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are my Employees, because I own stock in that R.R; or than the Hon. Sec. of the U.S. Treasury is my employee, because I own U.S. Gov't bonds, and am thus interested in the proper management of the Treasury. It is not true that Generals Steedman and Fullerton received the statement of the case from Mr. James himself, for as I learn, he did not meet them, and his statement previously made in writing is materially different. It is not true that the freedman, when escaping from the guard under which he had been placed to work out his sentence, "was pursued by James," or that he was fired on by Boyden when "attempting to cross the river in a canoe." These mistakes of the Commissioners may be excusable on the ground that they "were unable, owing to want of time, to inquire into the matter." The facts in the case are painful enough without exaggeration, are fully set forth in the report of Lieut. A. Coats V.R.C. whom I ordered to investigate the affair as soon as possible after evidence was obtained that the freedman was killed. The original report was forwarded to Maj. Gen'l Ruger, Dep't Commander, for his action thereon, as the case does not come within the jurisdiction of the Freedmen's Bureau:

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