Townsend Article about Dr. Mudd

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The troops passed through T.B. earlier in the morning on April 15, because they knocked on my family's door before Mr. Huntt went to open his store. They only asked if the family had heard riders during the night - which they had. Later on, Mr. Huntt learned from John Chandler Thompson at the T.B. Hotel what had really happened and whom the soldiers were looking for. If the soldiers let the people of T.B. know the details, you can bet they told the populace of Bryantown.