 As long as the black brutes assault our white women, just so long will they be unceremoniously dealt with.He had gone around the city on Saturday night trying to calm the mobs, but was generally ignored.On September 28, "The New York Times" reported,
"Believing that the sensational manner in which the afternoon newspapers of Atlanta have presented to the people the news of the various criminal acts recently committed in this county has largely influenced the creation of the spirit animating the mob of last Saturday night; and that the editorial utterances of "The Atlanta News" for some time past have been calculated to create a disregard for the proper administration of the law and to promote the organization of citizens to act outside of the law in the punishment of crime.