The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-30
CITIZENS REELSE A MOB,
An Unsuccessful Attempt 10 Lynch hur-
derer Jack Wren.
SERIOUS WRECK NARROWLY AYERTED.
M, Atuasss round Dead Near Wytheviiie-
The wo~ather-Crops Damaged by hA
oessive Rains-oyer the State

WYrarvuLR, VA, August 2a'-lSpecial.I-
Tho colorcd tromp. Jack Wren. who shot Cap
tain Galloway. conductor Of a freight tram on
the Norfolk and Western, at Bristol seVerai
DAVIS AGO. and another colored man mphca'eo
with him in the same crime, were taken 70
Rris,ol Thursday. tried before tho magistrate
and brought back to jail at this place on yes
,erday. They wore pat in the same cell WIN
another coloYed man named John Shucks'
rpder arrest for implication in the shootng
Of a white man named Brown in a drunken
row near Foster Falls
Last NIGHT rs General James A. walker was
waiting al the depot at Pulaski TO Doafu tue
"a tysin for Wvtheville q men stepped mp TO
- al whispered IN his ear. They are 60
inc tohave some fun in Wytheyille tonight.
mob Is on the train 10 hang the three Nc
grOes in jail there.
An EfFoRr TO INFORM wYTHEYILLE.
General Walker stepped into the Office and
toid tho o~peratOr he wanted to send a tele-
erom ~ WythevIlle. The operator said there
1as no night operator in NytheviDe, and ne
could not send il before morning. General
Walker insisted. but tho operator continued
70 make excuses till the train was about start
inc. on boarding the train General walker
vent into the second-clsss coach and
overheard snntches of cOnVerse-on,
which convinced him that q part OF
the mob was in tho car. He then followed
chem on 20 the baggage car ana sa" them
fitting on their masks. Afterwards he warned
two or three passengers on the uaih toI
Wytheville, and told them 10 spread tho
alarm on their arrival. When the tram stopped
be immediately boarded an omnibus and ha9
himself driven 10 the Jail. Having aroused
lhe taller and the sheriff, who live near by,
hey had the courthouse bell rung. and went
b. work TO mmO guards.
raE cITIzrNs COLLECT.
Tie ringing Of the bell called the citizens
together. and with some difficulty. for many
were loath. 20 serve. q guard Of about SIXTY
arnlbi men were assembled. some stationed
within and some without the Jail. Nearly al
tie guns and pistols IN Town were pressed
into service, and they were ready
10 give the mob q warm reception. A
fortunate delay was caused by the fact that a
part of the mob from the west failed t. get
here with the leader said 10 be "A freight
train CONDUCTOR. Some time was consumed
IN uniting and organizing, so that m Tor
Bummoning and Grming the guards was gwen.
News Of the prompt and determined acton OF
the citizens soon reached the mob. who
speedily disbanded, and for the most part
got drunk.
DtNA va
Spies sent out among them heard them talk
Ing very freely as 10 their plans and intentions.
The leader before referred TO said they were
determined TO get the man who shot Gallo
way. and if they did not get him tonight
they would come again. They said they I'D
not intend. however. to attack an armed
guard. The guards stayed on duty till be-
tween 4 and 5 o'clock this morning and no
disturbance occurred. 4 few desultory shots
were fired into the air by the mob, which
made no further demonstration. Judge Hol-
brook will telegraph the Governor for troops
TO-DAY. They can be brought up from Lynch
burg this afternoon in time 70 guard the Jail
tonight. There is considerable suppressed
excitement in the town to-day, and nothing Is
talked Of but the affair of last night.
The mob was v%ariously estimated at from
one hundred and twenty 10 two hundred.
DEATH INSTEAD OF MARRIAGE.
A man named Eli Atwater was found lying
under Walters bridge on the Norfolk and
Western railroad. three miles west of town,
this morning dead. lie had evidently fallen
off the bridge while attempting to cross it.
and as il was ninety feet high he was Of
course killed instantly. He came TO town on
yesterday from Bland county to secure a
license to get married. Soon after daylight
he started 10 walk 10 his sweetheart's home
and met with this sad death.
1t is supposed he had been drinking last
night