John Surratt's real parents?

[BettyO]

Quote:My question, though, concerns the testimony of both Louis Weichmann and John Lloyd. As I understand it the testimonies of Lloyd (especially) plus Weichmann were the two main factors for Mary being found guilty by the commissioners. Wouldn't their testimonies have been exactly the same even if Powell had been captured by other means? Wasn't Mary under arrest on April 17th regardless of Powell's coming?

I agree, Roger. The testimony of both Weichmann and Lloyd were spot on at pointing fingers at Mary, regardless of Powell's desperately bad timing. Officers were there to "arrest" Mary and her household at this time. She had been on the radar since their first intrusion on the 15th of April when Det. Clevoe had shaken Lincoln's blood-stained tie under Weichmann's nose and literally scared him to death. This being two days before the arrest on the 17th. Officials were looking for son, John and I believe that the idea was to take her down for questioning again and this time lock her and others up in the Old Capitol to see if JHS would come out of hiding to aid "Mom." Powell was just the icing on the cake at this time - certainly didn't help any!