John Surratt

[Thomas Thorne]

If John Surratt was in DC on 4/14/65 what precisely was his task in the assassination?

One witness claimed he acted as JWB's human pocket watch at Ford's calling out the time. But certainly Booth would have access to a real pocket watch and would have assigned JHS a far more substantial role.

No one has offered any evidence that Surratt was the person who supposedly tried to break into Grant's train compartment. If I were JWB I would deemed JHS a more reliable assassin than George Atzerodt ,a point which others have made.

Until we find John Surratt's historical footprints in Washington on 4/14/65 we can't say he was there.
Tom