Killing Lincoln: The Real Story

[Gene C]

Steven, my knowledge of John Surratt is limited, what is your source that Dunham offered Surratt a bribe to implicate Davis in the assassination plot?

I guess you know that Lincoln also switched parties around 1856. There was a lot of political turmoil with folks not happy with the direction their political parties were going. Stanton's actions in this regard was not uncommon.