Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1867-04-18
{ From tRs Baltimore GaEetts.l
DR.. Mudd.

When. a short time ago, the Northern peo-
pie had been reused by the appeals OF dema-
eogues and the falSehoods Of political schemers
IN a pitch of excitement little shortof madness,
few men dared 10 brave the pitiless tempest
Few yentured 70 say that an opponent OF the
Government had any rights or that man pro-
Tossing LOYALTY could do a wrong or swear TO a
lie. Il was scarcely safe to avOw disbelief IN
the tales which the Titus 0ateses and the Bed
l,es Of our day were diyulgiug at Washington
or % contend with military judges whodePort-
cd themselves with the partisan teroclty OF
Jc.lreys.. As a change for the better has begun
% dawn the voice Of truth is beginning 10 oe
heard once more. IL speaks as yet IN sGodued
Q nes bur il viii one day ring out Ike eiarioh;
The dead sleep quietly, but blood ioniiy she',
has cried from the ground from untaeuor'al
time aud from the graves OF MIS-. ourratt aGd
Wiz ave. and from those OF the prisoners VINO
rerisbed M Anders0nyile and Salisbury accu-
sing voices viii sooner OF later come, telling US
how. from coll-blooded policy or in hot pas
SION murders have been done, and calling the
,rilty 10 account. We have heretofore pub
Fsbei many isolated facts which have from
time 90 time been developed in relation to one
or other 81 ttevctims Of Military Commissions
We append the following startling statement,
which shows that DR.. Nudd Is suffering as
prisoner 40 the Dry Tortugas under the SEN
te,ce 81 q Court which believed him innocent
n was orr giually written for the Prince Georges
gq-etts but for reasons unknown 20 Us was not
August 10, 1865
d" EEyoy Gaze'is:
" Dear Sn-In Washington, on Friday last
I met an old acquaintance, one OF the highest
I I'm military rank of the late Commission, etc.
I He thus spoke 10 ne:
.s"The Court never believed that DR.. Mudd
knew ANYTHING about Booths designs. Booth
made him tool as he had done with others
DR.. Mudd was the rictim Of has O'cn timidity
Had he acknowledged 70 the soldiers whom he
saw in search Of Booth lthe day after the as
s,ssinationl that Booth had got his leg set at
his house and went of, and had he, Ike man
come out aud said he kne1r Booth, instead of
faith DENYING it 20 the Court, he would have
| had little trouble
More Of similar purport was said, but the
points are included in the above.
"As l DO not know DR.. Mudd or any Of his
relatives, il will be plain, hope, that this
statement is made solely with the view that it
may be acceptable 20 some Of his friends.
"S'Qte Of Maryland, Prince Georges County to
irit:
81 hereby certify that on this eleventh day
of December, Ammo Domini 1866, before me,
the subscriber Justice Of the Peace Of the said
State. in and for said county, personally ap-
peared James L. Henry, Of said county, and
makes oath on the Holy Evangely Of Almighty
God that the afOregDlng statement Is true
copy Of one which was prepared by him at the
time Of its date for the purpose Of its being in
serted in a newspaper published at the county
seat Of the county aforesaid, but the same was
not so published at that time And, further
that the facts set forth in said statement are
strictly true and that the officer alluded to
therein was General David Hunter, who was
the President OF the Military Commission re-
ferred O.. and with whom this afhant has been
acquainted for many years, having been fellow
Off ers in the army.
Sworn to before
ABNER T. Hoop, J. P"