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that he "was in favor of killing every God damned nigger" x x x x x

"We are not prepared now, but let us prepare and clean out every damned son of a bitch of a nigger out of town" x x x x x

"Boys I want you to go ahead and kill every damned one of the nigger race and burn up the cradle,"

The effect of such language delivered by a Municipal Officer so high in authority, to a promiscuous and excited assemblage can be easily perceived.  From that time they seemed to act as though vested with full authority to kill, burn, and plunder at will.

The conduct of a great number of the city police who are generally composed of the lowest class of white selected without reference to their qualifications for the position, was brutal in the extreme.  Instead of protecting the right of persons and property as is their duty - they were chiefly conceived as Murderers, incendiaries, and robbers.

At times they even protected the rest of the mob in their acts of violence.

No public meeting has been held by the citizens, although three weeks have now elapsed since the riot, to express their approbation or condemnation of the mob, thus by their silence appearing to approve of the conduct