Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-01-29
In response to this telegram Gov
,rnor Fleming sent the following dis

In response to this telegram Gov
ernor Fleming sent the following dis
patch:
CHARLEsroS. Jan. %.
Forrest w. Brown. Prosecuting Attorney,
and Albert +. Davis, Sheriff.
Telegram received. Order for troops made
as requested, Make every effort 10 preserve
the peace without them. Only use them in
case the civil authorities are powerless.
Keep me advised. A. b. FLEMING.
The following order was at the same
time telegraphed to Captain P. NJ.
Hollis, commander OF the military
company at Middleway, this county
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
Charleston, Jan. q. 1892.
Special Orders, No. IL.
To Captain p. NJ. Hollis, Commanding Com
pany "F." Second Regiment West Virginia
National Guard. Charlestown, w. Va:
You are ordered to proceed at once with
your command to Charlestown, Jefferson
county, and commu nicste with the Sheriff
of said county. and assist him In preserving
the peace, taking all nee essary precau tions
and using only such force as may be necessa-
~.
By order OF the Commander int Chief.
B. II. 0xLEY,
Adjutant General.
In accordance with the above in
structions, about twenty members OF
the Middleway Guards assembled at
the Jail to protect it from the imagina-
~ assaults that were to be made upon
it. AS an evidence Of the real state OF
affairs, we reprint the following dis
patch sent Saturday night by the edi-
tor OF the Free Press to the Charleston
Gazette in response TO request for in
formation concerning the alleged
riot :"
Charles town, Jan. 23.-Smootz, the man
who murdered Miss Terrell at shepherds
town, is quietly reposng In the jail here and
Is likely TO be undisturbed and have a fair
trial. There has been no excitement here
until tonight and not much then until the
jefferson Guards from Middleway reported
for duty at this place. This is conservative
and law-abidlng community and 1t appears
TO most OF us that approximations OF lynching
are not warranted By any movements or any
manifestations here. II there is excitement
IL must be elsewhere than In Charlesto wn.
barring the ripple on the current caus ed by
the appearance. which TO Us seems an unneo-
off mil I'd fnr tho
Jail. w. w. b. GALLAHER.
Friday night, according to reliable
information, there were few pistol
shots fired, presumably by half-grown
boys who desired to see some excite
ment. Some big fire-crackers were
also exploded, with the very success
full result of soaring the jailor and the
eight guards inside, who were con-
WINGED that the Jail was being attacked
with dynamite and so reported. Our
informant says that there were no un-
usual crowds on the street nor more
excitement than would naturally at
tend such an event.
Saturday night rumors of the most
sensational sort were conveyed to the
officers at Charlestown, the gist OF
which was that crowds were on their
way from Harper's Ferry, Martins
burg and Shepherdstown to break in
to the Jail and hang the murderer.
Every report seems to have been be-
lieved. Although there were guards
inside the Jail aud military company
surrounding it outside, a cons ultation
between the Sheriff and his deputies
and the States Attorney resulted in
the determination to send the prison
er to Charleston, Kanawha county,
three hundred miles away. The lris-
oner was again hustled out Of Jail.
and accompanied by Sheriff Davis.
Deputy Morgan and Constable Ma
theny, was driven across the country
to Berryville, where the two latter
and the prisoner took the Norfolk Il
Western train at 2.30 a. IN. for Basic
City, where they changed cars and
took train on the Chesapeake & Ohio
Rsilroad for Charleston, arriving there
about tour o'clock Monday morning.
Smootz was safely landed in the jail,
and, after a short conference with
Governor Fleming, Col. Morgan re-
turned home, accompanied by the
other guard.