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ifested a good deal of trepidation. | on• m m a • • • . mThe examination of the two prisoners com* menced yesterday morning in Atlanta, before the United States Commissioner, but the proceedings are as yet kept secret, as other parties maybe complicated who have not yet been arrested.thlt;reionretwlt;reinThe following .press dispatch, in the Tele-qbapa of yesterday, completes this exciting little I episode and leaves ns more in the dark about th it than ever: ; raAtlanta, July 6.—The negro, Turner, Post- ; ^ master at Macon, was released by the United . States Marshal last night, and has retnrned to Il. Macon. The women having in their possession !1 the stolen United States Treasury notes were j released on a five hundred dollar bond, after a ! ™ private consnltation between the United States -Marshal and some lawyers. The whole affair Ie. will be exposed in a few days, and the guilty | ^ parties brought to trial. * j ~THE FACTS OF THE CASE AS STATED BY : orTURNER. II I *The Editors of the Telegbaph, thinking it s very strange that such a thing as the arrest and j m handcuffing of the Post-master by United States j ™ Marshals could take place in Macon and nobody know anything about it, have thought it right to ba question Turner in relation to the affair. Tur* in ner states that there is not one word of truth, P’: so far as he is concerned, in the statements of • ^ the Chronicle and Sentinel. He says he was ; a 1 subpoenaed as a witness in this woman's behalf, onto co before the United States Commissioner in e,sI• ejvAtlanta on Sunday last. That he went there, erJand was questioned by her counsel as to the . gji character of the prisoner and was then dismiss- , as ed,* but none of his evidence was taken before i the Commissioner. Turner says that his knowl- j; be an
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Macon Weekly Georgia Telegraph
Macon, Georgia, US
Fri, Jul 09, 1869
Page 4
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Lois N.
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