ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

John Surratt

Okay, so there was a man named John Surratt. He lived a long time ago during a time called the Civil War. He was a friend of a man named John Wilkes Booth.

Now, John Wilkes Booth did something very bad during the Civil War. He hurt a very important person called President Abraham Lincoln. Everyone was very upset about this, and they wanted to find out who helped John Wilkes Booth do this bad thing.

Some people thought that John Surratt helped John Wilkes Booth, but it was really hard to prove. John Surratt ran away and went to different countries to try and hide.

Eventually, they caught him and put him in jail. Some people thought he was guilty, but others thought he was innocent. It's still a mystery to this day if he really helped John Wilkes Booth or not.

But the important thing to remember is that it's not okay to hurt other people, even if you don't like them or don't agree with them. We should always try to be kind to each other and work together to make the world a better place.