Words from Dr. Richard Mudd

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(06-22-2014 02:48 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  In addition to Laurie's questions I would like to throw one out there also. In his "lost statement" George Atzerodt said, "I am certain Dr. Mudd knew all about it, as Booth sent (as he told me) liquors & provisions for the trip with the President to Richmond, about two weeks before the murder to Dr. Mudd's."

Ever since I read that many years ago I just automatically assumed Booth told Atzerodt the provisons were sent to Dr. Samuel Mudd's. Dr. Richard Mudd claims that it was actually Dr. George Mudd who was holding the provisions. Atzerodt does not specify which Mudd it was. Is this possible? When Booth told Atzerodt that provisions were sent to Dr. Mudd's could he actually have been referring to Dr. George Mudd? Any chance Richard Mudd might be right?

Roger: I also never heard of this before. I don’t know of anything to support it.

In all of this we have to remember that Atzerodt had no personal knowledge of Dr. Mudd or of anything that may have taken place between Booth and Mudd. We don’t know if Booth actually told Atzerodt anything about Dr. Mudd, and if he did, if what he told Atzerodt was actually true. All we really know for a fact is that Booth and Herold left Dr. Mudd’s without doggie bags. The first thing they asked Oswald Swan for shortly after leaving Dr. Mudd’s was for liquor and food.