Could John Have Spared Mary

[Jim Garrett]

A.C. Richards felt Mrs. Surratt was the #2 person in the conspiracy. Her demeanor when he questioned her really hit Richards that she was in it deep. President Johnson's comment, "She kept the nest....."

The Federal government had such a proble with Southern women, I don't think they were going to give her any slack.

Did they make an example out of Mrs. Surratt?