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going on Sharply. As I was leisurly [[leisurely]]
returning up Main Street I was overtaken by the crowd returning. They were runing [[running]] as fast as they could and on seeing me cried out there is a "Nigger shoot him"
I ran into the alley to get out of the way and was persued [[pursued]] by one Policeman and perhaps fifteen or sixteen citizens.
The Policeman were heading the crowd
Some five or six shots were fired at me
(Signed) Albert Butcher

[[strikethrough]] (A true Copy) [[/strikethrough]]

Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 9" day of May 1866
(Signed) F. M. H. Kendrick
Capt V.R.C. and. PM Freedmen

A true Copy,
F. M. H. Kendrick
Capt & A.I. Genl

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