Boston Bombing aftermath, any similarity to the Lincoln assassination aftermath?

[BettyO]

Quote:Does anyone think that Powell would have felt remorse in attacking the Seward household had he met with Booth right afterwards and they had managed to escape?

Do you think if Powell had met up with Booth that he would have felt bad that he had NOT succeeded in killing Seward like he said he was ordered to do?

I think that if a person feels remorse right after doing something vilely wrong - that doesn't change - whether or not they have escaped or not. Since Powell said that he felt remorse time he jumped into the saddle. I don't think that had he escaped it would have changed his feelings. He still was carrying a lot of guilt. This in itself may have hindered JWB's escape itself - or maybe not. Perhaps he would have carried his guilt inside and just been silent. One doesn't know....