Escape speculations

[RJNorton]

(06-15-2015 12:47 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Thanks Roger - if this is all it seems to me his mother didn't matter much to him.

Eva, I would like to join the others in thanking you for posting such an interesting topic!

(06-14-2015 02:49 PM)L Verge Wrote:  At the time of her arrest, I feel that the authorities were only bringing pressure to bear in order to make her divulge where her son was. I place the blame on her charges becoming deadly serious when Powell made, perhaps, the most untimely entrance in U.S. history. The house of cards all fell down after that, thanks to "corroborating evidence" from Weichmann and Lloyd - and possibly the frustration of the authorities in not being able to catch John, Jr.

I am curious if anyone would like to speculate - how would things have turned out for Mary Surratt if Powell NEVER came back to her boardinghouse? Assuming she nonetheless would have gone to trial, would she still have hanged?