Thomas F. Harney

[RJNorton]

John S. and Herb, I am still on the fence. I just cannot understand how 13 witnesses could have testified that they saw Surratt in Washington on the 14th. I am sure some of these folks testified not "in good faith" but all 13? Just makes me wonder how this could have happened.

If I am reading Michael Shein's book correctly he says Surratt could have traveled from Elmira to Williamsport, then to Sunbury, then to Baltimore, then to Washington arriving as early as 5:45 A.M. on April 14th. (The author did not include a map of this possible route; I am just going by the text as I understand it.) In a footnote Shein adds that, "There might have been a Surratt look-alike parading about (Elmira) in a Garibaldi jacket into the afternoon of the 13th, while Surratt was already on the train."