Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-24

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"No. sir; came entirely alone"
How long do you expect to remain
hercT'
.eTo be candid, really do not know. ]
am not ir n position 10 travel just now
even II ! wanted to. can get about on
| my foot, but II hurts me a good deal. and
do not care TO move about much until
| Il has time to heal up some"
win you 90 from here directly to
| RoanokeY'
THAT cannot say Just now"
"You expect your wife to join you here
this evening ] believer
YES. she is due to arrive here about
o'clock"
WAS she at home on the night OF the
Roanoke troubie?''
mo. she has gone to the Worlds Fair"
THAT INTERVIEW AGAIN.
"You say the interview sent from
Iynchburg was not authentic. VIII you
Indicate 20 me in what essential particu-
lars II Is Inaccurate"
NO; ! do not care TO do that. ! might
as well make the statement for which you
ask. II is generally Inaccurate. ana does
not conform 10 any statement that nave
made. am exceedingly sorry that 1t
was printed. but / do not care now TO
correct any part Of 1t further than to
set myself right in showing that L uio
not order the firing
"Thc matter is a very important one
remarked the reporter, ''and the public
awaits with great interest your eXpl1-
nation OF the part that you had In trying
10 uphold the law / should therefore,
exceedingly like TO have your version OF
the affair. and again ask you If upon re-
Election you cannot consent TO give It,"
"No. / cannot. / appreciate your posi-
ton entirely. and / know the pubic IN
terest that is felt in the matter. but THIS
Is not the time or place for me to have
ANYTHING TO say. am responsible TO
my own people for my act. and IT is due
to them that my first explanation should
be given TO them. Our grand jury VIII
inquire fully into the matter, ana they
shall have such facts as are in my POI
| session"
NOT AFRAID OF INJURY.
"Tbe situation in Roanoke must have
been very exciting. DO you think that
Won would have suffered bodily harm
had you remained there
NO. do not think that I would have
been hurt any more than l had already
| been"
Mr.. Trout vas not inclined to discuss
| whose advice it was that he took MS
departure. He was equally indefinite WIN
reference to his return, but the inferenee
was drawn that he will certainly be
back in time to appear before the grand
Jury and aid I'm the investigation.
Mrs. Trout arrived last night having
stopped at Roanoke only short time
on her return from Chicago
DR. Thomas J. Riddle has dressed MI
| Trouts wounded foot twice since his ar
rival here. The injury is not regarded
as a serious onc-in fact Mr.. Trout can
get about very well. though his foot Is
in bandagcs.
THE LYNCHBURG INTERVIEW.
The following is the interview te'e-
| rraphed from Lynchburg Friday Night 10
which reference has been several times
made above.
81 was called early in the evening ard
went TO the jail Soon after arriving
| there I felt, from the excited condition
| Of the crowd that It was necessary Tor
| mo TO call out the military OF the city
! ard Immediately | did so. The jail was
| surrounded on three sides, and ! s'a-
| toned the soldiery at the best point 10
| command the approaches to the building
! With fifteen Of the young men. who were
nothing but boys. I took command in
front OF the jail, where the thickest OF
the mob was congregated. The military
were being jeered at by the crowd and
| asked Messrs. Watts and Woods 10
address the mob. This was about 7:S'
o'clock In the evening. and they addressed
them with such effect that the men soon
began to waver. and saw that they were
! going to dispense and 30 TO their homes.
| lust at this time about a hundred country
people appeared on the scene from the
reighborhood in which the woman lived
who had been assaulted. and the excite
ment was again in a fever heat. Again
they surged around me. l pleaded win
them and begged them to go to their
homes Recognizing some OF the men IN
the crowd l spoke TO them by name and
implored them TO do nothing rash. The
| excitement grew. and finally some one
/ in the crowd yelled Push the Mayor
back" and at the same time two OF
! three shots were fired from the rear oi
the crowd. and the mob began TO Grove
me. Still | hesitated to do anything
and II was not until l was pushed back
! 10 the line of the bayonets almost that
| gave the command to fire. The fire was
returned by the mob, and l was shot II
| the foot by man in plain sight. not nv
! feet away from me- He was armed VIII
| n 3S-calibre revolver. | saw him whei
| the shot was fred and l could have kille'
him. for had a loaded pistol in my hand
but / did not fire at him, nor did dis
charge the weapon during the entire riot
and it is here, as II was before left hom
with every chamber loaded. The secon
fire from the military was very effective
and resulted in driving the mob back
The excitement having subsidized in
measure. | sent the military to their home
and retired 20 the Ponce de Leon Hotel
where / remained until last night, whe'
boarded special train rendered by tn
Norfolk and Western Railroad Compan
and came to this place. l deplore deepl
the fact that so many innocent men los
their lives, but do not know how an.
one could have acted differently in m,
position. Something had to be done L
meet the exigency OF the occasion, an
1 pursued the only course left me +
maintain the law, which l have sworn I
support"
ROANOKE RETAINS QUIET.
The Coronsr's Observation-Disclosures @
the Testimony.
Special telegram 10 the Dispatch.)
, ROANOKE. VA. September 9th