by [Lynching]
Very Good. Printed in ink on one side of a small sheet of cheap ruled notebook paper. Approximately 13 x 20 cm. The paper is browned but still sound.
Text of Note: Mr Wiley Bates Sir,
I was with the party who tried to stop the murder of Wright Smith in October last. I seen who put six balls in his back while the rest of them tryd to hang him.
If you will have the Reward Money to pay me then I will come forward to testify in court.
You can answer my note by see the Reverend Johnson at Union Baptist and he will pass it along to me.
signed by a citizen of Balt."
Smith, an African American laborer from Baltimore, (truncated)
Text of Note: Mr Wiley Bates Sir,
I was with the party who tried to stop the murder of Wright Smith in October last. I seen who put six balls in his back while the rest of them tryd to hang him.
If you will have the Reward Money to pay me then I will come forward to testify in court.
You can answer my note by see the Reverend Johnson at Union Baptist and he will pass it along to me.
signed by a citizen of Balt."
Smith, an African American laborer from Baltimore, (truncated)