Anna Surratt interview

[Gene C]

Who can blame Matthews for keeping his mouth shut about the letter, when Booth had approached him about the kidnapping plot? Look what happened to Arnold, O'Laughlin, Spangler and Mudd. The letter does have some of the melodramatic style that Booth seemed to use, but at best, it's as good as Mathews memory of what he read and then destroyed. It wasn't like he was memorizing dialogue from a play he would have to recite later.

I'm sure he was better at memorizing things than I am, and certain phrases may have stuck in his mind due to the enormity of what Booth had done, but it's the memory of a frightened man (and who can blame him)

I haven't read the book by Lockwood Mills. I would appreciate some comments about it.