The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt

by David Miller De Witt

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Genres: History, Historical

247 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 14, 1895

About the author

David M. De Witt was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Reviews

[MALLORY · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Must Read

I loved this book. I wanted to find out the truth about Mary Surratt and I did. She got railroaded big time. Secretary of War Stanton just wanted to solve the Lincoln Assassination and he didn't care who he pinned it on. So an innocent women and 3 others died because of him.He wouldn't get away with it now!

[Betty Adams · Rating 4 out of 5]

From the start one has to get beyond the florid and passionate style to see the detail in which the trial, sentencing, and hanging evolved. It was a set up pure and simple for Mrs. Surratt; Mr. DeWitt goes into such detail as to be 100% convincing that not only was the hanging a crime, but the entire way the military tribunal was a miscarriage of the rule of law and unconstitutional.
I picked this book because this year I am focusing on past presidents. His treatment of Johnson was at time sympathetic, but in the end as villainous as the prosecutors.

[Romina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read for history class