Brown were out fishing. Keyes was white, along with Harold and Chester, who lived on N. Fifth Street and North Fourth Street, respectively. Because he was a key Grand Jury witness for Hallam, his shooting upset many whites as rumors spread that he was shot by a black man as vengeance for testifying against Richardson. There was a fear that whites would again attacks black people, with some proclaiming, "It's time to get after those niggers again. We'll have to go out and hang some more of them." However, the boys helped quell the pending attacks by providing more details about the accident and stipulating their fear of reporting it, as they, too, thought, it could lead to rumors that could incite more white violence. Following the shooting, no further news stories on Rolla were produced. After Hallam was made aware of Richardson's medical examination, two weeks after Richardson had been indicted, she recanted her accusation about him and, on September 1, then accused "Ralph Burton," who she alleged to be the 19-year-old son of the lynched, Scott Burton. Hallam stated she was certain young Burton, who was rumored to be in Wichita was her attacker: However, Scott Burton's son, Charles, and wife, Kate, told authorities that Burton had no such son. With Hallam no longer pressing charges, George Richardson was released from jail without incident. He received no restitution or apology for his time away from work or harm to his name. He went on to work as a janitor, and lived until he was 76, when he died at St. John's Hospital. His obituary did not mention the events of 1908. Mabel Hallam Hallam would again recant her accusation – this time of Burton's alleged son – later admitting that she lied in order to cover up an assault suffered at the hands of her husband after he found out about an affair she was having with another white man, when she began exhibiting symptoms of her STI. To provide an explanation for her battered face, she concocted the story that she was raped by a black man. No charges were filed against her for perjury or for making a false report. Hallam and her husband moved to Chicago shortly after the events. She died in 1921, purportedly of suicide, at the age of 34. Joe James Trial Shortly after Richardson was released, Joe James, who, within two