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HerbS · 04-03-2016, 03:08 PM

Gene,you have never been on my nerves!

SSlater · (This post was last modified: 04-15-2016 05:17 PM by SSlater.)

(03-30-2016 05:23 PM)HerbS Wrote: Today,I had lunch with a local historian and author.He showed me his story that he wrote and researched about John Surratt staying at the Webster House and going to Easter Sunday Mass at St.Mary's Church in Canandaigua,NY! He signed the hotel register as John Harrison.He [John Surratt]was shocked that no trains ran on Easter Sunday.Thus,he stayed in Canandaigua,NY and went on to Montreal,Canada via Albany,NY on Monday.The author's evidence comes from Surratt's speeches in his later life and the Webster House!So,I tend to believe this about John Surratt until proven otherwise!

In my search for Sarah Slater, I ran across a Chapter in Lafayette Baker's "History of the Secret Service" that told of Surratt being I.D'd on a train that was traveling through New York State at the right time, direction and date to support his Elmira Story. He was traveling with an unidentified "Little Man". The little man was not allowed to speak. Surratt answered all questions etc. They spent the trip standing on the platform between the cars. Sarah was about 4'-10" tall. I believe that Surratt and Slater were in Elmira during the Assassination.

(04-15-2016 05:14 PM)SSlater Wrote:
(03-30-2016 05:23 PM)HerbS Wrote: Today,I had lunch with a local historian and author.He showed me his story that he wrote and researched about John Surratt staying at the Webster House and going to Easter Sunday Mass at St.Mary's Church in Canandaigua,NY! He signed the hotel register as John Harrison.He [John Surratt]was shocked that no trains ran on Easter Sunday.Thus,he stayed in Canandaigua,NY and went on to Montreal,Canada via Albany,NY on Monday.The author's evidence comes from Surratt's speeches in his later life and the Webster House!So,I tend to believe this about John Surratt until proven otherwise!
In my search for Sarah Slater, I ran across a Chapter in Lafayette Baker's "History of the Secret Service" that told of Surratt being I.D'd on a train that was traveling through New York State at the right time, direction and date to support his Elmira Story. He was traveling with an unidentified "Little Man". The little man was not allowed to speak. Surratt answered all questions etc. They spent the trip standing on the platform between the cars. Sarah was about 4'-10" tall. I believe that Surratt and Slater were in Elmira during the Assassination.

PS If you would like to send this to your author friend, I would be glad to talk to hm. We are always looking for "outside" confirmation of our beliefs.

HerbS · (This post was last modified: 04-15-2016 06:39 PM by HerbS.)

Thanks-Sarah Slater I will pass that information on to him!

I had lunch with three local historians today and they confirmed the fact that John Surratt was in Canandaigua,NY at the Webster House Hotel! They both said that the Federal Government confiscated the hotel ledger at the time of John Surratt's trial.He did register as John Harrison,he also did that at his Montreal hotel.Is it possible that Sarah Slater went on to Montreal without him,or did she go to Canandaigua with him?