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The relatives and friends of the deceased charged John Brown and his band with these murders, which the relatives and friends of Brown persistently denied. He was, in fact, the originator and performer of these executions, although the hands that dealt the wounds were those of others." Frank B. Sanborn, "Life and Letters of John Brown," pp. 263-4.

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