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14 they had little weight or influence and no power, against the swarms of ruffians which infested that Town and its vicinity - A gang of ruffians numbering some thirty or forty or more banded themselves together under the name of a "Vigilance Committee" It was an organization simply for plunder and murder, composed of individuals of wolf-like nature, too cowardly to attack even the most defenseless except in gangs - The number of most atrocious & cold-blooded assassinations committed by this gang of ruffians almost exceeds belief. And though Eighty-five graves were filled by the pistol there was but one single instance of a fair stand up fight between the parties - Two mere boys