Mudds aim to clear name of doc who treated Lincoln killer

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If you have not already read Rick Smith's postings about the James Owens statement and the young "white boy" seen with two strangers on horseback (matching the descriptions of Booth and Herold and their two steeds) in and around Newport and Allen's Fresh when the fugitives were thought to be hiding miles away, you'll think immediately of Samuel Cox, Jr. (And, I apologize for what may be the longest opening prepositional phrase on record!).

Most of you know my thoughts on the fate of the horses, and like a good resident of Southern Maryland, young Cox went along with the ruse that the horses were cruelly disposed of. Meanwhile, they and their offspring ate the green, green grass of Maryland pastures for years to come...