The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-07-27
INNOCENT!
A. NJ, ROGERS CLEAR OF THE
SERIOUS CHARGE BROUGHT
AGAINST Him.
The Tables are Turned, and Now
the Members of the Outrageous =
6MobMust Account for Their
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WISE c. H., VA, July %. '93.
EditorfP POST #
This is the regular grandinry tern.
Of court, and a number ofindictmcnts
have been made The case that is
now absorbing public interest more
than anything that has occurred since
the Pound Gap massacrcs is the un-
mcrciful treatment that Mr.. \. NJ.
Rogers received at the hands ola mob
mt Coeburn on The 18th inst, full ac-
counts of which have frequently APP
reared in the papers since it occurred
This is the most shameful affair
that has ever diSgraccd the history
of the county, and serves to show the
Scnselcss, bcastly passions prevailing
mob when acting on mere rumor,
without sufficient evidence or shad-
ow of Investigations
Mr.. Rogers, by great effort, attend
cd with much pain, succeeded in get
ting from Mr.. Jonathan Horns, on
Guests river, to the courthouse
Monday, and today the grand-jury
had the two little girls of c. ID. Ut
Ter before it, and after full invest-
CATION Of the little girls the jury
failed to elicit any statement from
them that would in any way crimi-
nate Mr.. Rogers, hence failed to make
any indictment against him. The
little eleven ycar-old chil'l--who is
the elder Of the two, and toward
whom Mr.. Rogers was accused of un-
gcntlemanly treatimcnt-made her
statement to the iury, which was sub
stantially the same as made by MIR.
Rogcrs-that Mr.. Rogers kissed her,
out of his pure fondne>s for children;
tried O. shoe OH her foot; that he did
not use any unbcconins language TO
her or take any liberties inconsist ent
with a gentleman. 1t is stated most
positively by Utter, the father of tho
little girl, that the childs statement
on the evening Rogers was whipped
was very different from that made by
her before the jury today.
Public sentiment is with Rogers.
| failed to meet any one today who
thinks him guilty of any wrong in
tcntion whatever, except those who
were engaged in whipping him.
Rogers has been fcarfnlly abused
aud is now in a very prccarious CON
dition, his life being about dispaired
of this evening by his physicians,
Drs. Dingus and Cherry. When the
fact of Rogers dangerous condition
was made known to the court our
worthy Judge, Ii. a. W. Skccn, ut
once required all the parties indicted
for this great olicnsc to give Il bond
in larger amount for their appear
ancc than that which WAS accepted
at first. The grand Jury found a
true bill of Indictment against the
following persons for participating in
the outrages done Mr.. Rogers on the
18th inst, and required each to give
bond in the penalty of one thousand
dollars for his appearance to answer
in court at. the next regular term:
&. w. Utter, G. G. Carrico, G. ".
Greear, !. n. Mills, J Il. Litz, Ellis
Dean, j. ii. Perry, DR.. l.. l.. Banner.
A. NJ. Wears. G. F. Jones, Of Bristol
agent for the Southern Building and
Loan Association, who was in Coe-
burn the evening of the outrageous
affair, and was very active partlcl-
pant in the atrocities hcapcd upon
Mr.. Rogers, was also indicted, but
was not present. He will be looked
after however, and made to answer
for his offense by our efficient Conf
monwcalth'S Attorney, r 2. Bruce,
who by the way, deserves credit for
the effective measures taken to bring
the perpetrators Of this outrage to
Justice. AS soon as Mr. Bruce learn
ell of the. affair he at once proceeded
to Coeburn and investigated it and
had the principal parties put under
bond for their appearance IN court
today. OLD FONT.