The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-15
WANT TOLYNCH COLT.
The Militia Leader Dare Not GO
to Washington Courthouse.
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$3.50 ~ wsshlnston Courthouss. Col.
Coli declines, By advice Of his assosnsys,
a. % Ia rarette county 70 be examined -
. witness, by the coroner concerning the
nsrt tbs Fourteenth regiment. OHIO Ma
tlouG tsuard. took. IN obsdisncs 20 orders
Of Gov. NcKinley, % assist Sheriff Cook
IN projecting Dolby. . negro Who confessed
% rsping. and who bad been sentenced TO
twenty years I'm the penitentiary. In
giving that protection four persons were
Killed and about dozen wounded by the
military nYing upon the mob. which had
broken open the doors Of the courthouse
20 ret the negro. Col Colts attorneys
assure the governor that Colts life would
b placed In jeopardy By going. The coro-
nsr declines 70 come to Columbus 70 taks
Colts deposition, insisting tnas be shall
20 thsre.
Leading lsw-abidins citissns of wash
ington Courthouse have assured the gov
srnor privately that IL Colt wers TO 90
there he and Sheriff Cook would no doubt
Be thrown into jail. charged With murder.
after which the coroner would bscoms
sheriff sx-off3cio. and that the men whose
friends we're killed would ride through
the country and gather mob. and ootn
Colt and Cook. especially Colt. would b
dragged from the iaii and iynchsd.
Gov. Mckinley assured Cot that II he
we're 20 20 and harm were offered the
whole power Of the state would. IL nsces-
sary, be sent to bis support. Col. Cott's
reply to that 10. What good would that
do my wife and family as,srf had been
failed or lynched 2"
Lieut. Col. W. ~. P. Darrow. . graduate
Of Welt Poirs. but now . citizen OF Ohio
and saAru6ioer Of the Fourtssnth regiment.
m. O., said 10 the governor that the
= regiment would not suffer Colt to be In
iured, and asked the governor 70 detail an
escort TO protect him. Pending this con-
vsrsafion and while the governor Was con-
sidering some plan by which the sending
of the military might be avsrted, Col.
Darrow said. Governor. . detail from
che Fou rtesnth desires 20 20 with your
Official sanction. II you cannot see your
way clear 20 give such sanction, / will
have the regiment 20 - individuals and
will get guns TO protect the colonel in ease
harm 10 offered" In that event, and If
shooting we're to occur and blood bs spilled,
the men, IL would seem, might be in
dieted for murder, or for shooting with
intent 20 kill. The situation is very grave.
II 10 90 grave. indeed, that the reporter Of
the Associated Press cannot give the names
Of the law-shiding citlssns and weil-known
men at Washington Courthouse, whom
he has seen privately. and who are con-
fsrrsns privately with the officers Of the
state. Attorneys ~ Washington Court
house. who say that the governor and
military did right In maintaining the law,
absolutely refuse to asslst In the legal de-
Tense OF Colt, because 10 would be tanta-
mount 10 making arrangements to practice
Law In some other country. All iaw-sbid-
Ing mouths Ia Washington Courthouse are
eth ~ death. The other side 10 dong al
abe talking.
The question which 10 confronting the
governor list 'Shaii . sheriff. elected and
sworn 90 sxsouts the law. and colonel
ordered 10 his assistance. BE- sacrificed for
doing their oficial dusyf"
Rev. DIR. GLADDEN.. who denounced the
mob In . tstssf 10 the Columbus DispaseA
declines 10 give Gus for publication the let
tiers received from Washington Court
house from both sides, because Of the fact
that the writer's would bs made to suffer
by members OF the mob. lie was threat
snsd with death II he came there for any
purpose. He burned that letter. This 10
mentioned 20 show the feeling at the place.