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to me, I immediately left them and proceeded to my room at the residence of DR. W.H. Edwards, and was reclining on the sofa - Shortly afterward a Mr. Thompson entered my room in company with a Mr. Foster
Mr Thompson requested me to turn J.C. Miller loose and that he would be responsible for his appearance---
I told Thompson that I had ordered the arrest of Miller and he would oblige not to press his request further = During this time Henry Jennings f.m. who was in charge of my guard, came within and informed me he had Miller at or in front of the Cundiff House; and that a portion of the citizens were pressing around the guard armed and with threats to the guard and myself. Said that Miller must be turned loose, I then told Henry to put Miller in jail, which he said he could not do. I then told him to bring him to me; Mr. Thompson again requested me to turn Miller loose; I told him that this Miller was a leader of a rabid click against the Bureau, U.S. government, and had insulted me in my office, that I could not turn him loose, until morning - Thompson again pressed his request, which some what irritated me, I told him that I made no respect of persons, whether it be Jeff Davis, Johnson, Miller, or a freedman when discharging my duty, if under my