Shooting Lincoln

[RJNorton]

(11-18-2017 10:13 AM)richard petersen Wrote:  In today's WSJ on page c10 there is a review of this book written by Nicholas J.C. Pistor.
The book is about the rivalry of photographers Gardner and Brady. At the end of the review it states "during Mary Surratt's trial, prosecutors revealed she had kept a photograph of JWB hidden at her boarding house. The revelation all but convicted her"
Did the above comment take place and have consequences at the trial?
The review was written by Harold Holzer who authored "Lincoln and the power of the press.

Richard, my memory is that it was Anna Surratt, not Mary Surratt, who had hidden the Booth photo. Anna had a carte-de-visite entitled Morning, Noon, and Night, and on the back of the carte-de-visite, she had hidden a photograph of JWB. Perhaps I am underestimating the importance of this photo, but I always thought the testimonies of John Lloyd and Louis Weichmann were more important reasons for Mary's guilty verdict.