http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/s...ce=0&state
See the section "Surratt" extreme rt column in the middle. Mary Surratt's agitation at seeing Powell can best be explained by A-Booth told her of LTP's assignment or B-MS realized from the description of Seward's assailant that it must be Powell.
So far this is the only Washington newspaper account I have seen that identified in any way the Seward would be assassin. No one could confuse Surratt with Powell. As of now my theory B has no basis in fact but I will still be looking.
This is the first time I have encountered accusations that John Surratt was involved in what sounds like a breach of promise lawsuit. Either his enemies were throwing everything including the kitchen sink-true or false- at him or an imaginative editor figured out a way to put sex into the Lincoln assassination.
Tom
The Assassin’s Accomplice
