Payne's Statement?

[Gene C]

From what I remember, Weichmann knew John Surratt was a southern courier and his mother had southern sympothies, but not that he or his mother were connected to any assassinatin plot. It wasn't until after the assassination that he was able to put some of the pieces together, such as Booth's visits to the Surratt home. Like most other young people, he wanted to hang out with the popular crowd - John Wilkes Booth and friends.