Was there an assassin on Grant's train?

[Pamela]

(06-22-2015 11:41 AM)Gene C Wrote:  John, a long list. The more I learn, the more questions I have.

Some of the items you mentioned I don't know much about. Can you tell us a little more, and I only need a brief answer and perhaps a reference on where I can read more?

Who is #5, Jack Cade?
What was the Campbell Hospital Fiasco in #7
I know McMillan, #12-17, (who testified at Surratt's trail), is mentioned in Weichmann and Jampoler's book. Are Surratts comments to him confirmed by any other witness? Are there other sources to verify McMillan's statements?
Do we know anything about McMillan's reputation? Was he a reliable witness? (I have my doubts)

A question for Rick Smith, or anyone else. I don't know much about John Surratt. What little I have read (and maybe I missed it) doesn't show him in a favorable light. Has any one written anything that shows some of his outstanding qualities, specific examples of his behavior or actions that might show another and better side of him? I would like more than a general letter of reference or comment from a priest he knew years before the war.

Please take your time answering. This is an area of Lincoln's assassination that I don't know much about, and am a bit confused by what I think I know.

After the legal system finished with him, and he got away with the many things listed by John, he married and raised a large family. He held down a responsible job. The only public nod (that I know of) to his past infamy was his self serving version of history, absolving himself of all responsibility in the conspiracy, and slandering Weichmann in the Hanson Hiss interview. So, I guess that's a backhanded compliment.