The New York Crowd

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(10-05-2013 08:39 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Just remember that T.M. Harris is the same Commission member who later wrote that the Catholics were behind the assassination...

Harris was sure convinced Mary Surratt was guilty. Harris writes, "On the trial of John H. Surratt, John F. Tibbetts testified that in 1863 he was carrying the mail from Washington to Charlotte Hall, and that he stopped at Surrattsville to deliver the mail at that office. On one occasion, whilst waiting for the mail there, he heard Mrs. Surratt say that she would give one thousand dollars to any one that would kill Lincoln. He also testified that when there was a Union victory he heard her son say in her presence that, "The d — d Northern army and the leader thereof ought to be sent to hell."

I know we have debated this is in the past - some of us feel Mary just knew about the kidnapping and not the murder - others feel she did know about Booth's plan for assassination. If Tibbetts is telling the truth, then I think I lean toward believing Booth told her exactly what was going to happen on April 14th.