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John Harrison Surratt Jr. (April 13, 1844 – April 21, 1916) ... Surratt was released after a mistrial; eight jurors had voted not guilty, four voted guilty.
Surratt was the mother of John Surratt, who was later tried in the conspiracy, but was not convicted. Born in Maryland in the 1820s, Surratt converted to Catholicism at a young age and remained a practicing Catholic for the rest of her life. She wed John Harrison Surratt in 1840 and had three children with him.
At the court, Weichmann, a seminary friend of Mary's son John, is the first witness. He describes John's meetings with Booth, and points out Herold, Powell, and Atzerodt as frequent guests in Mary's boarding house. Aiken incriminates Weichmann by making him appear as guilty as the rest of the conspirators.
Because she was found guilty of complicity in the Lincoln assassination, Mary Surratt was hanged at the Capitol Prison in Washington D.C., on 7 July 1865. (Her house is now the Surratt House Museum, with a focus on the assassination.) The U.S. Post Office renamed the town Robeystown, due to the notoriety of the Surratt name, and in keeping with ...
John Surratt collapsed suddenly and died on either August 25 [19] [20] or August 26 [21] [22] in 1862 (sources differ as to the date). The cause of death was a stroke. [13] [20] [23] Mary Surratt struggled with running the farm, tavern, and other businesses without the help of her son, John Surratt Jr. [24] In the fall of 1864, she began considering moving to her townhouse at 541 H Street [25 ...
A 2024 Ipsos survey found that 81 per cent of Americans think the US is more divided than united. ... She and her son, John Surratt Jr, hosted members of the conspiracy in the townhome. The group ...
After sitting through a trial in which witnesses said Johnson simply resembled the shooter — but no physical evidence tied him to the crime — he was ultimately found guilty and sentenced to ...
On April 14, Surratt once again visited the family tavern in Surrattsville on April 14 (the day of the assassination) to collect a debt. [20] [30] Shortly before she left the city, Booth visited the Surratt boarding house and spoke privately with Mrs. Surratt. He gave her a package (later found to contain binoculars) to give to Lloyd.