Poison and Herold

[RJNorton]

Scott, it was probably 30 years ago when I read Shelton's book, so I have forgotten many of the details. Shelton's book is full of arguments and theses that the majority of assassination authors reject. As I recall he thought of Mary Surratt as a double murderess who was involved both in the plot to kill Lincoln and a plot to kill Booth. She tried to poison Booth to protect her daughter, Anna. Shelton felt Dr. May's observation that Booth's skin was freckled, yellow, and discolored as evidence he had been poisoned.