Escape speculations

[Jim Page]

(06-15-2015 01:25 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  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?

Roger, I think the federal government had evidence or at least knowledge about Mrs. Surratt's activities that were never brought up in the trial, because they didn't need to and didn't want to introduce it. That's why, in my view, clemency for her wasn't seriously considered.

--Jim