20 additional prisoners in the Arsenal ???

[loetar44]

Thanks Roger, but I'm still puzzling (you know me). If Atzerodt was indeed transferred to the Arsenal on April 29, what then about the so called "Lost Confession"? Atzerodt gave this "confession" on the night of MAY 1, 1865, between 8 and 10 pm. to Maryland Provost Marshall James L. McPhail, recorded by McPhail's assistant John L. Smith, aboard the monitor USS MONTAUK. As you know, the 7 page statement was discovered in 1977 by Joan Chaconas among the personal papers of William Doster, Atzerodt's attorney. McPhail referred to this statement during his testimony concerning Atzerodt. It seems me very strange that Atzerodt was taken back from the Arsenal to the USS Montauk for interrogation. What do you think? And John, what do you think?