Mary Surratt's Innocents

Mary Surratt was the defendant among the executed that received a punishment far out weighing her role in the crime. Mary Surratt was convicted of conspiracy in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. She was sentenced to death and became the first woman to be executed by the U.S. government. Mary Surratt was the mother of John Surratt who was a conspirator that helped John Wilkes Booth plan Lincoln’s kidnap and later, his assassination. With the help of Chasing Lincoln’s Killer, “Lincoln and the Writ of Liberty,” and the movie The Conspirator, it can be proven that Mary Surratt’s punishment was unjust. Mary Surratt received a punishment far worse than what she deserved because she was innocent, blamed for her son’s actions, and she did

Mary Mallon was a woman of Irish descent who came to the United States as an immigrant to start a new life in 1886. She worked as a cook in a house where wealthy families came to celebrate their vacation. She was a healthy carrier of typhoid and made the guests sick and they died because of her. Although science had not been developed enough yet and she was tried unfairly it did not make her only a victim. Mary Mallon transformed from victim to villain. When she decided not to report to the police and return to cooking.

Is Mary Surratt guilty? Mary Surratt is being accused of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and is being hanged for it. Some people say that Dr.Mudd did it and other people say that Mary did it but who really killed Abraham Lincoln? Mary Surratt definitely deserved to be hanged for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Mary Surratt was guilty and deserved to be put in prison for helping assassinate the president. Mary Surratt lied when it came to talking about the kidnap/assassination plot to kidnap/assassinat Abraham Lincoln and frequently talked to John Wilkes Booth.

Mary Surratt, a women who assisted in killing Abraham Lincoln , is guilty of conspiracy because she knew what the plans where to assassinate the 16th president of the United States. She gave John Wilkes Booth, the killer of the president, and their follow colleagues a places to sleep and live, the boarding place she provided is also the place they came up with the plans to murder the president. One of the people who were around during this was John M. Lloyd, he was an assistant to Mrs.Surratt . As he describes Mrs. Surratt in his testimony, he had do several things that had to be done to make sure that their plan carried thru, Like getting an buggy to pick up Booth to go to the theater. Also Mrs.Surratt and Booth often held private meetings

As Mary Surratt walked up the steps of the gallows, knowing that the low hanging noose was about to take her life, she whispered to the soldier “don’t let me fall’. Moments later the thick rope instantly brought Surratt to her last breath. Mary was accused for being involved in the association of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln on April 15th, 1865. Mary Surratt deserved to be executed for holding her tongue during the assassination.

Mary Queen of Scots was executed on the 8th February 1587 after she was implicated in the Babington Plot against Elizabeth. Queen Elizabeth of England did not give her explicit consent to the execution of Mary, however, Elizabeth did sign the death warrant. The execution of a sister monarch at the hands of Elizabeth I was a significant event because it had consequences that affected not only England but mainland Europe as well.

Mary Surratt should have not been executed, but imprisoned. Mary Surratt was guilty because she was a part of Abraham Lincoln’s kidnapping plot along with being untruthful.

Most Americans know John Wilkes Booth as the assassin of Abraham Lincoln- shot at a play at Ford’s Theater on April 14th, 1865. However, the names of the conspirators that surrounded Wilkes Booth are relatively unknown, especially that of Mary Surratt. Mary Surratt, a mother and boardinghouse proprietor, was arrested and tried for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln along with her son, John Surratt. Pleas from her family, lawyer, and fellow conspirators did not allow her to escape her fate, and she was hanged for her crimes on July 7th, 1865. Even from the scaffold, Lewis Powell, another conspirator condemned to die, cried, “Mrs. Surratt is innocent. She doesn't deserve to die with the rest of us.” So who was this woman, and most

Surratt and the other conspirators were convicted of being involved with John Wilkes Booth’s intricate plot to dissolve the Union government by killing President Abraham Lincoln, Vice President Andrew Johnson, and Secretary of State William Seward. George Atzerodt was the conspirator that was tasked to kill Johnson, but he had second thoughts and got drunk at a tavern instead. Lewis Powell was supposed to kill Seward, but Powell failed and Seward was able to survive Powell’s attack on his life. Surratt was believed by many to be the epicenter around in which the whole conspiracy evolved. Many believed this because her boardinghouse was used as a meeting headquarters for the conspirators, including Booth and she had a personal relationship with Booth as well. After a month long trial and only two days of deliberation, all four conspirators were charged with collaborating to assassinate the President of the United States and were sentenced to be hung by the neck until dead for their crime. Throughout the whole trial process, Mary Surratt was the most hated woman in the country and there was little disbelief in Americans’ minds that she played a certain role in the assassination plot. For the almost 150 years since her execution, though, public opinion of her has been somewhat

Mary Surratt was sentenced to death by hanging for aiding in the president's assassins. She helped John Wilkes Booth and his associates kill president Lincoln and attempt to kill vice president Seward. I think Mary Surratt was guilty of aiding the president's assassins and attempting to help kidnap the president and i will tell you why.

Nowhere has fear been more visible than it has in the 1741 Conspiracy trials. Fear led to hate and hate led to violence. The Conspiracy trials had the same main idea that the Salem Witch trials had, that main idea used a natural occurrence, such as a simple neighborhood fire, and a few words thrown in here and there from a couple of people of lower class society, which led to hysteria and the deaths of many innocent victims.

Evidence to support this claim would be from the article titled "Please Don't Let Me Fall,” in which it states, “Lewis Powell maintained until his death that Mary was only aware of the kidnapping plot.” Since Lewis Powell was one of the main conspirators in the case, it would make sense that he would have known who was in on the assassination, and who was not. Another piece of evidence was in the diary of John Wills Booth’s diary, in which it reads that she only knew of the plot to kidnap Lincoln, and she did not have any idea of the plot to kill Lincoln, nor was her name mentioned. By these two accounts, one can see that there is solid primary evidence that proves her innocence. However, both of these sources of information were overlooked by the jury, judge, and president of the time, most likely intentionally, so that they could quench their bloodlust. Which brings the subject to its next part, the jury and government may have condemned an innocent woman, just to have their revenge. According to the article, “Who Was Mary Surratt,” the following is stated, “An enormous amount of evidence could have been presented to the jury, which would have saved Mary Surratt’s life. However, the government of the time decided to ignore this. The reason for this might have been the thirst for

Was Mary Surratt Trial Too Harsh Do you believe in people having fair trials because a woman named Mary Surratt had done some bad things but also a man named Dr. Mudd had done bad things too, but their trials were different. Mary Surratt is a women who owned a tavern where John Wilkes Booth held meetings and was connected to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and was claimed guilty and was hanged. Dr. Mudd a man who is a doctor helped John Wilkes Booth when he was injured and knew he killed the president and still helped him and he was sentenced to life in prison. Mary Surratt should have spent a life sentence in jail like Dr. Mudd instead of being hanged and in the next three paragraph I will be giving my reason why Mary should’ve spent a life sentence instead of being hanged.

Mary Surratt's fate was sealed by many factors. There was ample evidence suggesting her involvement in the assassination. She was seen extensively with Booth and the other conspirators. There are several key testimonies that put her in the perfect position for the crime. Alongside the evidence, her son was a rather well known Confederate supporter and spy, suggesting that she would have strong confederate affiliations. Ironically, her son's life was spared and he lived the rest of his life in relative obscurity. Her crime happened merely a few days after the war. The blood of the Civil War was still fresh on their minds and any crime against the Union was worth the utmost punishment. Lincoln was a god to the people and any person involved in