mr. monico's version of the conspiracy. we saw on the board mr. monico's version of the conspiracy about how mary surratt was the center. we saw that. but you know it's not so. you know it's not so. you know mary surratt was not involved in shooting anyone, killing anyone, attacking anyone. the fact of the matter is, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the last set of questions that mr. webb asked the witness is the reason for why i am telling you that mary surratt is no more than a victim in this case. the prosecution in his cross, mr. webb in his cross -- and by the way, mr. webb is the finest cross-examiner in the united states. the fact of the matter is, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, what he talked about was how john jr. was in canada. what he talked about was how john jr. did not come back to help his mother. what he talked about was, why wasn't he here? why did he go to canada? the fact of the matter is, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, that is more telling of mary's innocence than of her guilt. it shows that john surratt jr. is a man who

mr. monaco. ladies and gentlemen. ladies and gentlemen of the jury, my name is again is michael monico with dan webb. we represent the united states in this case. we are here today in this grand auditorium far from the battlegrounds of the civil war, far from the terror that gripped this nation following the assassination of abraham lincoln. it has been almost 150 years since those terrible events so it is easy for us here today to lose perspective on the enormity of the conspiracy charge and the gravity of the crimes committed. the size, the scope, the horror of this conspiracy that these defendants are charged with must be understood to place into context the actions of mary surratt. it is her own actions that prove that she is not a victim of a series of unfortunate coincidences. they prove that she was a knowing and willing member of this conspiracy. what are the goals of this conspiracy? the goals were not merely to assassinate president lincoln, as horrible as that was, as wrenching as that was to this country. it was also to kill vice president andrew johnson, the secretary of state william se