Booth's visit to the Surratt Boarding House after the assassination

[Thomas Thorne]

Fascinating theory but several things bother me. JWB's priority would be to make a quick escape. Would he dare make a stop to pick up crucial supplies so close to the crime scene where he would have to plan on the assumption there would be a hot pursuit? It is interesting to speculate what would have happened if a cavalry patrol had wandered past Ford's at the moment of the assassination. Would Mary Surratt have agreed to give him such overt support after the assassination when she might have calculated the only evidence the government might have against her was her relationship to John Surratt? One thing that must have made an impression upon the conspirators was the sheer size of the Washington crowds in the nights following Lee's surrender.
Tom