tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491881440588861540.post8035162101634347374..comments2024-03-22T12:20:51.577-06:00Comments on Gainesville, Texas 1862: Diamond's Account of those Tried and ExecutedTexasRootshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660759079646051026noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491881440588861540.post-88860947163629686562022-11-14T11:30:55.442-07:002022-11-14T11:30:55.442-07:00It does seem that Diamond mismanaged the records. ...It does seem that Diamond mismanaged the records. He was definitely not a historian. One has to wonder if the original records had the victims' full names or if Diamond got lazy and sloppy and just listed many of them by their initials. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491881440588861540.post-4947636869065762182022-03-28T15:49:30.900-06:002022-03-28T15:49:30.900-06:00It seems as if Diamond mismanaged the records from...It seems as if Diamond mismanaged the records from the time that he received them. He probably took everything out that made those who participated in the jury look bad. I think that the list of victims that James Lemuel Clark compiled is a more complete list of victims. The mock jury tried and condemned the men to death, but Diamond is as guilty for editorializing the records to give a slanted view and letting the records become lost to history. Forever a Texannoreply@blogger.com