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Walter Mitchell, a negro, called at the office of the prosecuting attorney in St. Joseph (Missouri) yesterday and wanted to give the particulars of a murder at Weston Saturday night. He was reminded that Weston is in Platte County, and replied that he knew that, but that “a black man doesn’t get much of a chance down there.” His story was to the effect that in passing over a bridge at Weston Saturday night, 4 white men pounded him with “knucks.” He escaped, but they caught his uncle, Tom Mitchell, later, and killed him. He says he knows who the white men are. He was told to tell his story at Platte City, and left for there at once. It seems that the race war at Weston isn’t ended.Date(s) of Creation
11/26/1908
