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arrival in Mexico he telegraphed that they refused to let him go without paying the Dr. for his services. 

As these had been forced upon him by the judge & neither asked or required by us I considered this a palpable imposition & at once laid the matter before the Am. Charge' d'affairs (Mr. C.A. Dougherty) and he laid the matter before the Sec'y of State here (Sr. Mariscal) who said that while the law authorized a wounded person bring kept within jurisdiction of the Judge it did not authorize any bills for services to be enforced against the victim. In a couple of days Goldman was permitted to leave & on his arrival here he told me that the local authorities