Eckert and Powell

[BettyO]

(07-14-2012 07:52 AM)Rsmyth Wrote:  Who is Mary Gardiner 419?

Mary Gardiner was a dance hall girl (more than likely a prostitute) who, with her sister, was playing at the Canterbury Music Hall. I mention her in Alias Paine. I believe that this is where the conspirators met on the night of April 14 - not the Herndon House. A Union soldier who gave testimony at the Surratt Trial in 1867 stated that about 5-7 pm on the 14th of April, he saw four men who looked like JWB, Herold, Atzerodt and Powell seated at a table in the Canterbury "talking in earnest." Miss Gardiner was dancing on stage at the time, and to quote the soldier, "throwing her legs about." This woman apparently had some interaction with Powell that night and gave him her card and hotel room number. Certainly NOT the actions of a proper "lady"....