Could John Have Spared Mary

[Jim Page]

Interesting discussion! Laurie's mention of General Harris' book, The Assassination of Lincoln, spurred me to download it from the Internet Archives website and attempt to read it.

Unfortunately, the book is written in the turgid style so popular in its time and I just can't force myself to do more than scan through it. Based on that, though, I have to believe that John Surratt would also have been hung had he been arrested at the time of the other conspirators. He was regarded, at least by General Harris, as the number two man in Booth's efforts and would no doubt have been dealt with accordingly.

--Jim