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Arrested for Begging.

The Memphis Daily Appeal
Memphis, Tennessee
June 20, 1861

A one armed man, named Ed. Flynn, was arrested yesterday for begging in the streets. He asked one of our policemen to buy him a loaf of bread. The officer did so, and watched him sell it for five cents, and go to a groggery and buy a drink with the money.
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