Surratt Courier

[Steve]

Laurie also mentioned Bill Binzel and Bill Richter, my good friends, mentors and outstanding researchers and historians. We all have an interest, perhaps I should say a passion, for the Confederate underground network, secret service and all those operating on the periphery of the Lincoln assassination drama. The article is theirs as much as it is mine and in this particular case, Bill Binzel should have been credited as co-author, but he humbly refused. As I said in my author's note, the article would not have been published had it not been for Bill's input.

For anybody interested in the Confederate underground network, I'd suggest looking into Owens' employer Austin L. Adams due to his tavern business operating in Newport, MD at the same time as his cattle broker work in Washington DC.