Escape speculations

[RJNorton]

As many of you know, I regard Mrs. Surratt as a prime mover in this effort, and I think powerful folks, perhaps aligned with the Copperheads, were directing her

Hi Jim. This is a fascinating theory, but don't you think Weichmann would have been aware (or at least suspicious) if "powerful folks, perhaps aligned with the Copperheads, were directing her?" Living in the boardinghouse wouldn't he have seen something if she were being directed as such?