Part of what distinguished Emicho and his army from other crusading armies that crossed the Rhineland was their unwillingness to be swayed from committing violence by bribes. Greed was clearly not their sole motivation, contrary to many cursory accounts of Emicho. While money was likely necessary to fund their pilgrimage to reach the Holy Land, the Crusaders could have easily taken the possessions and money offered to them by the Jews and continued on their way without a significant amount of violence. Yet, they chose to kill the majority of the Jews they encountered, even women and children who they could have compelled to convert. Emicho and his men went to great lengths to hunt down and kill every refugee they could find in Mainz.; they intended to inflict maximum damage. This is exemplified by the Mainz Anonymous' description of Emicho: