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Mar 10, 2019 · John Surratt was a loyal Confederate who conspired to kidnap Lincoln. But when that failed, he fled and evaded justice for the assassination. He was implicated in the assassination of President Lincoln and was the only co-conspirator to escape unscathed.
- William Delong
After the assassination of Lincoln, on April 14, 1865, Surratt denied any involvement and said that he was then in Elmira, New York. He was one of the first people suspected of the attempt to assassinate Secretary of State William H. Seward, but the culprit was soon discovered to be Lewis Powell.
John Surratt escaped justice after the Lincoln assassination despite being intimately acquainted with John Wilkes Booth and other conspirators.
Dec 19, 2011 · Unlike his mother and the eight other conspirators hanged for Abraham Lincoln's assassination, John escaped punishment for his role in the murder after his trial resulted in a mistrial. John Surratt was working as a Confederate courier and spy….
Apr 13, 2015 · On that worst of Good Fridays, April 14, 1865, at about 10:15 p.m., there is no question that John Wilkes Booth mortally wounded Abraham Lincoln. Nor is there any doubt that one of Booth’s...
- Michael Schein
Jun 27, 2020 · During his earlier times on the stand, Conover, whose real name was Charles A. Dunham, claimed that he saw John Wilkes Booth and John Surratt in Canada plotting the assassination of Lincoln with known Confederate agents.
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Sep 1, 2009 · John Surratt alone managed to evade capture for twenty months and, once put on trial, to evade prison. The first full-length treatment of Surratt’s escape, capture, and trial, this book...
