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Anyone have any guesses as to why Dr. Mudd was not included in the Ring of Conspirators?

Benn Pitman initially made the decision, on his own, not to include Dr. Mudd in the Ring of Conspirators, "partly, perhaps mainly from consideration to his family." Later the publishers "half demand" that Dr. Mudd's likeness be included. Pitman wrote to Ewing, Mudd's attorney, and Dr. George Mudd for a photograph of Mudd to use but apparently never received one from them. You can read his full letter to Ewing about it here: https://archive.org/stream/assassination...1/mode/2up

Boy, money does talk. Pitman either considered Mrs. Surratt guilty(at least enough to include her in the center) without respect to her family.