"John Wilkes Booth is probably loving this," added Lois Trebisacci, 60, of Westerly, R.I., whose grandfather was Edwin Booth's grandson. "Just being an actor, I'm sure he loves the controversy ...

“John Wilkes Booth is probably loving this,” added Lois Trebisacci, 60, of Westerly, R.I., whose grandfather was Edwin Booth’s grandson. “Just being an actor, I’m sure he loves the ...

"John Wilkes Booth is probably loving this," added Lois Trebisacci, 60, of Westerly, R.I., whose grandfather was Edwin Booth's grandson. "Just being an actor, I'm sure he loves the controversy." ...

“John Wilkes Booth is probably loving this,” added Lois Trebisacci, 60, of Westerly, R.I., whose grandfather was Edwin Booth”s grandson. “Just being an actor, I”m sure he loves the ...

His grandson, Richard Mudd, now 100 and living in Saginaw, ... At left, a sign points to the route that John Wilkes Booth took after leaving the Mudd House on his escape south.

John’s father was Junius Brutus Booth, son of a British lawyer and grandson of a silversmith, the first of his family to go on stage. “The actor was, of course, quite mad,” observes Gene ...

SAGINAW, Mich. - Richard D. Mudd, who spent much of his life trying to overturn his grandfather's conviction on charges of aiding Abraham Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, died early Tuesday. He ...

Family’s fight over legacy of John Wilkes Booth’s doctor revived by true ... Mudd was eventually pardoned for setting Booth’s broken leg, but his grandson was determined to exonerate ...

WASHINGTON — Until recently, Richard D. Mudd had pretty much given up hope that he would ever chase away the clouds of suspicion that have tarnished the family name since 1865, the year his g… ...

On the 150th anniversary of President Lincoln's death, Morning Edition's Renee Montagne and historian Terry Alford explore John Wilkes Booth's life, and how the assassination affected his family.