Teddy Roosevelt: “He could not afford to have the murderers of his friend and agent…”

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He could not afford to have the murderers of his friend and agent tried lest they should disclose his own black infamy.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt suggests that Wilkinson's motives for protecting the murderers were self-serving, fearing exposure of his own wrongdoing.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “He could not afford to have the murderers of his friend and agent tried lest they should disclose his own black infamy.”