Samuel Mudd
publication date: Saturday, April 7, 2007 (part of Round XXIX)
category: 
Medicine
clue: Is saving countless lives grounds for a pardon?
explanation: Mudd was a doctor famous for treating John Wilkes Booth after Abraham Lincoln's assassination, which got him sentenced to prison for conspiracy; he was pardoned by Andrew Johnson for saving countless prisoners' lives during a yellow fever outbreak. The word "grounds" was a play on his last name. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Amy Austin, Elliot Farney, and Jerry Mathis
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