The Assassination Of Mary Surratt

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Mary Surratt should have been put to death because, she helped the killer and knew other plots John Wilkes Booth was planning. Mary Surratt worked with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. She hid guns that were later used in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (Source 2). This shows that she gave weapons to John Wilkes Booth on purpose. She lied to the police that she didn’t know John Wilkes Booth(Source 2). 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