Booth's field glass

[BettyO]

(07-12-2012 09:30 AM)Laurie Verge Wrote:  I believe that Booth was seriously considering going to Mexico and perhaps on to South America, where so many Confederates had headed. In my estimation, Booth may have still had the old ideas of the Knights of the Golden Circle -- establish the slave system south of the border.

Remember where John Surratt, Jr. headed for a little R&R following his trial? South America! Checking out the possibility of joining some old comrades down there? We don't know, but he managed to miss his mother's reinterment while visiting down there.

It seems to me that "JJ" missed a LOT regarding his mother - on the lam when she was hanged; and then missing her reinterment....does it appear that he was trying to avoid any connection with what happened to his mother and thereby "elude" his own thoughts that he may have had in relation to his guilt? What do you all think?

Laurie, how much do we know about the relationship between "JJ" and his mom? Was he trying to "break away" perhaps from a too-smothering mother/son relationship in any way?