What Was The Role of David Herold

[John Fazio]

(02-11-2013 10:28 PM)L Verge Wrote:  There's a theory also that Surratt was to pursue Grant on the train.

Laurie:

I have heard that theory. Someone did pursue Grant on the train, but was thwarted by a locked car and an alert security guard near the Havre de Grace station where the train stops before it crosses the Susquehanna. Some time after, Grant received a letter stating that the writer was the man and thanking God that he had not been successful. That does not sound like the bloodthirsty John Surratt. The story of the letter is in Julia Grant's Memoirs and many biographies of Grant, as well as in Ward Hill Lamon's work.

John