The New York Crowd

[John Stanton]

IMO the New york Crowd was not supporting Booth's effort to assassinate Lincoln. "The Crowd" was a collection of disgruntaled peolpe, who would like to see Lincoln - GONE, each for their own reasons. So, Atzerodt was expressing his oun evaluation of the situation, namely, If Booth didn't shoot him, someone else would. BUT, someone in New York was "controling" Booth.