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Gus returned to his trumpet and said , `` I have tellerphoned ` round the world and there ai n't no justice nowhere fur a black man . We 'll fight it out right here . '' In the meantime five young men had formed an agreement that they would make the dash to the building . They had figured that Gus could not shoot all five before one of them could reach the lower door and be sheltered from the fire . They made the dash , but Gus was quicker than they fancied , and one by one they went down before his deadly aim . The city was in a frenzy . We must leave the scene of combat for a while in order to be prepared for the dramatic turn events were about to take .