Today in the Lincoln Conspiracy: May 17
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| Dr. Samuel Mudd |
Dr. Samuel Mudd is one of the most controversial characters in the Lincoln conspiracy. He was accused of aiding assassin John Wilkes Booth, specifically by setting his broken leg on the morning after President Lincoln was shot. Mudd claimed he didn't know the man was Booth.
On May 17, 1865, two Army detectives, Simon Gavacan and William Williams, testified about Mudd's arrest at the trial of the conspirators. The detectives recounted the doctor's denial of setting Booth's leg and his denial that Booth had been at his farm in Maryland on April 15. They also testified that, upon searching Mudd's home, they found a boot bearing the inscription "J. Wilkes".
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