It's my guess and opinion - that this was so. I think also that emotional blackmail might have been employed to wind up the participants beyond their common sense. Perhaps the use of family and emotional guilt. For instance, Powell lost at least one brother to the war, could he have been promised not only glory for his part in this, but also revenge for his brother's death and saving his family from the aftermath of the South losing that the war might bring? Could he have been so wound up, that he was prepared to act in such a foolhardy manner? I'm not sure the influence of Booth alone would do this.
If someone offered me safe passage, protection and a swift guaranteed exit, then I might be less concerned with a contingency and the finer details of the responsibility of my own escape. Just a thought.
(08-10-2012, 07:56 AM)Gene C Wrote: I am glad you brought this up.......
We may need to start a new thread " My Favorite Lincoln Assassination Theories. A good book about this is William Hanchett's "The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies" He examines several of the popular theories and reaches an interesting conclusion. I won't spoil the ending, you'll have to read it.
Lots's of interesting books by different writers arguing their own ideas. Watch the Book section of this forum. Several of the older books are on the web on the Open Library. Another good reference is www.Lincoln-Assassination.com - the message board. Several of us who frequently posted on that web site have moved over to this forum. That forum has lots of great notes and comments, as well as some challenging ideas about the assassination (many made by the members here).
I tried to join that site...twice. But nobody let me in
As you can see, from my avi....Rhett consoled me.
Mary Surratt's Denial of Lewis Powell
