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About three weeks afterward he called again, and I again went to the door. I had forgotten his name, and, asking him, he gave the name of Powell I ushered him into the parlor, where were Mrs. He remained three days that time. He represented himself as a Baptist preacher; and said that he had been in prison for about a week; that he had taken the oath of allegiance, and was now going to become and good and loyal citizen.
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During the conversation, Booth made marks as if diagramming something on an envelope, while the other two men watched intently. The foursome then adjourned to Dr. Mudd and Weichmann talked together, while Booth and Surratt sat by the hearth. Boone [Booth] and Surratt, were meanwhile having a jolly time together, Boone taking letters and photographs from his pocket and exhibiting them to his companion, who, tossing his head in the air, replied with animated laughter.
New book on alleged Lincoln conspirator John Surratt
I think the evidence supports that judgment, and though I might have chosen a better word to describe him than "milquetoast", the word does differentiate one type from the other, so I think it is OK. The word does not have to be a pejorative, and I did not intend it to be.
This Meeting 150 Years Ago this Week Led to Lincoln’s Assassination
In December , an acquaintance named Dr. Supposedly, Surratt later agreed to help Booth kidnap President Lincoln in an effort to advance the Confederacy's cause. Later, when Booth killed Lincoln in April , Surratt denied any knowledge of a plan to assassinate the president and claimed he was in Elmira, New York, at the time of the Ford's Theater shooting.