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And now the man who is commiting all these outrages is named Mitchell Grissom lives two miles south of Sand Ridge villedge Lownds County Ala All that you have to do to be satisfied of the correctness of the above is to send someone you can depend on to Sandy Ridge and tell them to enquire of Thos P Williamson Esqr. Rice Merriweather Rev Mr Swift and others living in his neighborhood who can tell you more that we can with in a week but perhaps you are ready to ask why is this man [[strikethrough]] suffered [[/strikethrough]] Grissom suffered to do thus why does not some one report him the reason is this he is looked upon as being a dangerous man in the community in which he lives the freedmen whom he thus imposes upon are a fraid to report him for fear he will (page 5)