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on the other hand, he was openly seeking the wife of the murdered man, to kill her. I sent a statement of the case to the military authorities, desiring them to arrest and confine the murderer, on the ground that the civil authorities had failed to do their duty.
Last Saturday, a Freedman was brought to the civil authorities by a resident just across the river. He resisted the city policemen, when they were trying to put the cuff and chain on his ancle, at which time the citizen who brought him struck him a heavy blow with a long spade handle. He then broke and ran away, hitting a policemen once or twice with a brick bar. The citizen followed with the policemen, down the bluff to the river. He there shot the negro [[thrice?]] while in the water killing him outright. Having heard nothing of his arrest, I have addressed a note to the mayor asking if any steps have been or will be taken to bring him to justice. 
I have run the risk of wearying you, with these details, in order that it might be officially brought to notice, how little likelihood of justice