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Office Sub Asst Commsser B. R. F & A. L. 12" Sub Dist Richmond Tex Aug. 8/68. 2nd Lt. Chas A. Vernou A. A. A. Genl. B. R. F. & A. L. Lieutenant I have the honor to report that a most cool blooded & foul Murder, of a Freedman named Andrew Talbot, was perpetrated in this place on the 7" instant. The Circumstances are as follows: A man of the name of H. B. Waller, well known as a lawyer; had been during the week endeavoring to organize a "Colored Democratic Club" and was announced to speak on Wednesday with a colored man whom he had brought from Houston. As the colored people of this County did not attend, Waller
Transcription Notes:
surname "Vernou," not "Vernon"
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