Where was John Surratt on April 14, 1865 ?

[RJNorton]

(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.

(03-24-2017 07:51 PM)Susan Higginbotham Wrote:  My guess is that anyone on H Street who had seen Booth sauntering back and forth from the boardinghouse in the weeks before the assassination could have told police that he was friendly with John Surratt.

An opinion on the identity of the tipster was offered by Guy W. Moore in his book entitled The Case of Mrs. Surratt: Her Controversial Trial and Execution for Conspiracy in the Lincoln Assassination.

On p. 18 Moore states his guess: John Mathews.