The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 11, 1947, Page 4

ly SE 8 cL: z it e : to the oe Pee 5 & ll g 3 : E know you were a “I’m not. Atleast I wasn’t.” . . a : Eg if Pedrick turned to look at Gay.|from the came another “Well, he acts like a father late en broke through came Polick opeiied. his. mouth ‘ajl Commas 16 nted Cc. r+) : mou ° wan laugh aloud and suddenly closed | to see. one arm E 3 a z 4 “What came in?” asked Rush. Pedrick spoke to Rush but his a cab eyes followed two men around of thelto the house. © ~ a ones mF 1 room 0 bar: ‘all. -the “A couple o: s who never away come in here. dara } ibefore right hand men. Of course, hent. gh aeeah #3 “s at: * J *, ee ee aes | Re Sully’s place is out of order at ls a es moment. | they’ what the other boys ion a. are doing” A Card Bully. “This is all. very interesting,” one who * : ' gaid Rush. “I have a call to ot at him. : : what the hell you’re up to, and it en e ou’re up to som . Bs who ned pa interested Pedrick. viously Makes ti ush sat on the edge of his. He seemed in no hurry. In fact a. bed and picked ‘up phonon He: he stopped almost dead still sev- d ave the operator a number in. eral times. Each time he : * a he eal. “Y, . * thing wi 7s Sey lo, Pappy,” he saic¢ oud : drink. : better send moky. Tell Gertrude - dropped it send Merwin. Tell her to tell | Kerr the floor only to hurry on several | drank: silence. him to mi ky till he gets aed yards and repeat the’ perform-| stood up. here. Also I'd like. one other. a ance. He stoped at the bar: “Come here,” he said. Jim Todd at Continental if he can She came ahd stood in front| let me have Duffy for a few days... ..., returned to the table. : He’s worked for me before. . T A MURMUR started on the far “Look,” he said. “I'm very glad/ter have them fly. I can use ‘A side ‘of the room. It grew and|you are an understanding wo-| right away. man. IJ am up to something and* (Te be continued) ere tis with the murmur came the noise - 14% GRANDSON : @RO.:4; ence ical director, for General Motors ,for 20 years and is now employed in that capacity by the Ohevrolet’ when lhe, Syrratt, son. 6f-“Mrs: by’ helping::*to «bring about his--. Surratt, who was convicted and owns jewopete t pial at which hiing, was tried a few years later. | he’ esca aa if “Mrsi‘Sutratt ‘was actually less | vote. ia ew oe vo Be cat suilty : Shanker. son, who) wad ‘ac ‘tne! Saginaw, physician aagieibiss (1 : ena eG er os eR a i thig| Quitted as a re of evidence in | grandfather was one of the most. . er ‘ semi Po me em mg ri the ‘diary. Mts. Surratt. merely’ tnruly ‘prisotierd at ‘Fort Sefters!sti +51 ‘ithe silénce ‘hig father on the | Owned ‘the hotel in: which ‘Booth |ison ‘because::he!:was ‘so, certain,’ ‘ f’ Grandfather Mudd’s| 294. other conspirators thet. She] of. his. innocence, and was often question o ‘ a’s : DPrSROYS' eae ; imprisonment ‘only aroused 'Rich- 1 had: ng:,knowledge, of. the reason} punished by confinement in** *“' -_-—e oem eo ee RK “atd’ Mudd to probe the. case for their meeting. ,, "| dungeons’ cobitaining: ‘balt iwaters: | 110 .. through and through, . “John Surratt escaped to: Aft | Qne, indeed cansimnaclpe, Hew DPE abit * } w ce op- , —y talk voit grandfather,” Dr.| guatd*:é Tome, lwheae te Nas préssioni/Abrehém Lincoln; would}+i:: Mudd said lastnight, “We: lived | Ainally: jlogated.,Stanton ‘did not | view «the, .persecytign,,.,0£.Dr,;j....,.... in Anacostia, now..a part ‘of. Want, to,bring him back to trial,| Samuel Mudd. of Washington, D. C. Father was, the | as he “knew it would bring ‘dut}’ ‘The’ letters from Dr. Samuel ‘ gnly ‘child of my grandfather to\ facts helpful to those already | Mudd to: Dr.. Whitehurst of Key. . become rdoctor. The family had | convicted. Political. pressure West, discovered by his. grand- | ’ lost everything as the result of , forced him to bring Surratt back’; son . only two. months ago, are” . my grandfather’s !mprisonment, | for trial. _ mga cee “ vies ae _ and I guess father tried to forget! “By this time the existence of! #2 One fetter, the, youn pha ¥ : it. He was about five years old, Booth’s diary’ was well known. ! cin; ‘id Was tg OE WN “|, Se ‘when my grandfather was finally Through it Suratt was acquitted | Prisoned, pleads: “I earnestly ap- released from prison. Later he! and it became clear that grand-! peal to you to employ on my _ became a country doctor and! father was entirely innocent. He behalf competent lawyers who worked 40 years, at that profes-| was, nevertheless, still imprison-{ Will undertake to release me sion.” z ed at Fort Jefferson. If the} from this