The Case For Mrs. Surratt

[Gene C]

Thanks for posting that.

I found it interesting that there is an article about the Mary Harris trial in the far right column. This has been mentioned briefly on the forum.
From what I understand, Mary was engaged, she felt her intended deserted her and married someone else. She traveled from her home in Iowa-? to Washington, and shot him at work. Years later she married her defense attorney who was considerably older than she was, who also was one of John Surratt's attorneys.

http://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussio...is#pid1118
check post #14 and following.

Here is a little more, if your interested. It appears not everyone agreed with the verdict (I found through Google "Mary Harris Trial")
http://www.nytimes.com/1865/07/20/news/t...trial.html