Lawlessness and the Capital
April 27, 1895
Summary
A white New York man withdraws a $300,000 investment in Virginia real estate because he thinks the state does not enforce its laws.
Transcription
The Richmond, Va. Daily Times in its issue of the 19th inst. Comments upon the injury done the state by the acquittal of T. A. Goodman, who brutally murdered Col. H. C. Parsons.
A real estate agent produces proof to show that a New York citizen who has recently invested $60,000 in Virginia real-estate and was preparing at the time of the Goodman verdict to invest three hundred thousand dollars more concluded not to do so and wrote a very positive letter upon the failure of the state to enforce its laws.
We have insisted that the failure to punish the white murderers of colored men will lead to the failure to punish the white murderers of white men. May the object lesson cited cause the thoughtful, progressive Virginians to realize fully the gravity of existing conditions and take positive steps to bring about a change.
A real estate agent produces proof to show that a New York citizen who has recently invested $60,000 in Virginia real-estate and was preparing at the time of the Goodman verdict to invest three hundred thousand dollars more concluded not to do so and wrote a very positive letter upon the failure of the state to enforce its laws.
We have insisted that the failure to punish the white murderers of colored men will lead to the failure to punish the white murderers of white men. May the object lesson cited cause the thoughtful, progressive Virginians to realize fully the gravity of existing conditions and take positive steps to bring about a change.
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Upper Left Quadrant
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Contributed By
Cord Fox
Citation
“Lawlessness and the Capital,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed January 20, 2026, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/1394.