The Van Buren press., 1869-04-27
VAN BUREN, ARK, APRIL n, 1869.
DR.. Nudds kseosnt u Besth. the Assas
Sgr. Gin, at his House. u lc ..'

Sgr. sin, at his House. N7 le T..
A correspondent OF the New Yora
Heral hunted up DR.. Mudd at his home
in Maryland. Tue Doctor was scared
when told his visitor was reporter. and
did not want to say anything, hut talked
little. We quote the correspondence
Above the middle height, with red
dish moastachs and chin whisker, high
| forehead and attenuated nose, his appear
ance indicates q man Of calm and slow
reflection. gentle in manner, aud Ola yer,
domestic turn. He says he was born
within a few miles Of this house, and has
lived all his life in the country. His
whole desire now Is 10 be allowed to
spend the balance OF his days quietly iu
the bosom OF his family. In his sunken
iustreless eye, pallid lips and cold, Ash.
complexion, one can read the words
= Dry Tortugas' with terrible slgnih
canco In the prime Of his years, look
inK prematurely old and Ccareworn. there
are few. indeed, who could gaze on the
wreck and rssagc in the face Of this mau
before them without feeling a sentiment
of sympathy and commisseration. II
have come home,' said the Doctor. sor-
rowfully, to find nothing lett me but my
house and family. No money, no pro-
visions. no crops in the ground aud no
clear way before me whore to derive the
means Of support in my present enfeebied
condition There was no deception here.
In The scanty furniture Of the house, and
in tho pale, sad countenance Of the speak
er there was evidence enough of poor
and altered fortune, 1t was now evening.
and growing rapidly dark. a big fire
blazed on tue ample hearth, and Mrs.
Mudd, an intelligent and handsome lady.
with one of her children, Joined the Doc.
tor and ourselves in the conversation
over the events Of the memorable April
morning after the assassination so l.SA'
Z" Did you see Booth, Mrs. Mudd Z
we inquired, with feeling Of interest to
hear ner reply. sHua.IagF' 'pi sa.. 4.
1 "Ycs. she replied, I saw himself and
Harold after they entered this parior,
Booth stretched himself out on that sofa
there, and Harold stopped downte whis-
per something to him. Z u"fi 74'tta-
~ How did Booth look rrHl -jl e-l"I
"'Very bad. He seemed as though
he had been drinking very hard |; his eyes
were red ant. swollen, and his hair in dis
order .a1...vJo-7 -79t aul@'oH' goo s.'.r
".Did he appear to suffer much ?
"Not after he laid down on the sofa.
In fact, ii seemed as il hardly anything
was wrong with him then f9i'a .'.Aiti
"'What kind of a fracture dill Booth
sustainp We inquired, addressing the
Doctor l-7.h Hoig dee " SolTs u .'.i
".Well,' said he, 'after he was laid
down ON tina: sofa, and having told me
that his log wa. fractured by his horse
kblinRRdt,dr f55ooiw knife ftffa' iaititt iplfrtp
ley Of his boot down TO the instep. clip
ped it OFT and the sock with it; | then felt
carefully with both hands down along his
ley. but at first could discover nothing
like crepitation until, after q second in.
vestigation, found on the outside. near
the ankle. something that felt like indu.
rated flesh, and then for the first time /
concluded it was direct and clean frac.
ture Of the bone. l then improvised out
of pasteboa a sort Of boot that adhered
close enough to the leg to keep it rightly
straight below the knee, without ut ali in
terfering with the Aexion of the leg. A
'low.cut shoe was substituted fer the
leather boot, and between aud 6 O'Clock
in the morning Booth and his compsn.
ions started OF for point on the river
below ruaIs.h a.J W "yuisab
- How did Booths horse look after
his long ridcy We inquired. EMO. 'n.s
1.-The boy, after putting him up in
the stable the Doctor replied, reported
thct his back underneath the forward part
OF the saddle was raw and bloody. This
circumstances Tailed with Booths &C.
count that he had been riding all day pre-
vious from Richmond, and no suspicion
arose in my mind for Que instant that the
man whose ley l was attending to was
anything more than what he represented
himself. ~ fa4r.a-No -;sai D 5g Gai..1'