The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-18


rounded and that they have cut off COM
munication. He is also having trouble
In securing the necessary communication
TO move the troops ordered to Col. Colts
aid
At 10 o'clock the troops from AIarysville
and those to go from here Joined them
on special train over the Midland rail-
road. 1t is 81 miles from here to Wash
lngton c. H. Gen. Howe urges the rail-
way company to send the train forward
at the utmost speed. He has arranged
that the train bearing the Cincinnati
troops shall reach there about the same
ume, so that there can be no question
about having sufficient force on the
ground to control the mob when the first
soldiers arrive.
The mob is so incensed against the sol
diers now that small force would be in
danger there. Gen. Howe is afraid the
mob. in it's frenzy over the shooting of
the citizens, may try to blow up the whole
Jail and court house. The command of Col.
Colt is now in the Jail and this would re-
suit in terrible loss of life
IF they can hold the Jail against the
mob for a half hour longer" said Gen.
Howe at 1890 o'clock tonight, Il think
the danger will be over. 1 win have
enough troops in Washington c. H. by
that time to control all the people in Fay
ette county"
The safety of the little command Of
Col. Colt, consisting of Is men, and the
inmates of the Jail and the Jail officers, as
well as the wretched prisoner whose
beastly crime has caused all the rioting
and bloodshed, depends upon the events
of the next half hour.
1t is Gen. Howe's intention to bring
the prisoner, Dolby, to the state prison
tonight under guard of the troops rs
soon as the mob that surrounds the Jail
is dispersed.
Columbus, o., Oct II, l a. m.-Another
| account from Washington Court House
says the special grand jury was impan-
nelled and the negro indicted. Dolby
was taken from the jail to the court
house, tried and sentenced to twenty
years Imprisonment in the penitentiary
about as quick as it takes to write it.
The militia companies formed at the
west side of the court house, while the
sheriff and Deputy James Busick went
to the Jail for the prisoner. The west
| entrance to the court house is about
| forty feet from a rear side door of the
| Jail and there are high steps leading to
| the former. A thousand people has gath
| cred in the cOnurt house yard
to angrlly protest against the course of
/ leaden-heeled justice. A thousand, with
| curses and imprecations, vowed that
! Dolby should never be taken past them
up the high steps to the hall. The sheriff
| and his deputies had hardly emerged from
/ the Jail door when the acknowledged
! leader of the crowd, Henry Kirk, who
! married Mrs. Boyd's sister, rushed toward
! the trembling wretch, protected by the
/ sworn officers of the law, and breaking
| through the thin ranks Of the stalwart
/ guard, seized the culprit with hand of
! iron. Quick as a flash the musket of a
| soldier was swung with great force and
! Mr.. Kirk was dealt a blow in the face.
| The angry crowd surged madly forward,
!
around the corner and away from his com
panions. but he quickly returned to his
post. The curses and imprecations of the
4 thoroughly maddened crowd grew in vol
ume and the wretched prisoner trembled
like an aspen leaf. The prisoner weakened
visibly, and he had to be supported. Col.
Colt rallied his men for a SUI
was almost carried up the steps
! and into the court house. There was then
| a scene of intense excitement. Men armed
with slaves and every form of weapon
| rushed blindly almost into the bayonets
of the soldiers and some so forgot them
! selves as to rush almost on the troops.
Deputy Busick and Detective Caldw ell
| held the prisoner between them, and
| neither forgot his nerve Henry Kirk,
| frantic with rage rushed down an alley
| for surgical aid, presently returning with
a huge plaster over his face. His friends,
! well dressed IdTIHeTS anu even DuSlnGSS
men of the city, rallied at his appearance,
| and there were hoarse cries of wen get
| him yet" IT'S a long way to the depot" "
Col. Colt, commanding the troops
| stepped on the steps of the court house
! and warned the excited people to disperse
| His words fell on deaf ears. Turning to
! his men. he shouted load" There was
a uniform clicking of hammers, and every
| Soldier prepared his weapon for trouble
| The startled crowd fell back a few steps,
! and several of the more timid rushed
| for the corners. They rallied almost i'm
mediately and closed in, but the soldiers
! held them back.
Once up to the third floor of the court
| house and into the rooms where the trails
| we're held, Dolby was soon legally de-
! clared a criminal At exactly 1852 o'clock
! he was led into the court room, and in
| three minutes he was sentenced to twenty
years Imprisonment, with ten days in
each year in solitary confinement.
Cincinnati Oct 1S, 1880 a. ma dis
| patch to the Enquirer from Washington
! Court House, says: Upon the firing, the
mob dispersed in all directions. Immedi-
| ately all places of business were shut up.
Mayor Creamer peremptorily closed all
! places where liquors were sold. Every
! street was filled with people. No time was
| lost in carrying away the pad and
wounded. Business houses and the engine
! house were converted into hospitals. All
the surgeons in the city were called into
! service Mothers, sisters, wives and sweet
! hearts crowded around the dead and
wounded, and added pathos to the scene,
and fire 10 the rage of the mob by their
! lamentations. Against the militia the in
digration was bitter vicious and vehe-
ment. 1t pervaded all classes. As the
! time passed, the mob grew in size and
the news had spread all over the country.
| All roads leading to the city were filled
with men on horseback. in wagons and on
foot, pushing with all possible speed to
the scene of bloodshed, breathing ven
| 'geance at every step. Meanwhile, in
Washington c. II. search was going on
for arms and ammunition and for dyna-
mite. Shouts were heard, Down with
the militia. Blow up the dogs along with
the black fiend.'
"These shouts but feebly expressed the
pent-up passion of everybody, for every
| body was in the street and all I'm the
street were members of the mob, as far
at least, as personal feelings were con-
| cerned.
'There is certainly organization of the
forces going on, for that ominous still
ness that forebodes supreme excitement