From the Richmond Dispatch, 8/29/1862, p. 1, c. 1

Dr. Rucker. - This traitor is still confined in Castle "Thunder," awaiting a trial by court-martial.—An armed guard is always near his person, and there is little danger that he will escape a trial.—The Doctor is a plain looking countryman, and not calculated to attract the attention by his looks which his crimes have directed upon him.

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