Sarah Mudd

“ Up to this time I had not the least suspicion that the crippled man was Booth - and I am sure no one would have recognized him as being the same man who was at our house last fall - for he was very much thinner, and looked so pale and haggard, and changed with his heavy whiskers, as to alter entirely his appearance. I am certain that my husband did not recognize him, or suspect him to be Booth even after I told him of the false whiskers. I am sure too that Herold was a total stranger to the Doctor, as he was to me. ”

“ The Doctor and Herold had not been gone over a half an hour, when Herold returned and said he could not get father’s carriage and that Doctor had gone into Bryantown and he was going to take his friend off horseback. While Herold was gone, I went to the room where the crippled man was. He had heavy whiskers on - and looked pale, thin and haggard. ”

“ I know that my husband had no knowledge or suspicion that the man with a broken leg was Booth until after the man had gone, that since his arrest I have never ceased to regret my interposing in his purpose of that evening and have openly blamed myself as the cause of his trouble. ”