The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-14
LYNCHERS BOW TO LAW.
Chattanooga WANTS NO MOB
WORK.

The Black Assatlant OF q White
Woman Left In the Hands of the
Court-Ee Goes to q Cell for Twenty
One Years-The Chase Over the
State.
CHATTANOOGA, June ia negro who
confessed to an attempt 10 feloniously
assault white woman was protected from
mob who wanted to lynch him and heIwas
tried in open court. convicted and sentenced
to the penttentiarY for twenty-one years
and was Immediately safely transported to
prison. All this is the result of public
meeting or citizens protesting against the
spirit of mob law and pledg.
iug the sheriff their support
in protecting prisoners and affordiug them
fair trial. The facts are these: Frank
Wiems, negro, on May 19. attempted at 10
o'clock in the morning, in the suburbs Of
Chattanooga, 10 outrage n white woman.
She bit his thumb In her fight against his
brutal desires He was fought aud fright
ened off and an hour afterwards was ar
rested aud locked in the county Jail.
THREkTs OF LYNCuING.
A mob was at oncs talked about aud
Sheriff Skillern, as a preoautiou against
lnwlessness, 'ent the prisoner to Nashville
for safe keeping. In Nash vile mob was
organized and the jail visited. The prisoner
was demanded, but he was removed before
the lynching party visited the jail and he
was again secretly removed by officers.
BY this time the whole state was aroused,
and no sheriff in Middle or West Tennessee
would receive the prisoner and be RESPONSE
p n NGaWh n 10 10.
bring him back through CHATTANOOGA TO
place him in jail In upper East Tennessee,
the sheriff OF Hamblen county, at Norris
town, Tenn, agreeing TO accept him. A
determined party Of men from this city
had congregated five miles out Of the city
to stop the tram aud lynch the negro.
GAVE THE MOB THE SLIP.
Accompanied by the two officers the prls-
omar was taken OFF the train within few
miles of the mob, and was taken on
foot over the mountains and passed
light, after an all night tramp
was put aboard an East Tennessee train
and safely lodged in the MorriStown Jail
by noon. A few days after these exciting
incidents public meeting was held in the
Chattanooga court house, a thousand or
more prominent citizens attending, and re-
solutions were adopted protesting against
ulubN anu dll hluub OF luWle6bnebS ana pleug-
ing the sheriff in protecting the prisoners
and according them fair trial the support
Of all lGv-abding citizens.
THE TRIAL.
To-day the criminal court convened and
Judge Moon said the first case he would
bear would be Frank Wiem's rape case.
The sheriff took the people who PARTED
pated in the public meeting at their word
and summoned 100 Of the leading citizens
as posse oomitatis and the novel sight was
afforded this morning of these ordinarily
peaceful men for they all promptly re-
sponded) with pistols and guns. accompany
ing platoon Of policemen conducting the
prisoner out Of the Central depot down the
principal street to the court house, followed
by several thousand people. The court house
and court yard were kept cleared. The
prisoner was brought before The bar pleaded
guilty and was given the full
penalty of the law, twenty-one years at
hard labor in the penitentiary. Before the
trial the husband of the woman the negro
attempted to assault was arrested by the
sheriff and three pistols were taken from his
person. Tae prisoner after sentence was
pronounced was taken to Jail aud kept three
hours and then put aboard q Nashville train
and accompanied by thirty armed men to
the penltentiary, where he is Tonight. Thus
was the law vindlcated in Chattanooga.