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don‘t know. They go hunt for him. Dick rn~.de a bee~iine for de house. They pull out hoss pistols, fust time, tpow‘ • Dick run on, secon‘ time, ‘pow‘. Dick run on, third time, ‘pow‘ and as Dick reach de front yard de ball from de third shot keel him over lai: a hit rabLit. Old miss run out but they gît him. Her say: ‘I give you five dollars to let him ‘lone.‘ They say: ‘Not ‘nough.‘ lier say: tI give you ten dollars.‘ They say: ‘Not ‘nough.‘ lier say: ‚I ç*jve you fifteen dollars.‘ They say: ‘Not ‘nough.‘ Her say: ‘I cive you twenty-‘five dollars.‘ They take de money ~id say: ‘~s‘ll be back tomorrow for de other Dick.‘ They mean Dick James.

	~‘Nex‘ day, us see them a comin‘ again. Dick James done load up de shotgu~~~ wid buckshot. When they was comin‘ up de ~ro~~t steps, Uncle Dick say to us all in de big house: ‘Gjt out de wayL‘ De names of de men us find out afterwards was 3ishop and Fitz~erald. They come up de s-~eps, wid Bishop in de front. Uncle Dick open de door, slap dat ~un to his shoulder, and pull de trigger. Dat man 1~ishop hollers: ‘Oh Lordy.‘ He drop dead and lay dere ‘tu de coroner come. Fitzgerald leap ‘way. They bring Lick to jail, try him right in dat court house over yonder. *~.that did they dowid him? Well, when Marse iJill Stanton, Marse ~iisha Ragsdale and Lliss Nancy tell ‘bout it all from de beginnin‘ to de end, de judge tell de jury men dat D1~k had a right to protect his home, and hisseif, and to kill dat white man and to turn him loose. Dat was de end of de Klu Kluges in Fairfield.“ *