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up to Enterprise 120 miles from Mobile. He partly bought a house and lot in Enterprise, and brought up the old woman, and pretended that he was going to establish a paper in Enterprise, for the benefit of the Freedmen. He soon found his way to Meridian. He made several Speeches on his Prospectus and got a number of subscribers. He also proposed putting up a Drug Store. He hired an old Colored Minister (who had money) to attend about his Office The money he borrowed of the old man telling him he was going to send after his family in a few days and give them a home. He bought Sixty Dollars worth of Drugs, and was to have returned in Ten days. This was all a sham to make the people believe he was all right. The next that was heard of him was in Vicksburg. He had left the blind woman without anything to subsist on, and the old minister in the Same Condition; All this time the Doctors name was H. Gucister. The old Minister followed him to Vicksburg, where he found him going under the name of Dr Parker. He was Courting a rich widow, but on being Confronted with this Old Colored Minister, made a pretext of business in town; but took advantage of this temporary absence