Who was Mary Surratt and what part did she play in Lincoln's assassination?
Mary
Surratt was accused by the government of allowing the assassins to
plot Lincoln's killing in her boardinghouse. She was found guilty
and was the first woman to be hung in the U.S.
It is known with certainty, that Mary Surratt had no part in
Lincoln's assassination and took no part in the planning. It is a
lie that the assassination was planned in the Surratt boarding
house. It is known that Lincoln's assassination was first discussed
and planned by the conspirators in a hotel dining room at 8 p.m. on
the night of the assassination. Booth was working on a kidnapping
plan until 5 p.m. on April 14, 1865 and had no contact with Mary
Surratt that day. Mary Surratt was innocent and the U.S. government
murdered her.