Who's to blame?

[Laurie Verge]

The strange thing with Surratt, however, was that the U.S. gov't. knew his whereabouts pretty much as he traveled down the continent from England. They preferred to "ignore" extraditing him. Read Andy Jampoler's book, The Last Lincoln Conspirator, or the published works of Fr. Alfred Isacsson for good details on Surratt's strange "escape."