The Daily Dispatch: may 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], Supposed spy arrested.

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Supposed spy arrested.

--We understand that a man called Chas. Henry Foster, who formerly edited the Murfreesborough (N. C.) ‘"Citizen,"’ was arrested on Friday night in a bar-room in this city, and was taken before the Mayor, on suspicion of being a spy. When carried before the Mayor he exhibited a pass to leave the State signed by Marmaduke Johnson, Esq., without a date. After being detained a short time he was let loose, no one appearing against him. The person alluded to was not long since in N. C., where he was waited upon by the citizens and told to leave. He said at that time that he was an officeholder under lincoln, and resided in Washington, and had only obtruded himself where he formerly resided to see a lot of acquaintances he had. Foster, if we mistake not, used to edit a paper in Norfolk. He is a Vermonter by birth. It would be as well for the Mayor to establish a chain-gang composed exclusively of ‘"suspicious characters."’ They would thus be enabled to earn their board while clearing up their characters.

The Daily Dispatch: may 28, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. may 28, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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