Charles a "ravisher and a daredevil." It says that from all sources that
could be searched "the testimony was cumulative that the character of the
murderer, Robert Charles, is that of a daredevil and a fiend in human
form." Then in the same article it says:

The belongings of Robert Charles which were found in his room were a
complete index to the character of the man. Although the room and its
contents were in a state of chaos on account of the frenzied search for
clews by officers and citizens, an examination of his personal effects
revealed the mental state of the murderer and the rancor in his heart
toward the Caucasian race. Never was the adage, "A little learning is a
dangerous thing," better exemplified than in the case of the negro who
shot to death the two officers.

His room was searched, and the evidence upon which the charge that he was
a desperado consisted of pamphlets in support of Negro emigration to
Liberia. On his mantel-piece there was found a bullet mold and an outfit
for reloading cartridges. There were also two pistol scabbards and a
bottle of cocaine. The other evidences that Charles was a desperado the
writer described as follows:

In his room were found negro periodicals and other "race" propaganda,
most of which was in the interest of the negro's emigration to Liberia.
There were Police Gazettes strewn about his room and other papers of a
similar character. Well-worn textbooks, bearing his name written in his
own scrawling handwriting, and well-filled copybooks found in his trunk
showed that he had burnt the midnight oil, and was desirous of improving
himself intellectually in order that he might conquer the hated white
race. Much of the literature found among his chattels was of a
superlatively vituperative character, and attacked the white race in
unstinted language and asserted the equal rights of the Negro.

Charles was evidently the local agent of the _Voice of Missions_, a
"religious" paper, published at Atlanta, as great bundles of that sheet
were found. It is edited by one Bishop Turner, and seems to be the
official organ of all haters of the white race. Its editorials are
anarchistic in the extreme, and urge upon the negro that the sooner he
realizes that he is as good as the white man the better it will be for
him. The following verses were clipped from the journal; they were
marked "till forbidden," and appeared in several success