Life, Crime and Capture of John Wilkes Booth

[Gene C]

Interesting points....

Gath wrote on p41, "I am equally certain that Booth's project was unknown in Richmond."

I hesitate to mention this, but Gath writes on p42 "I mention it as an exceptionable remarkable fact, that every conspirator in custody is by education a catholic. These are our most loyal citizens elsewhere, but the western shore of Maryland is a noxious and pestilential place for patriotism."
(and property values have suffered for years )

and..."Having a son and several daughters, she (Mrs. Surratt) moved to Washington soon after the beginning of the war and let the tavern to a trusty friend - one John Lloyd"

Well, you can't get all the details right.
Just wait and see what he says about Mrs. Surratt on page 43.