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Show INDIANA POSTMASTER TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. LOS ANGELES. Cal., May 12.-John O. Powell, postmaster at Nevada, ' Indiana, has been arrested on telegraphic instructions instruc-tions received by United States Marshal Osborne, from the .United States Marshal at Indianapolis. Powell is charged with having embezzled government funds. After Aft-er his arrest Powell stated that his accounts ac-counts had become mixed with those of a general store at Nevada, of which he was also the proprietor.' but that he had not been guilty of embezzlement. Commissioner Com-missioner Owen today set the hearing of the case for Wednesday next. |