After the assassination of President Lincoln, men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill Lincoln and the vice president and the secretary of state. Lawyer Mr. Aiken agrees to defend the Ms. Mary Surratt against his will from another lawyer. Ms. Surratt owns a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth and others met to plan their crimes. Mr. Aiken sees halfway through the movie that Mary may be innocent
After the assassination of President Lincoln, men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill Lincoln and the vice president and the secretary of state. Lawyer Mr. Aiken agrees to defend the Ms. Mary Surratt against his will from another lawyer. Ms. Surratt owns a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth and others met to plan their crimes. Mr. Aiken sees halfway through the movie that Mary may be innocent