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ings more easily to be imagined than described, would very naturally cry out that her assaulter be deprived of his life at the shortest possible notice, and that she should have the satisfaction of at least not running any risk of ever seeing him again. Then too, we must consider the reluctance of white women and their relatives to testify as witnesses in examining trials, where they would be confronted with the brute (protected by the law) and be subjected to cross-questioning at the hands of the negro's " attorney" (!).
