Where was John Surratt on April 14, 1865 ?

[loetar44]

(03-24-2017 06:12 PM)loetar44 Wrote:  I remember that I once read (can't recall where) that the tipster was James P. Ferguson from the Greenback Saloon, that he told the police that Booth and Surratt were close friends.

Finally I now know where I read that Ferguson told the police that Booth and Surratt were close friends. It was in John Fazio's "Decapitating" p. 62.

It was A.C. Richards, superintendent of the Washington Metropolitan Police Department, who arrived at 1 am (April 15, 1865) at Surratt's boardinghouse after Ferguson gave him information about Powell, Herold and Atzerodt and their connection with John Surratt. Mary answered the doorbell. Richards wrote the story to Weichmann on April 29, 1898 and confirmed the story in another letter dated Feb. 22, 1899.

Note that Richards came 1.5 hours earlier than McDevitt and his men.

How trustfull is A. C. Richards?