Where was John Surratt on April 14, 1865 ?

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From: “Joseph M. Perillo, Screed for a Film and Pillar of Classical Contract Law: Shuey v. United States”.

In this long piece of writing Perillo writes in the introduction: “Few contract cases could provide a plot for a motion picture. However, Shuey v. United States provides more than enough raw material for an action film. As one commentator has written, "If it had been written as fiction, no one would believe it; the odd twists of fate in John H. Surratt's escape, capture, subsequent escape, and final recapture are too contrived for even the most gullible of readers. But the events of his sixteen months on the run, as implausible as the plot of a bad thriller, actually happened.”

On p. 927 I found the following:

“His [Weichmann’s] most damning testimony against Mrs. Surratt before the Military Commission was to the effect that Booth called on her at two o'clock and SOMEONE called at nine o'clock on the night of the assassination. The second of these visits, if it took place, was one and a quarter hours before Lincoln's murder. The inference was that the caller was Booth. (footnote 84). In his [Weichmann] initial statement to the police he said, "Booth was at Mrs. Surratt's house at half-past two o'clock on the day of the assassination." (footnote 85) There was no mention of a nine o'clock visit.

Footnote 84: In his published narrative he identifies the caller as Booth. Id. at 174. In this narrative he discusses the testimony of other boarders at the later trial of Surratt, but ignores the testimony of Olivia Jenkins, who testified that the caller was a naval officer named Scott who had come to deliver some papers for her. II The Trial of John H. Surratt, supra note 50, at 746. ---> see post 164

Footnote 85: Roscoe, supra note 11, at 538 (citing National Archives, War Dept. Records, File "W," R.B., JAO, p. 99).

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Interesting! Was Booth only at 2 pm at Surratt's boardinghouse? No THREE visits that day, but ONE !!! No mention of the first (?) visit in the morning (after his haircut by Charles Wood in Booker & Stewart's barber shop).