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licourage gave way and she made a clean breast! of the whole transaction.She stated that some time since she went North with a lady from Macon, whom she left soon after her arrival in Philadelphia. She said . that she formerly knew H. M. Turner intimate- j; ly when they both lived in Hancock county, and :1 meeting him North the intimacy was resumed. ■, She traveled a gfeod d$al between Washington j and Philadelphia, and often saw Turner in the . \ former city. On a day between the 1st and 5th j • of June, Turner gave to her in Washington be- ;' tween $1,000 and $1,700 of this spurious cur- j • rency, which she had been passing, instructed I; her how to get rid of it, and made her promise •' to divide with him the good money she received. I' She then returned to Philadelphia, and from ; that time to the tenth, was in constant corres- j. pondence with Turner on the subject On the , tenth of the month she started to Georgia. She •: ] passed $100 of the money in Washington, where j she stopped several days, $100 at another place and finally 450 in this place, as stated above.Lieut. Purcell and the woman arrived in At-lanta rn-Saturday morning, where the accused i \ secured the services of several fine lawyers— ; i among otters, Hon. B. H. Hill, Gen. L. Gar- 1 J trell and CoL Luther Glenn. After an examination before UnitedStates Commissioner Smith, at which ihe woman still testified against Turner, a warrant was issued for the arrest of the latter, and the authorities in Macon telegraphed to secure him. This warrant was placed in the hands of Lieut. Purcell and one of the Deputy United States Marshals, and the party immediately left for Macon, arriving there on Saturday evening. The officers found Turner seated in the Post-office, and at once arrested and hand cuffed him. The same evening he was placed in the cars, carried to Atlanta and placed in confinement in the military barracks. Turner seemed much dejected when arrested, and manifested a good deal of trepidation.
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Macon Weekly Georgia Telegraph
Macon, Georgia, US
Fri, Jul 09, 1869
Page 4
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