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Can you solve this mystery?

Mary Surratt was the first woman in American history to be executed by the federal government. In Rebecca C. Jones's new book, The Mystery of Mary Surratt: The Plot to Kill President Lincoln, the author allows you to draw your own conclusions as to the innocence or guilt of the Maryland woman who was convi... More

Can you solve this mystery?

Mary Surratt was the first woman in American history to be executed by the federal government. In Rebecca C. Jones's new book, The Mystery of Mary Surratt: The Plot to Kill President Lincoln, the author allows you to draw your own conclusions as to the innocence or guilt of the Maryland woman who was convicted and hanged due to her alleged conspiratorial relationship with John Wilkes Booth.

Find out about the hidden weapons and how they came to put the rope around Mary's fair neck. Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt presided over this important and controversial case. He was known as a man with no heart taciturn and ill-mannered. After her hanging and his retirement, Holt became a recluse, pacing and rereading the Surratt trial transcript until his dying day. Legend has it that since his home was demolished, the judge has been seen in his Union uniform walking toward the Old Brick Capitol. Does he still seek the truth about Mary Surratt and need to know if he did the right thing by her and his country? Help the judge rest in peace, would you? Solve The Mystery of Mary Surratt!