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...identity. Not until he heard the circumstances of Lincoln's death did Dr. Mudd grow suspicious, notify the authorities. For this service he was arrested as a conspirator. The whole land cried for quick, blind revenge. Booth might or might not have burned in the barn below Fredericksburg, Va. but Dr. Mudd and seven other persons accused of aiding the assassin were in jail. Hauled before Secretary of War Stanton's Military Commission, the eight were summarily divided-four for Death, three for life imprisonment, one for six years...
...Author Freeman's half-length portrait shows a kindly but aloof gentleman, a believe-it-or-not Christian Soldier. But some of the soldiers he commanded were more human if less humane. One Confederate private, rummaging the battleground during a truce after Fredericksburg, was reprimanded by a Federal officer for salvaging a rifle; the officer said that was against the rules. Said the butternut veteran: "Never mind, I'll shoot you tomorrow and git them boots." That Lee's example of considerate politeness sometimes had its effect on his men was shown by one of them...
Connecticut Yankees pitched into the Battle of Fredericksburg under stalwart Brigadier General Wilhelm Heine. Last week the denizens of Manhattan's cloak and suit district turned out with rubber razzberries and flaunting banners, to welcome the General's famed grandson. Dr. Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl came steaming in on the Europa with the reputation of being Adolf Hitler's strapping, eagle-browed soul mate. "Down with Hitler and his beast Hanfstaengl!" screamed swarthy members of the crowd of 1,500. "Ship the Hitler agent back! Down with Hanfstaengl...
Married, Mary Sholes Bryan, daughter of William Jennings Bryan Jr., Los Angeles attorney; and Alfred Smith Forsyth, Manhattan attorney; in Fredericksburg...
Gulf & West Texas Railway, controlled by Southern Pacific, is linking San Angelo and San Antonio. Vital to the project is the Fredericksburg & Northern. Its owners asked $350,000 for the property. The Southern Pacific bid only $200,000, claiming that the line is so rundown that it will cost $733,000 to make its unballasted, steep right-of-way fit for through traffic. Last week the I. C. C. told F. & N. that unless it sells out for $200,000 S. P. will be granted permission to build parallel tracks. This would cost S. P. only...