The Case For Mrs. Surratt

[RJNorton]

On April 11, 1865, Mary Surratt made a trip to Surrattsville. She traveled with Louis Weichmann, one of her boarders. During the trip, they met John Lloyd on the road. According to Lloyd, Mrs. Surratt told him the "shooting irons" would be needed soon.

Three days later, on the day of the assassination, Mrs. Surratt made another trip to Surrattsville. Again Weichmann accompanied her in a buggy. This time, according to Lloyd, she delivered Booth's field glasses and reminded him to ready the weapons hidden at the tavern he leased from her. Lloyd testified Mary "told me to have those shooting-irons ready that night, there would be some parties who would call for them."

Does Helen Jones Campbell mention any of this? Does the author feel John Lloyd fabricated his statements about what Mary Surratt said to him?