The white men told him they were planning “a necktie party” in Wilmington for Alex Manly, the black editor. Manly had a ready reply. He told the men that he, too, was “going after that scoundrel Manly.” One of the men told him: “If you see that nigger Manly up there, shoot him.” Noticing that Manly was unarmed, he handed him a rifle.
