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Some time after this James C. Bryant 
a constible procured a revolver and 
pursued Veney who had left-with a 
crowd of Negroes who had been pursuaded 
he Veney with the rest to go home and 
which they were doing a considerable 
number of whites volunteered to go about 
with Bryant to rearrest Veney. Bryant 
overtook the party-of Negroes whom 
Veney was one about-thirty-rods from 
the hall. Bryant-upon coming up 
to them discharged his revolver upon 
which Veney got behind to or three 
other Negroes Bryant then shouted 
surrender and fired again at this 
a colored man by the name of John 
Corbin not knowing Bryant nor his 
office, supposed seeing Bryant 
and a posse of whites supposed they 
had followed them up to renew the 
fight. Bryant snapped his pistol 
again but it did not discharge. 
The whites with Bryant were crying shoot the 
damed Negroes, Corbin drew a revolver

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