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door - Lockhard says that the first thing he saw coming out of the door was Johnsons revolver. Lockhart says that he was in favor of shooting at him but was restrained by his companions - Edwin Anderson took Jonson by the arm and led him out, They went into the street but shortly afterwards Johnson made a break from Ed Anderson and said he would return, This however he was prevented from doing - Johnson had been in Miss O'Connor's house about 10 or 15 minutes - As soon as Johnson was taken from Miss OConnors house a lamp was lit in the room occupied by Sam Houston which remained lighted for about fifteen minutes

The following morning J. Harry Johnson called on Miss O'Connor & expressed great regret at what had happened the previous night and said that he had been very drunk and had while in a state of intoxication been persuaded to act as he had done

He said that as far from wishing to insult them in any way he was willing to protect them in any way that lay in his power, he begged them not to report him and behaved in so handsome a manner that he removed all feeling of animosity against him on the part of the Misses O'Connors. They however were afraid to remain in their own house and made arrangements to stay the next night for protection in a house in a portion of which colored men reside

The following evening a man named Hom Bass went to the Miss OConnor's house and asked where Miss O'Connor was, he told a colored boy named Burrell Allen that as Miss O'Connor was a School Teacher for colored children 

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