Mary Surratt was tried and convicted and executed as a co-conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Her son escaped conviction, and later admitted that he was part of the original plot to kidnap Lincoln and several others in government. Was Mary Surratt a co-conspirator, or merely a boardinghouse keeper who was supporting her son's friends without knowing what they planned? Historians disagree, but most agree that the military tribunal that tried Mary Surratt and three others had less stringent rules of evidence than a regular criminal court would have had.
- Mary Surratt BoardinghouseMrs. Mary Surratt house at 604 H St. N.W. Washington, D.C.
- John Surratt Jr.John Surratt Jr., in his Canada jacket, about 1866
- John Surratt Jr.John Surratt Jr.
- Surratt JuryMary Surratt Jury
- Mary Surratt: the Death WarrantReading the Death Warrant
- General John F. Hartranft Reading the Death WarrantReading the Death Warrant
- General John F. Hartranft Reading the Death WarrantReading the Death Warrant
- Mary Surratt and Others Executed for ConspiracyMary Surratt and Others Executed for Conspiracy
- Adjusting the RopesAdjusting the Ropes
- Adjusting the RopesHanging the Conspirators
- Execution of Four Conspiratorsexecution of Mary Surratt and three others
- Mary Surratt and Others Hanged for ConspiracyMary Surratt and Others Executed
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