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were quite decided that he should pay the bill of the Dr. before they would permit him to leave & were rather indignant when he showed them my telegram telling him not to pay the Dr.. Two days later when they had heard from the Secy of State he says that they suddenly became very polite & returning him the articles told him that they had nothing to do with the Dr's bill & that he could leave whenever he liked. Two of the men who robbed Goldman confessed & claimed that they were the only ones engaged in the affair! While I was in Lerma on the 8th attending to this matter I heard several recent robberies in that vicinity spoken of and the