NP, NODC 5/10/1861

From the New Orleans Daily Crescent
 
May 10, 1861
 
Malicious Accusation
   Night before last, Mr. George W. Bradley was arrested by the Chief of Police, on the strength of the following dispatch:
Grand Junction, May 3, 1861
To Chief of Police, New Orleans
   Take up one George W. Bradley, late agent for Mississippi Central Railroad, and send to Vigilance Committee, at this place. He is a Federal spy.
R. M. Crow
J. M. Roberts
T. J. Fowler
J. W. Morris
   Yesterday morning Bradley was taken before the Mayor. Numerous gentlemen vouched for his sympathy with and fidelity to the South. Mr. Bradley asserted that the dispatch was sent in pure malice, the men signing it being interested in an opposition railroad -- the Memphis road {composed of the Memphis & Ohio, the Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville and the Louisville & Nashville RRs} . The Mayor gave him an honorable discharge.

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