1. John Surratt eluded arrest following the assassination by fleeing to Canada and then to Europe.
31 Facts About John Surratt
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John Surratt thus avoided the fate of the other conspirators, who were hanged.
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John Surratt served briefly as a Pontifical Zouave, but was recognized and arrested.
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John Surratt escaped to Egypt but was eventually re-arrested and extradited.
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John Surratt was tried in civilian court in 1867 in Washington DC and was not convicted due to a hung jury.
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John Surratt was born in 1844, to John Harrison Surratt Sr.
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John Surratt's baptism took place in 1844 at St Peter's Church, Washington, DC In 1861, he was enrolled at St Charles College, where he was studying for the priesthood and met Louis Weichmann.
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John Surratt served as a Confederate Secret Service courier and spy.
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William H Crook, one of Lincoln's bodyguards, claimed that Surratt had boarded the River Queen shortly before the Third Battle of Petersburg, using the name of Smith and demanding to see Lincoln.
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Crook later stated his belief that John Surratt "was seeking an opportunity to assassinate the President at this time".
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John Surratt was one of the first people suspected of the attempt to assassinate Secretary of State William H Seward, but the culprit was discovered to be Lewis Powell.
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When he learned of the assassination, John Surratt fled to Montreal, Canada East, arriving on April 17,1865.
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John Surratt then went to St Liboire, where a Catholic priest, Father Charles Boucher, gave him sanctuary.
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John Surratt remained there while his mother was arrested, tried, and hanged in the United States for conspiracy.
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An old friend, Henri Beaumont de Sainte-Marie, recognized John Surratt and notified papal officials and the US minister in Rome, Rufus King.
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On November 7,1866, John Surratt was arrested and sent to the Velletri prison.
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John Surratt escaped and lived with the supporters of Garibaldi, who gave him safe passage.
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John Surratt traveled to the Kingdom of Italy and posed as a Canadian citizen named Walters.
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John Surratt booked passage to Alexandria, Egypt, but was arrested there by US officials on November 23,1866, still in his Pontifical Zouaves uniform.
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John Surratt returned to the US on the USS Swatara to the Washington Navy Yard in early 1867.
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Eighteen months after his mother was hanged, John Surratt was tried in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia now the United States District Court for the District of Columbia criminal court.
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The statute of limitations on charges other than murder had run out, and John Surratt was released on bail.
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John Surratt tried to farm tobacco and then taught at the Rockville Female Academy.
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In 1870, as one of the last surviving members of the conspiracy, John Surratt began a much-heralded public lecture tour.
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Three weeks later, John Surratt was to give a second lecture in Washington, but it was canceled because of public outrage.
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John Surratt later took a job as a teacher in St Joseph Catholic School in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
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In 1872, John Surratt married Mary Victorine Hunter, a second cousin of Francis Scott Key.
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John Surratt rose to freight auditor and, ultimately, treasurer of the company.
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John Surratt retired from the steamship line in 1914 and died of pneumonia in 1916, at the age of 72.
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John Surratt was buried in the New Cathedral Cemetery, in Baltimore.
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John Surratt was portrayed by Josh Mikel in the 2024 Apple TV+ miniseries series Manhunt.