The Helena independent., 1894-11-15
NOB'S BLOOD IS UP.
Want to Lynch Colonel Of Militia and the
Sheriff Who Did His
Duty.
BIC EVENTS LINELYINAN OHIO TOWN.
Soldier Boys Want TO Co Along With Their
Colonel and Take Their Guns
With Them.

Columbun. o.. Nov, 1i.-Groat events
are brewing at Washington Court
House. Cob Colt declines. by advice OF
his attorneys. 10 go 10 Faycttc county
to be- examined as u witness By the cor
oucr concerning The past the Fourteenth
National guard took In obedience to tho
orders or GOV. Mckinley a. assist sher-
in Cook In protecting Dolby The negro
who confessed TO rape and who had
been sentenced 10 twenty years In the
penitcntlary In giving that protection
four persons were Killed and about
dozen wounded by the military nring
upon mob which had broken open the
doors OF the court house 10 get the ne
gro.
Col. Colts attorneys. Hon. George X.
Nash and Henry j. Booth. assure the
governor that Colts life would DC
placed In Jeopardy by going. The cor
oner declines 10 come 60 Columbus To
take Colts deposition, Insisting that he
shall go there Because OF injury 10
their business. leading lhw-nbiding cit
liens OF Washington Court-House have
assured the governor privately that IL
Colt were To 20 there he and Sheriff
Cook no doubt would be thrown into
jail charged with murder. after which
The coroner would become sheriff ex-
ollicio and that the men whose friends
were killed would gather a mob and
both Colt and Cook. and especially Colt.
would be dragged from the Jail and
lynched.
Gov. Mckinley has assured Col. Colt
mat II he were to go and harm We're
offered the whole power OF the state and
nation II necessary would be sent 70
his support. Col Colts reply 10 that Is.
what good would that do my wife and
family after had been Jailed or
lynchedg"
Lieut. Col. w. N. p. Darrow, a grad
uate OF West Point, but now citizen
ana oftcer OF the Fourteenth q. N. O.,
Aiid 10 the governor that the regiment
would not suffer Colt 10 be Injured. and
asked The governor 10 detail an escort
10 protect him. Pending this conversA-
ton and while the governor was cons
sidering some plan by which the send
ing OF military might be averted, Col.
Darrow said: Governor, the detail
from the Fourteenth desires 10 20 witt,
your efiiclal sanction. IL you cannot see
your way clear to give such sanction. I
VIII have the regiment go as individ-
uals, and with guns, 10 protect Col. Colf
In case harm Is offered"
In that event. and IL shooting were 10
occur and blood be spilled, they. IL
would seem, might be indicted for mur-
der. or shooting with intent TO kill. The
situation Is very grave.
Attorneys at Washington Court
House who say that the governor and
military did tight In maintaining law
absolutely refuse 10 assist In the legal
defense Of Colt because IL would be
tantamount 10 making arrangements
to practice law IN some other country.
All law abiding people In Washington
Court House are still as death. The
other side Is doing nll the talking.
The question which Is confronting tina
governor is: "ShHll the sheriff. elected
and sworn 10 execute the law. and the
colonel ordered 10 his assistance, be sac
riflced for doing their duty2"
Rev. DIR. GLADDEN.. who denounced the
mob In letter TO the Columbus Dis
patch, defines to give out for publica-
ton letters received from Washington
Court House from both sides. because
uf the fact that the writer's would be
made to suffer by members OF the mob.
He was threatened with assassination
II he came there for any purpose.