Surratt Conference presentations

[Laurie Verge]

One of our excellent speakers at the conference was Dr. Blaine Houmes, who spoke on three medical mysteries related to the conspirators. One of the topics was Mary Surratt's female problems which have been "gently" reported on over the years. We know that at one point, her problems were so severe that a separate room was set up off the courtroom for Mary, and Anna was allowed to administer to her mother's needs.

There has been speculation as to what was causing the problems - change of life, fibroid tumors, etc. Blaine touched on the various possibilities, including uterine cancer, based on the sparse information available. To me, there was one specific reference in Blaine's report that certainly seemed to point to cancer - but I prefer not to post it here.

He also spoke on Powell's possible mental state and the fate of Michael O'Laughlen's remains.