The result was “The Hanging of Mary Surratt,” first directed by Marla Ladd in a 2003 production at The Chance Theater. Since then, Swimm has reworked his script, prompting Ladd to premiere the ...

On July 7, 1865, Mary Surratt was hanged for complicity in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Whether or not she was guilty of that charge has been debated since that time. Born Mary Elizabeth ...

Mary Surratt was the victim of ... In the roughly 24 hours between the death sentence being disclosed one afternoon and her hanging early the next, Surratt's defenders secured an order from a ...

Mary Surratt was the first woman executed by the US government when she was hanged in 1865 after being found guilty of being a conspirator in the plot to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln ...

The Conspirator is a new Robert Redford movie about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. It focuses its attention on a woman, Mary Surratt, who was at the center of the conspiracy. And a ...

Jackson’s Christian Rath was the hangman in the July 7, 1865 execution of Mary Surratt, George Atzerodt, David Herold and Lewis Payne, who were convicted of conspiracy in the plot to assassinate ...

Mary Surratt, on the other hand, was not considered a spy and it was believed she played no role on the night of the assassination. What she did do, however, was run an errand for Booth.

Also, on the morning of Mary Surratt's execution, Supreme Court Justice Andrew Wylie granted her petition for a writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that the military tribunal had no jurisdiction ...

Mary Surratt was a Washington, D.C. tavern operator who was hanged for her role in the Abraham Lincoln assassination conspiracy. At the time of her speedy military tribunal and swift execution ...