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tion that Marian Harris had been arrested, and had made a confidential confession to them as Attorneys, and they advised him that it would be to his interest to see them without delay.— This letter was written on a half sheet of letter paper with a printed head, and to the best of my recollection the heading indicated the firm of “Gartrell Jacksonat all events it was different from the names that were attached to the written letter which were : L. J. Gartrell and W. H. Hulsey. I may be incorrect as to the initials of these names, but I give them 3 near as I can remember. After reading the letter, I asked Turner what he had to do with it, and he told me that he had given Marian Harris the money on account of which she had been arrested, and he suspected that the subpoena for his appearance in Atlanta was a blind to facilitate Ins arrest, and wished my advice as to what was best for him to do. He explained that he had given her $1,800 of this spurious money, for the reason that he feared that he might be killed on his way from 'Washington to Macon, on account of the bitter opposition that existed to his appointment as Post-master of Macon, and he did not wish to have this money found upon his person, and said that he instructed her to keep it for him until they got home.Without thinking of the extent to which I was committing myself, I advised him that it was his interest to know nothing about the money in question, not even to the lawyers who professed to have the secret. He too thought that hest, and he left my office determined upon that course of action when he should arrive in Atlanta, to which point he was to start that evening. I saw no more of him until Tuesday the 6th. But in the meantime I had thought maturely on the matter, and fully realized the perilous position in which Turner had placed me, and determined that IvnnM Yinf dI?aw l’nfflmr nf snrli a frflnflAofinn
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Macon Weekly Georgia Telegraph
Macon, Georgia, US
Fri, Jul 30, 1869
Page 6
Full Page
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Lois N.
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