Countdown to July 7

[MaddieM]

The conspirators that were to be hanged were told their fate on the evening of July 6 and that the execution was set for approximately 1 pm the next afternoon. The trial had ended the week before, so Lewis must have made that comment to the guard prior to the end of the trial. Maybe the government was still trying to force more information out of him?

One other thought that I had to tease you with: What if Powell was afraid that some power higher up was trying to get to him to shut him up as to what he might know that he was keeping quiet -- like who the real leaders of the plot were??? Someone in the Confederacy? Mosby? The New York crowd? Have fun with that bit of speculation.

Well, that's how I see it too. But how he might know they were, is open to speculation, seeing as he was under lock and key. He alone was the close mouthed one. He didn't give much away. As a condemned man, would it have mattered if he'd have sung like a canary? Or was he worried about his family,and what might happen to them if he opened his mouth....or Mary and Maggie Branson? He must have been protecting someone. Because he knew he could not save himself.