Samuel Arnold

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Sam pretty much hid himself from the world after his ordeal. He moved back to Baltimore and became a butcher before moving to the farm of an old friend. Dave Taylor and Lindsey Horn located the old farmhouse a year or so ago. Arnold did write his life story for the Baltimore American, and it was published in sequels. I believe that I'm correct that he was pretty much forced to write them in order to prove that he was still alive! Another man with the same name had his obituary confused with "our" Sam, who didn't die until 1906 and is buried in Green Mount Cemetery.

Percy Martin is a longtime member of the Surratt Society and one of the few people who tried to track down Arnold's history. Like the rest of the conspirators, he came from a respectable, middle-class family.