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A white man defends the case of a black man who robbed a white man, saying that he does not deserve the death penalty.

A white girl in Danville, Virginia, is found lying about two black men sexually assaulting her.

The authorities arrest the owner of an ice cream store for turning away a black man.

The Police force is considering getting bloodhounds to help trace criminals after a “woman was punched and dragged into an alley.”

An altercation on the street between two black men, one being an ex-convict, leaves one injured and the other in prison.

An Oklahoma newspaper weighs in on the case against Planet editor John Mitchell. Instead of generating conflict, they believe “colored brothers” should “help to build up rather than tear down.

Two white men of Georgia who pleaded guilty to 13 indictments, including the holding of slaves, “are charged $1,000 on two of the indictments and all others were dismissed”.

A black soldier shoots another, and the shooter dies when resisting arrest.

Carlos A. Twitchell, a prominent white man, shoots a black youth on false pretenses, and the jury finds him not guilty.

The Planet complains about the inconvenience of “Jim-Crow” laws and the way it negatively affects white and black people.