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you. "What was that you said about me last night." I replied nothing Sir. "Says he you are a d_d liar." and struck me three times with a stick which shivered to pieces. And then he drew a long murderous looking knife, with which he attempted to stab me, which I avoided by getting out of his way as fast as I could. All this was done in the presence of the Marshall of the town. Who took no steps whatever to arrest the aforesaid Jas Thomas in his murderous intensions.

Wm V. Turner. 
Teacher of Col'd School
Wetumpka Alabama

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[dd: damned] Wm "N" or "V" Turner?