The Assassin’s Accomplice

[LincolnToddFan]

Yes Laurie, you got the name order correct. His proper name is(was)David Miller DeWitt.

I was one of the ones swayed to initial belief in the innocence of the "simple country doctor" Mudd by the efforts of his grandson when I was a kid in the late 70's. He was a very persuasive old gentleman.

Then only a few weeks ago it was Eva and yourself who got me to thinking...would defenders of Mary Surratt be so tenacious if it had been her husband who was hanged instead? GREAT question. You might also ask if I would be so quick to accept her innocence if she had not been(on the surface at least) so convincingly religious.

And if I am honest my answer in both cases would be no...probably not.