Surratt

[ suh-rat ]

/ səˈræt /

Mary Eugenia (Jenkins),1820–65, alleged conspirator: boardinghouse owner hanged as accomplice in assassination of President Lincoln.

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Robin Wright portrays Surratt as a stoic and sympathetic figure, certain to win over filmgoers just as she did her lawyer.
Robert Redford's Daring Lincoln Movie|Eleanor Clift|April 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Surratt was hanged, despite her apparent innocence, and the scene is both vivid and lurid as onlookers celebrate.
Robert Redford's Daring Lincoln Movie|Eleanor Clift|April 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The nation had never executed a woman, and until Surratt heads to the gallows, Aiken thought he could save her.
Robert Redford's Daring Lincoln Movie|Eleanor Clift|April 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST
To fully understand the case of Mrs. Surratt we must make her acquaintance as early as 1863.
Assassination of Lincoln: a History of the Great Conspiracy|Thomas Mealey Harris

Father Walter has every now and then bobbed up with the assertion of Mrs. Surratt's entire innocence.
Assassination of Lincoln: a History of the Great Conspiracy|Thomas Mealey Harris
What that "one subject" was Mrs. Surratt never mentioned to me.
Assassination of Lincoln: a History of the Great Conspiracy|Thomas Mealey Harris
From all this we can readily gather the attitude of Mrs. Surratt toward the government.
Assassination of Lincoln: a History of the Great Conspiracy|Thomas Mealey Harris
Surratt related to the doctor the difficulty they had in crossing the Potomac.
Assassination of Lincoln: a History of the Great Conspiracy|Thomas Mealey Harris