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Secretary of State William H. Seward
A friend of Booth’s from the plot to kidnap Lincoln, John Surratt was suspected of having attacked Secretary of State Seward. Although he was out of Washington on April 14th, he fled, was pursued across the world and brought back to America to stand trial. He was then freed when the trial failed to come to a verdict.
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John Harrison Surratt Character Timeline in Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
The timeline below shows where the character John Harrison Surratt appears in Chasing Lincoln’s Killer. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1
...then went to the boarding house owned by Mary Surratt, the mother of Booth’s friend John Harrison Surratt , where he gave Mary a package to bring to her other inn, located south...
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Chapter 5
...and Mary Surratt went to her Washington boardinghouse in search of Booth and her son, John Surratt . A detective told the innkeeper the half-truth that Booth had killed the president and...
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...need for his kidnapping scheme. Mudd went with Booth to Washington and introduced him to John Surratt . Mudd had then gone back to Maryland and awaited word from Booth about the...
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Chapter 6
John Surratt , whom Stanton suspected of killing Seward, was in upstate New York on the day...
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Chapter 8
Back in Washington, the authorities returned to Mary Surratt’s boardinghouse. John Surratt was still suspected of being Seward’s attacker, and the authorities wanted to arrest Mary and...
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Chapter 9
...captivity, Stanton issued a proclamation. He would pay $100,000 for Lincoln’s killers: Booth, Herold, and John Surratt . Posters with the men’s photographs and the amount of reward money went up across...
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