Conspirator Execution

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I believe I'm correct that only Anna Surratt and one or two of Herold's sisters were on the Arsenal grounds during the execution. After Anna was allowed her last visit with her mother and pinned a jet arrow broach on Mary, she was led to another area of the penitentiary where attorney Doster and a Mrs. Dix waited with her. The story we have been told is that Anna watched until the hood was placed over her mother's head and then turned away and flung herself down in hysterics. I have also heard another version that she fainted as the hood went over her mother's head.

John Elliott is the one to fill in the details on this. His and Barry Cauchon's work on what went on Inside The Walls is absolutely amazing.