Throwing more Mudd in the game

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I read Ewing's defense of Mudd last night. He claims Mudd only met Booth once in late November when Booth was a guest of Dr. Queen. That was when Booth met Mudd in church, went to Mudd's house to inquire about purchasing his farm, and when Mudd took Booth to Gardiner's to buy the one eyed horse.

He denies Booth ever spent the night at Mudd's house or that Mudd had any contact with Booth on Booth's subsequent trip to the area. He also denies that Mudd introduced Booth to Surratt in Washington as per Weichman's testimony.

He also claims Booth was unrecognizable to Mudd because he was wearing a fake beard and a scarf to conceal his identity. Also he claims Booth did not talk to Mudd during that visit and that Herold was the spokesperson for Booth.

If I was introduced to Johnny Depp and later that day Johnny came to my house to see if he could buy my house and my car from me and then I drove Johnny to a used car dealer to but a used car, i would probably remember him and this encounter quite vividly. If Johnny then came to my house at 4:00AM a few months later for some urgent medical care wearing a fake beard, I would most definitely still recognize him. Then if I learned that Johnny Depp assassinated the President later that afternoon while he was still convalescing at my house I would turn him into authorities immediately and ride with them as fast as I could back to my house to make sure my family was safe unless, of course, I was sympathetic to Johnny and wanted to help further his escape.

As far as the disguise; we are to believe that Booth fixed the beard to his face in the dead of night on his horse with a broken swollen leg and transformed his appearance so well that he was unrecognizable to a smart guy like Mudd. There are no reports that Booth was wearing a fake beard at the Navy Yard bridge or at Surratt's Tavern. Unlikely. Mudd would not have been fooled by this. It is more likely he recognized Booth, learned of the assassination, helped Booth create an alibi, and helped Booth on toward the home of Samuel Cox before reporting "strangers" at his house to the authorities 36-48 hours later. Of course, we know that he then lied to these authorities when they came to investigate his claim.