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Before me personally appeared the undersigned Mary Austin and being duly sworn deposes as follows. My name is Mary Austin I live in the City of Memphis Tenn. On the night of the 2nd day of May 1866 a party of three white men came to my house broke open the door and robbed me of $10.00 in greenbacks, $5.00 in silver and a watch worth $10.00 said they had money enough to pay for their trouble without burning the "dam nigger shanty" Mary her X mark Austin Subscribed and Sworn to before me at Memphis Tenn this the 11th day of May 1866 (signed) M Walsh Capt and AAAG & PM Freedmen A true Copy F.M.H. Kendrick Capt and Asst Insp Gen'l