Mudd, Surratt and Harbin

[SSlater]

I am at a big disadvantage, now, since all my resources are in boxes in storage. So, I can't quote a source, but many of the "agents" in lower Maryland and Northern Virginia were in-laws. So, it is next to impossible to determine who was "Boss". Tom Jones' brag - that he was the Chief Agent North of the Potomac -can't stand up to research. I have read the Harbin hired Jones to "help out". When Jones put Booth in the boat, he sent Booth to a Bridge, and told him "I think Mrs. Quesenberry, will help you." He didn't know who was supposed to pick him up. All of this doesn't impress me as describing an organized functioning secret service.