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i WllUiay Conaly Ujicr TronUe* 1m »h »:tUI ^She igjfc»iag lt;iit- pitch was received! bj Gww or Stour flt;*m Ww HI Noyet |; of Wilkinson, aiiuoai.emg the terminal | lion of the race trouliied. The reader will a|» udder at the horrible crimes' i which loo kc^iuM were iuatrucXeJ by .their leaders to commit, viz: “to kill the j •‘white people frum the cradle to the I grave.’* Iher«i tuuld have been no trouble, say* the aherirt. “if the negroe*i “ had not fired Upon ray posse.*’ Mr. Noble »* a Re pul divan, the inot prominent and influential in his county ; nn 1 his unvarnished statement cannot lie attributed to partisan prejudice:. ■WouiivtLLK, Mias., May 19.7- (inrnor Stone:• yuiet i« restored throughout the county- The trouble could have been avoided hud n5t the colored |ei-penple tired «ijt« mv posse. 'J'hcy trere whited by tiuir trader* to Lilt the trhite t people from the erwlte up. 1 have arrested ' Mime of the tingteuders, and muy get more. Polities lift*] nothing to do with the affair. Prominent colored men were with me, attempting to pacify them.. They would listen tu no advice. 1 apprehend no farther trtmhle.\V. 11. Nohlf, Sheriff.
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The Weekly Clarion
Jackson, Mississippi, US
Wed, May 24, 1876
Page 2
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