Louis Weichmann

[Jim Page]

(09-18-2015 08:35 PM)Pamela Wrote:  . . . taking advantage of Weichmann's kindness by having him drive her to Surrattsville twice, and under false pretenses, so that she could further the conspiracy of murder,while secretly ordering Lloyd to have guns ready was a special kind of evil.

Pamela, I basically agree with that portion of your post, though I'm not sure what Weichmann's motivation was. It might have been kindness, it might have been something else. After all, it was Spring, he was a young man, and Mrs. Surratt may have been charming in his eyes.

One day proof may come to light concerning how fundamental Mrs. Surratt was to the Lincoln assassination scheme. At the same time, she evidently acted upon sincerely held beliefs, and, like Thomas Jones, kept her mouth shut about what she knew.

My opinion, worth what you paid for it, is that the Federal government had some extremely damning evidence in hand against Mary Surratt that was never introduced in trial and that's why she wasn't dealt with more leniently.

Was Mrs. Surratt evil or just unconcerned about who she hurt to further her cause? Or is that type of attitude itself evil? Interesting point and we'll never solve it.

The "I'm right and you're wrong" portion of your post seemed unnecessarily combative and somewhat silly, as none of us were there.

--Jim