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reported no arrest had yet been made, although the freedman report the murderers still in the neighborhood, bent on further mischief:- and Wm Talbert, shortly after killing Jeff Buchanan, swore that if his body were not quickly removed he would hitch his horses to it & drag it out of the field where it lay.

No arrest has yet been made, either, in the three other cases of shooting, likewise reported by me.

In the name of Heaven! are the inoffensive, unfortunate & defenseless freedpeople to be shot down like dogs, without anything being done for them? Is there no help or protection to be obtained any where for them?

Very Respectfully,
Your Obd. Servt.,
W. F. De Knight,
Clerk B R F & A L

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