Lincoln Financial Foundation file on Mrs. Surratt

[RJNorton]

and some are really bad history (such as the stories that Nathan Simmes concocted).

Ed Steers talks about Nathan Simms in his Lincoln Legends book. One version of Simms' story is that he helped Booth disembark from his horse when Booth and Herold arrived at the Surratt tavern. Also, it was Mrs. Surratt herself who greeted the fugitives when they arrived. She said, "I am glad the old rebel is dead." When Booth and Herold departed Simms helped Booth back up on his horse.

I guess this means that Weichmann dropped Mary off at Lloyd's, and a Mary-look-alike accompanied Weichmann back to Washington. Strange that Weichmann could sit next to the impostor and not know it was really a different lady from the one he took to Surrattsville.