John Minchin Lloyd - Who was he...really?

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(04-03-2013 01:09 PM)scldrgnfly Wrote:  Even more interesting is the fact that even though Pittman tries to rectify the problem, he never seems to get around to it. It makes one wonder if Mudd would have ever swung? AND...you know how advertising works, was Mary just a foregone conclusion, or did the illustration go a long way to influence the verdict. When did that grouping come out in relation to the tribunal?

Pittman's letter to Ewing is dated Aug 24th. That is a month and a half after the hangings. It seems that the engraving for the cover of the book was influenced by the verdict and not vice versa.

It is interesting that in Mudd's place is an image of John Surratt Jr. He wasn't even on trial.