The Death of Lincoln; the Story of Booth's Plot, His Deed And the Penalty
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There was no reason why he should not have been tried and hanged, except that he was given immunity for his evidence.* Probable evidence against Mrs. Surratt tends to prove ' C. T. pp. 121-123, Smith, Wermerskirch. ^C. T. pp. 121, 130-135, Miss Fitzpatrick, Anna Surratt, Mrs. Holohan, Miss Anna Ward. ' C. T. pp. i2t. 125, 126, Mrs. Emma Offutt, George H. Calvert, B. F. Gwjmne, John Nothey. See Appendix XXIX.: Note on Nothey. 'See Appendix XXX.-. Statement of John P. Brophy. 188 THE DEATH OF LIN...COLN that she knew of the abduction plot, and that if she deplored its dangers, she did not deplore its design. Not many Northern women would have deplored a plot to seize Jefferson Davis in Richmond and take him to Washington in the hope of ending the war, though they might have been tearfully anxious to think of their own boys in such a hazardous undertaking. It is also prob- able that Mrs. Surratt carried, at Booth's request, a small package to Surrattsville the day of the murder and left it with Lloyd, saying that it would be called for.
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