The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-05

Telegram there, ordering hlmstO return. This
he did. On the same nlgat hotlce was given.
by telegraph to Turner then in Macon, to go
immediately to Atlanta and see the woman
Harris. 10 deceive Purcell, lin Murphy and
others. who were really anxious to have justice
done and to SEQ the woman and Turner COM
mitted. they were informed that Turner had
been arrested, and that ne and the woman
Harris would be examined and committed on
Monday. t~. t- 4.
In he meantime other United States off,
Gals we're placed in charge of Harris, and the
process OF manipulation began Sharp lawyers
were taken to her in the interest Of iur.
ner, and free and full communication was al
lowed between them and Harris. What was
SAID and done ct these repeated interviews
uud consultations can re Teadiiy OWNED by
t lie results which followed. The sh M lnves-
tigation was had and Harris discharged on
straw bail for $500. Turner returned to Mo-
con fully secure that the-storm had passed.
The arrest and examination OF, Harris brought
other parties on the scene.;' an official OF the
Treasury Department was ciosev Watching
the proceedings, and became fully satisfied
that both Harris and Turner were legally
arrested and committed H had mads other
discoveries WHICH were important, and which
required his presence for some days in Macon.
several months since some of the Rennin,
plates in the Treasury Department at Wash
Ington had been stolen! These were the plates
used for the prin ing of the twenty-five cent
and fifty cent postal currency. AS your read
are engraved with the balance of the note. The
possession of the genuine plates would enable
the party having them to strike off real ge nuine
currency III every respect exactly liks that is-
sued by the Treasury Department. When these
plates we're stolen a reward of ten thousand
dollars was offered by the government for their
recovery. Suspicion fell at the time upon the
Washington from the South urging further
proscript,ve measures against this section.
Detectives were set TO work, and whio pur-
SUNG the trail the arrest of Harris occurred.
V0uun fNy,Y, ooS,fc -
tho belief that Turner, owayzs. and other
Georgia Radicals. we're the guilty parties. Ell.
forts were redoubled to secure the pilates"
1t was soon discovered that large q,.antlty of
new currency OF the twenty-five aud fifty cent
denomlnatlon had been put In circulation du-
ring the spring and early summer in Macon.
To his ci,y these. detectives came immedl-
ately. a.s.94 59
and moys1a @ II was nssssssf W tSss I'M
ners feaTs should be quie, ed. and that the
woman Harris should bs closely confined AID
particularly with Turner and Sway, B,odyett
and others OF the ring. Very soon evidence
was OBJ armed which satisfied this officer that
the ''plates" were IN Macon and had been used
here. A number Of the bills issued here. were
discovered, and hopes at one time indulged
that the place Of secretion of the plates found
ec uti "A large quantity Of this currency had
thought that the plates were worked in his
Office, and a trap had been set to catch him,
and which prom sed success. Just then Marian
Harris was again discharged from custody,
and the arrest or Turner conld no longer be de-
slayed. Tbesmatter was preclpltated bv this I'M
proper discharge Of Harris. who under the in
fuence, it not the positive direct,ons OF Bnl-
lock and Blodgett, was thus set tree.
: q In the meantime Sva, re had become alarm.
ed lest Turner should turn States evidence
against him, and to head Turner of took sides
in the prosecution against the latter-he,
doubtless. calculating that if I. should blow
it on him after he had arrayed himself against
Turner, that his story would be attributed to
spirit of revenge and fall harmless to the
ground
I. j bave the best reason for heIievin. that The
Postofice and the Treasury Departments at
Washington were satisfied OF the guilt OF both
Turner and Swayze, and that other leading
Radicals in the State known as the BiOdgett
ring, were as deep IN the mud as Turner and
Swayze were in the mire. The effect upon the
Radical party OF o conviction of it's most trust
ed leaders In this State would have been ter
ribly damaging. Such y catastrophe would
into disgrace in the North and West. Hence
it was determined to relieve Turner and stop
the Investigation against Swayze. To more
surely effect the latter purpose, the detective
Mcneil, who was working up the case was
summarily dismissed from ofR 20. And it ia
said. and generally believed here, that If Com
missioner Morrell had withstoOd the pressure
brought to bear IN Turner's favor and bound
him over for trial, he, too, would have 10 st his
place.