The assassination of Abraham Lincoln : flight, pursuit, capture, and punishment of the conspirators . y. At thesame time Mrs. Mudd let me understand that she hadnot become reconciled to the treatment and punishmentthat her husband received, and felt very bitter toward themen who composed the Commission that tried and con-demned him to imprisonment. At the time Heroldknocked at the front door of Dr. Mudds house, fouroclock on Saturday morning, less than six hours afterthe assassination. Doctor and Mrs. Mudd were sleepingin a back room downstairs. When the doctor heard thenoise he called to a wo
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln : flight, pursuit, capture, and punishment of the conspirators . y. At thesame time Mrs. Mudd let me understand that she hadnot become reconciled to the treatment and punishmentthat her husband received, and felt very bitter toward themen who composed the Commission that tried and con-demned him to imprisonment. At the time Heroldknocked at the front door of Dr. Mudds house, fouroclock on Saturday morning, less than six hours afterthe assassination. Doctor and Mrs. Mudd were sleepingin a back room downstairs. When the doctor heard thenoise he called to a woman who was sleeping in an ad-joining room to go to the door, but she did not answerhis call. He then asked Mrs. Mudd to go, as he was notfeeling well. Mrs. Mudd said she did not want to go,so the doctor answered the call, and on opening the doorfound Herold there, who said that the man on the horse 250 ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. at the g-ate had broken his leg, and desired medical at-tendance. The injured man was assisted off his horseand into the house, and laid upon a sofa in the parlor. jr.; GATE LEADING FROM THE MAIN ROAD TO HOUSE. A quarter of a mile distant. A colored man met Booth and Heroldat this gate near four oclock, Saturday morning, and Booth offered hima drink of whisky if he would open the gate. He did so, but said Booth wasso slow about giving him the whisky that he shut the gate and went on. to the left of the hall. The doctor made an examinationof the leg, and found that the small bone was brokennearly at right angles across the limb, about two inchesabove the instep. Dr. Mudd, with the assistance Of hiswife, who made her appearance, dressed the leg as wellas circumstances would permit, after which the man wasassisted upstairs to a room directly above the parlor. NARRATIVE OF A WALK. 25 I One of the servants of the house made a rough crutchfor the patient. Breakfast in Dr. Mudds house was pre-pared early that morning-, and Herold was invited t
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