John Surratt

[Rhatkinson]

Very interesting. Thanks for posting (and thanks for your kind offer before, John.) I can only assume that the "London" person/s that Surratt references is Benjamin?

On the location of Surratt on the night of the assassination, I am inclined to believe that he was in DC because of the evidence discussed here, AND because I believe that if someone as integral as Surratt had abandoned Booth's plot when it turned to assassination, Booth would have made mention of the betrayal in his diary. However, it is most certainly not absolute in my mind. A couple of points that I cannot reconcile :

1. If Surratt was part of the assassination plot, why was he (a seasoned CSA agent) not assigned the Johnson killing over Atzerodt (and perhaps Herold), someone Booth knew to be shaky?

2. Why did Booth not sign Surratt's name to the "To Whom it May Concern" letter where he included Herold, Atzerodt, and Paine [Powell]?