Life, Crime and Capture of John Wilkes Booth

[RJNorton]

Bill and Laurie, many thanks. I thought there was a ton of exaggeration in Gath's words.

I feel the articles in the Courier that Bill referenced were very good. Perhaps most interesting was that Dr. Mudd, while imprisoned at Ft. Jefferson, became acquainted with the gentleman (William Henry Heiss, Sr.) who shut down the telegraph line Bill and Laurie mentioned. Heiss got to know Mudd while he (Heiss) was installing telegraph cables in the Florida Keys. Mudd, who enjoyed woodworking, made a cane for Heiss. Heiss used it for the rest of his life. And in 1981 Heiss's grandson donated the cane to the Dr. Mudd House Museum. I assume the cane is still there today.