. Mary Surratt was convicted of conspiracy in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. She was sentenced to death and became the first woman to be executed by the U.S. government. Mary Surratt was the mother of John Surratt who was a conspirator that helped John Wilkes Booth plan Lincoln’s kidnap and later, his assassination. With the help of Chasing Lincoln’s Killer, “Lincoln and the Writ of Liberty,” and the movie The Conspirator, it can be proven that Mary Surratt’s punishment was unjust. Mary Surratt received a punishment far worse than what she deserved because she was innocent, blamed for her son’s actions, and she did

Booth, along with his coconspirators began to plan the assassination of Lincoln (Ito 30) these conspirators included; George Azterodt, Mary Surratt, David Herold, Lewis Powell, Edward Spangler, Louis Paine, Samuel Arnold, Michael O’Laughlen (Ito 30). Though many of these conspirators did not actually commit murder they were still however charged with the crime of assisting Booth in plotting the murder of both Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward (Ito 30).

In the article, Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination it states that there had been a group of 7 that were conspiring to kidnap the President, led by John Wilkes Booth, but that plan never worked out like Booth planned. March 20th 1865 which was the day the kidnapping was supposed to happen but Lincoln never did show up to the spot that Booth and

In late summer of 1864 Booth began developing plans to kidnap Lincoln, take him to Richmond (the Confederate capital), and hold him in return for Confederate prisoners of war. By January, 1865, Booth had organized a group of co-conspirators that included Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlen, John Surratt, Lewis Powell (also called Lewis Paine or Payne), George