Surratt

[ suh-rat ]

/ səˈræt /

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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
Of the remaining thirty-four there were nine whose testimony was directed to the incrimination of Mrs. Surratt.
The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt|David Miller DeWitt

And as to Mrs. Surratt, the only witnesses of importance against her are Weichman and Lloyd.
The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt|David Miller DeWitt
This man Lloyd it was who, in fact, furnished the only bit of evidence directly connecting Mrs. Surratt with the crime.
The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt|David Miller DeWitt
Last, there emerges from the dungeon-like darkness of the doorway the single female prisoner, Mary E. Surratt.
The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt|David Miller DeWitt
They sentence “Mary E. Surratt to be hanged by the neck until she be dead.”
The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt|David Miller DeWitt