hell for one thousand » In Dr. Mudd’s view, Sapeiary diary had been introduced at his} dollars.” of War Edwin Stanton was the! trial he would never have been} As is generally known, Dr. man responsible for the terrible | convicted and Mrs. Surratt never} Mudd’s tireless service in the yel- wrong done his grandfather. would have been hung. In fact,j low fever epidemic which ‘hit’ '***: “Stanton was a villain—ruth-|the court recommended mercy Fort Jefferson after he had been - a6 léss and cunning,” Dr. Mudd!for Mrs. Surratt..but Stanton| imprisoned. three years, made : said. “If it had not been for|kept this fact from President | hyn a,hero among, the soldiers | Stanton, my grandfather never| Andrew Johnson and had herj| and eventually brought his re- would have been convicted. It] executed.”'. °° - noes Pp), to gare pete was Stanton who refused to let ; sa ‘“e }rendered by me,:: he writes Ur..." . him be tried by a civilian court sung Chant clea pe vareat: Whitehurst, “the saldiers drew up . and insisted that he be tried by a] ter his grandfather's conviction | Petition which I. believe was court martial consisting of seven| that court martial? tial of civil | Uanimously signed with the generals and two colonels, It was! jans was unconstitutional even} VieW to my release. Anything - - Stanton who stationed a platoon| in time of war if civilian courts| that you can do to lessen. the of soldiers on my grandfather’s| are available, but no action was| Prejudice caused by my unlawfu} farm who burned most of the] taken to release his grandfather,|®"4_ slanderous trial will be. barns, the meat house and ate up! convicted by an unconstitutional kindly cherished and reciprocat. all the chickens.” court. rz ed myself and my distressed Dr. Mudd said his r ie : amily.” : was a well-to-do Meet con President Johnson told my} py, Whitehurst was instrumen- owner of 32 when he was seized renner tes that he peg MY | tal in helping secure Dr. Mudd’s after having set Booth’s leg, i oe a. word * . a release in 1869. Four years in the broken when the assassin caught |"... ~ ie stele gigi cn €c\ island prison, however, had his foot in the American flag on‘ president. He could not release} taken their toll. The prisoners Lincoln’s Ford Theatre box as he! him sooner, he prs ggg it} had no adequate diet. Vermin in- leaped to the stage. By the time ctr war his chances for oe: fested the prison. There was vir-: he was released from prison he . rebeogy As it was, my grand-/ tually no sanitation and steriliza-.».,... - was destitute. soother pigeons had to live on} tion. Dr. Mudd’s fortune. was, “I suppose my father and the oe ab , es hite gprs tl gone, his name blackened. He other children just about tried|™#*©, SUrS that President John- | died a comparatively young man, ‘to blot all recollections of that}°°" signed the pardon before his | only 43° iyears aftér: his’ release. . period of their lives from their term expired. _ | Thanks to his earnest grandson, minds,” he remarked. “It cost her $300 to get the slip | and his, healthy young great . “My grandfather was denied of paper to Key West, and from grandchildren now in Key West, habeas corpus and placed incom- |Key West to the authorities on | howévér,'the Mudds carry on, municado in the hold of a ship.jDry Tortugas. It is not true, as| stronger than ever, © $s) 9% He and the other prisoners. were|Shown in the movie, . Prisoner | ————_____-_. placed in straight-jackets and of Shark Island,” that my grand- chained down. A black, rubber-|™other came to Key West. She ized hood was placed over his| hired an emissary as she would head 24 hours a day. For 40 days;2°t entrust that precious pardon |'§ q he -endured this inhuman treat- |‘ the mails. i ment. Dr. Mudd does give President “At the trial he was not al-|Johnson credit for having the lowed to testify in his own be-|courage to fight Stanton after he half. He was allowed no rebuttal} learned that Stanton had not in- and could submit only one writ-;formed him that the court had BISM A-REX nm — ten statement. recommended clemency for Mrs. “But what hurt grandfather’s!Surratt. Stanton had taken pains “ease the most was Secretary; to et Congress _ - law “ Stanton’s concealment of Booth’s|making it unconstitutional for a ’ . ; diary, which proved beyond aj president to dismiss a cabinet of- GARDNER Ss PH veh ‘doubt that grandfather had never|ficer without Congressional ap-| 1114 Division St., aly been one of the conspirators.|proval, but Johnson disregarded|Phone 177 ran This diary finally came to light |the law and. dismissed him, there-| g.e.seaae.- Pier