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[RJNorton]

(04-07-2018 04:08 PM)ReignetteC Wrote:  said that Mudd charged Booth the grand sum of $25 to set his leg.

From what I have read it's the other way around. Mudd did not specifically charge $25; rather this is simply the amount Booth or Herold put into Mudd's hand as the two fugitives departed the Mudd home on the 15th. In other words, it wasn't "a charge" decided by Mudd. Rather it was what Booth decided Mudd's services were worth. I read this in one of the older Mudd biographies, but I do not recall which one.