John Surratt Influence On Lincoln Conspirator

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The Lincoln Conspirator who got away with it. But how did John Surratt influence the assassination of President Lincoln? How did John Surratt get away when so many people were lynched and imprisoned? John Harrison Surratt was born on April 18, 1844 in Washington D.C.. He had two siblings: Anna Surratt and Isaac Surratt. In 1839, she married 27 year old John Surratt Sr. Surratt who was reported to be a mean drunk who beat his 16 year old wife regularly. The couple tried a number of occupations over the next twenty years. They owned a tavern and boarding house which was the last occupation they tried. When the civil war broke out John was a student at St. Charles college. In august of 1862 his father died. After his father's death, John became