How I see John Surratt.

[RJNorton]

Steve came across another alleged interview with John Surratt. Steve writes, "I found another purported Surratt interview. This one from 1901 and takes the form of an interview of an anonymous "friend" of Surratt who met him in Elmira on April 14, 1865. This unnamed friend supposedly had just interviewed Surratt and was then repeating his interview verbatim to the reporter. This interview is obviously a hoax; one would think Surratt's friend in Elmira would've bothered to testify in his trial or even give a personal account of their meeting that fateful day in Elmira in this article. The article originally appeared on page 20 of the 13 October 1901 issue of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. However, the layout of the article in the Eagle wouldn't be legible on the forum, so I'm sending a reprint of the article from the 21 Oct. 1901 Springfield Republican."

As always, thanks Steve!