Brady, Mathew B., fl. 1823-1896; [Seated portrait of John H. Surratt]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02194 Author/Creator: Brady, Mathew B., fl. 1823-1896; Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1868 Pagination: 1 albumen : b&w ; 37.5 x 30.0 cm. Order a Copy
One portrait of John Harrison Surratt, Jr., taken by Mathew Brady in 1868.
In the wake of Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865, investigators suspected Surratt of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to murder the President. Surratt fled the country and remained in hiding abroad as the other accused conspirators stood trial, his mother among them. He was finally arrested by U.S. officials in Alexandria, Egypt, on November 23, 1866, and stood trial in 1867. As the jury could not come to a unanimous verdict, a mistrial was declared to try him again. As the statute of limitations ran out on the case before he could be tried anew, Surratt was released, never to be tried again or convicted for his alleged role in the assassination.
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