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246 lieves in it. One of the objects attained by lynching, however, is seldom considered. If a man, say a negro, maltreats a woman, perhaps some very dear relative of yours, he has got to be killed or arrested. If this negro is arrested after his crime and is brought into the court-room, the woman, the one who has suffered already, is the principal witness. She must appear and, perhaps under the cross-examination of lawyers, she must relate even the details of the maltreatment, thus subjecting herself to great humiliation." Note 6. Page 150. Women who have been assaulted by negroes are invariably in favor of their destruction, or even some- times the torture, of the assaulter. The following in connection with the case of Mrs. Labouisse, stands in evidence of this. It is from the New York Times of November 10, 1903, (p. 1). It was published thus: — WOMAN DEFENDS LYNCHERS Mrs. Labouisse Was Glad That Her Assailant Was Killed. (Special to The New York Times.) Pass Christian, Miss., Nov. 9. — Mrs. Peter La- bouisse, the young matron of New York, who was at- tacked last Thursday by Sam Adams, a negro, who was soon afterward lynched, spent today in this re- sort. Although not injured in the struggle, Mrs. La- bouisse's nerves are still completely unstrung. She has remained in her room since the experience. " It was only when I heard that that wretched crea- ture was hanged that I began to experience a feeling of relief," said Mrs. Labouisse today. " I was so glad that the people had taken the law into their own hands. There was no doubt as to his identity. I don't see how they could possibly have acted otherwise than they did."