John Surratt Jr. later returned to the United States, escaped, then again returned and was prosecuted for his part in the conspiracy. The trial resulted in a hung jury, and the charges were finally dismissed because the statute of limitations had expired on the crime with which he'd been charged. In 1870, he admitted publicly to being part of the plot to kidnap Lincoln, which had evolved into Booth's killing of Lincoln.
When John Surratt Jr., on a trip as a Confederate courier to New York, heard of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, he escaped to Montreal, Canada.
John Surratt Jr.
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