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Before me personally appeared the undersigned Miss Rachel Ditts and being duly sworn deposes as follows: 

My name is Rachel Ditts, I live on Causey St. No. 152 in the City of Memphis. 
I saw the commencement of the riot on Monday April 30th 1866. The negroes tried to get away. I saw one of the Policeman brake his pistol over the head of one of the negroes. I do not know the origin of the difficulty. The first thing I saw the negro running and the Police after him. The negro made no resistance but tried to get away. On Tuesday I saw the crowd pass my home (Police and Citizens).
I saw the police strike some of the colored persons in the head, who were entirely innocent.
(Sgd) Rachel A. Ditts 
Subscribed and Sworn to before me this the 9th day of May 1866.
(Sgd) Mich Walsh 
Capt. and A.A.A.Genl
and P.M. Freed