Did She deserve the death penalty Did Mary deserve to die. In 1864 the surreal assassination of president Lincoln and, the near fatal attempt for homicide on the Secretary of state William Seward. The plot that killed the president was connected to Mary Surratt and her son John. Mary had a boarding house in Washington city. It was known for confederate conspirators and spies. When the manhunt started the police searched Booth’s hotel room and found Mary’s name in the plot. The police searched the boarding house and found nothing. She was later arrested for lying to a police and was taken to the old penitentiary in Washington. Than she was sentenced to be hanged. She was the first women in history to be hanged. Mary …show more content…
John Jr. met John Wilkes Booth, and early in 1865, Booth became a frequent visitor to the boardinghouse. Other people, later identified as co-conspirators, also frequented the boardinghouse. It is unclear if Mary Surratt knew what all the "activity" was about.” We don't know if Mary was a spy or not but we she knew her son was a spy, but there wasn't enough evidence to her being an actual spy. She was later hanged July 7, 1865, she wore a black vail and was gone. Mary Surratt certainly did not deserve the death sentence but, did deserve time in prison for the involvement of the assassination. The case of Mary was indeed not a fair case. Doctor mudd the man that helped Booth with his leg, was also in the kidnap plot as much as Mary was. Mary Surratt did not deserve to die but, needed to serve time in prison for knowing about the assassination plan. Mary was guilty for her crimes and knew she was, but didn't deserve to die. This argument states facts to prove Mary Surratt was guilty. I would recommend that Mary was guilty but did not deserve the death penalty, i would have said “ There is not enough evidence in the case to prove that she was guilty”. Also Samuel
“Nobody, but he who has felt it, can conceive what a plaguing thing it is to have a man’s mind torn asunder by two projects of equal strength, both obstinately pulling in a contrary direction at the same time (Laurence Sterne).” In The Crucible, playwright Arthur Miller wrote the character of Mary Warren to be coerced into two differing conflicts driven by her obligations and influences in acts two and three, just as Sterne’s quote describes. Throughout the play, the character of Mary Warren was pulled by the compelling influences and obligations put on her by John Proctor and Abigail Williams; this relates to the theme of power and what people do for it that was presented throughout the play. Furthermore, in acts two and three Mary Warren was obligated to help John Proctor get Elizabeth out of jail.
Why Mary Surratt didn’t deserve the death sentence Mary Surratt wasn’t innocent but wrongly put to death. Evidence used against Mary surratt was sightings of confederates at her house,when it really wasn’t her fault. According to source two, her son john Jr.was a known confederate spy ,and similar characters frequented her boarding house. This piece of information taken from source shows that even if she weren’t involved with any conspiracy she would automatically have been linked to the confederates do to her sons and their connections. Mary Surratt’s boarding house was used as a refugee for blockade runners (source 2).
Mary was also a Confederate secret agent. When Booth got to the boarding house, he gave Mary a package that he just so happened to be carrying with him at the time. He told her that he would be back that night, on his way out of Washington, to collect his package along with his guns, ammunition, with other supplies that her son had hidden there for Booth. Booth decided to use a .44 caliber, single shot, muzzle-loading pistol as his weapon of choice along with a knife that he kept in his pocket. Before Booth left for the theater he wrote a letter to whoever may find it saying that he had killed Lincoln, along with all of the people’s name who was helping him with his side
Mary Surratt should not have executed. Mary Surratt was not a good woman, but she did not deserve to be executed by the government. It was possible that Mary Surratt knew about the kidnapping, but she should have never been executed by government on the spot. In source one it states “ At her trial, Surratt was defened by several priests and friends the New York times called “ constant and faithful.” Several priests and friends would have never defend her if they thought she was guilty.
Belle Boyd was a famous spy for the Southern army during the Civil War. She was born in May, 1844 in Virginia to a wealthy Southern family. Belle Boyd, or Maria Isabella Boyd began to stand up for the Confederates at age 17. She shot and killed a drunken Union soldier at that age, and thus began to gain notoriety. She often spied on the Union army camps, sometimes acting like a courier for the North.
Condemned for her loyalties and grieving the loss of her brothers and son, Mary’s life was still to be drastically affected by the war. While continuously in fear for her husband’s safety, Ruth Painter describes how Mary also found herself a convenient target to the enemy for, “to tear down the wife was to tear down the husband.” Returning home alone one day, Mary Lincoln was in a terrible carriage accident after it had been intentionally tampered with in an attempt on the president’s life. While she received a serious head injury, she was also jolted into the realization that her fears for her husband’s life were justified. On another occasion, Mary fell under the clever and manipulative spell of Henry Wikoff.
For helping Booth commit this awful crime both M. Surratt and Dr. Mudd should be held accountable for their actions. Many accomplices didn’t know they were helping Booth kill Lincoln, but they did know that they were helping him in a way such as M. Surratt. Booth had asks Mary for a favor which was to deliver a package to her tavern(pg 16). He also tells her he will stop at the tavern
Mary Surratt should have never been accused for the plot to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. Generally speaking, John Paine was in the plot to kill Lincoln. He would 've known who was innocent and wasn 't. Within the text, it reads, “... Paine.. told the general ,”
This means that she had something to hide about John Wilkes Booth. Mary Surratt knew of other plots that John Wilkes Booth made. She knew about the plot to kidnap the president(Source 2). This means that she could have known about other plots because she could
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Mary Warren is a young girl who is a servant for the Proctors. Mary is the one who made the poppet for Elizabeth and put the needle into the poppet. Because she is the only one who can prove that Elizabeth is innocent and get her out of jail, John Proctor forces her to testify in court despite the fact that Mary is terrified of Abigail. Due to the actions of Abigail that pressure Mary to lie, she accuses John Proctor as she says “‘my name, her want my name. I’ll murder you, he says, if my wife hangs!
She claims that Elizabeth’s spirit pushed a needle into her stomach. She said these things because of her prior knowledge of where Mary Warren keeps her needles for safe keeping. Making Abigail the dishonest child of the
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