John Surratt's real parents?

[Gene C]

Booth like to exaggerate the number of people involved to keep his little band of conspirators together, and Paine believed him.
I think if others were involved, he wouldn't have used George Atzerodt, and he would have acted earlier. It's one thing to say your involved, it's another thing to be willing to participate. Even Arnold and O'Laughlen were smart enough to bail out.