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His Name Is Mudd.(Samuel A. Mudd)(Brief Article)
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Mudd Family Fights to Clear Its Name
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* President Andrew Johnson gave Dr. Samuel Mudd a full and unconditional pardon in 1869. Mudd's family, however, claims that the pardon doe...
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Profile: Descendants of Dr. Samuel Mudd looking to overturn his conviction as a conspirator in the assassination of President Lincoln in 1865
Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR)
; ... receive a favorable verdict, his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren will fight on until they do. Cynthia Johnston, NPR News, Washington. COLEMAN: To see a photo history of Samuel Mudd's role in the Lincoln assassination, go to our Web page at npr.org ...
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Conviction Stands for Doctor Who Treated John Wilkes Booth
The Washington Post
; One hundred twenty-seven years after a military commission found him guilty of conspiracy in the assassination of President Lincoln, Dr. Samuel Mudd's conviction stands, the Army has ruled. Acting Assistant Army Secretary William D. Clark rejected the Mudd family's longtime efforts to clear their
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Mudd family's latest bid to clear name fails again.(Nation)
The Washington Times
; A federal judge has denied the latest bid by the descendants of Dr. Samuel Mudd to overturn the Army's conspiracy conviction of the Southern Maryland physician, who set the broken leg of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth. The Mudd family argued that it was improper for Dr. Mudd to have been tried
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Appeal for Lincoln assassin's doctor denied
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Appeal for Lincoln assassin's doctor denied Associated Press Sunday, March 12, 2000 Saginaw, Mich. -- The U.S. Army has rejected an appeal to overturn the 1865 conviction of Samuel Mudd as an accomplice in the escape of John Wilkes Booth after the Lincoln assassination. Richard Mudd, 99, of Saginaw
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Recalling A Doctor's Tragedy; Granddaughter Keeps Memory Of Man Who Treated Booth
The Washington Post
; ... horse. But Mudd said he didn't recognize Booth when he arrived injured at his home and only became suspicious the next day when news of the assassination reached Southern Maryland. After waiting a day, Mudd alerted authorities through a relative. By then, Booth ...
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Revisiting a Family Mystery;Army to Review Case of Lincoln Conspirator
The Washington Post
; Until a few weeks ago, Richard D. Mudd had pretty much given up hope that he would ever chase away the clouds of suspicion that have tarnished the family name since 1865, the year his grandfather was convicted of helping John Wilkes Booth assassinate Abraham Lincoln. Richard Mudd, the 90-year-old
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Dr. Mudd and Lincoln's Assassination
The Washington Post
; I would like to commend Allan Lengel for his interesting article on the continuing saga of Dr. Samuel Mudd and his grandson Dr. Richard D. Mudd's tireless efforts to "exonerate" his grandfather [Metro, July 5]. As I was quoted several times in the article, I would like to comment on two points.
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Kin wins `retrial' of Samuel Mudd
Chicago Sun-Times
; SAGINAW, Mich. Dr. Richard D. Mudd's lifelong quest to clear his grandfather's name has prompted military authorities to set a national precedent. The Army Board for Correction of Military Records recently notified Mudd, of Saginaw, that it will retry the 126-year-old case of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd. "I
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Mudd heirs win round to restore good name.(A)
The Washington Times
; Descendants of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd rejoiced yesterday in a federal judge's ruling that the Army must reconsider the 1865 conviction of the Maryland physician as a co-conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. I've been working on this for 79 years and have appealed to every
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PRESIDENT PAYS TRIBUTE TO VETERANS, WARNS IRAQ THAT U.S. IS READY FORWAR
The Columbian
; 00-00-0000 WASHINGTON -- In somber tribute to soldiers of wars past, President Bush said Monday he will commit the full force and might of the United States military against Iraq if Saddam Hussein refuses to disarm swiftly. As the Iraqi parliament condemned a U.S.-backed United Nations resolution,
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