The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-23

Been Issued 10 sergeant
Epps, and No special
Messenger sent to
Lunenburg.
when Governor OFerraH was seen at
the Mansion last night and asked for a
statement IN regard 10 the diherent
phases assumed by the Lunenburg case
| i'm answer TO questions. ne spoke as lot
| lows
..Wen. as the court OF Appeals has
SPOKEN on yesterday and to-day IN the
case OF tine LunenbuIg prisoners j sup
pose. as the Executive of the stotc. whose
action has been commented upon, 1t will
not be regarded as improper Tor me To
speak
''Of course / ann pleased that the cout
| to-day agreed Win me that the PRISONERS
! should remain here Tor sate-hecpinB, ana
| las entered an ordrr t0 that erect.
! some papers have sought very earnest
| IS TO create fhc impression thal / had
! assumed power and undertaken To ~
/ aside an order ol fle County Court "
| Innrnburt county. and That tne decision
| handed down ty Judge Buchanan on yes
| terday might Doe So tfutu. Ine ne
| cision, 4 rust was hasui4 ptpai"i'
! reluctant TO behese was ntehGeA
J What are the factst
| ION The lth instant The AttOrney-Gen-
| erai save me hla opinion in writing ihat
| toe personal presence of the prisoners lh
! court would NOT be necessary when the
! proposed motion TO amend the recoris
| was made.
| ON the stu instant L sent the following
| Geographic message TO Hon. ~. H. Mann,
special commemorative Attorney o.
| Lunenburg county.
| MESSAGE 10 JUDGE MANN.
The Attorney General has given me
| his written opinion that the presence OF
] Marable and others al LunenDurg court
| house on Monday next is not necessary.
| ln the lace OF this opinion l feel that
| it would be wrong 90 impose upon the
| state the expense of a military guard,
| and / ask tnat you aid me iu saving
| this expense, advising that prisoners re-
| main here. II the prisoners 80 a mlli-
tary guard will ACCOMPANY tneni and
| remain as long as the prisoners are IN
| the county.
TO This message the following was
L concur I'm an the Governor has said.
| X. TAYLOR SCOTT,
| Attorney y-licucfal.
70 VIII be observed that was .ndeavor-
| ing To- save the State the expense OF
| military guard. which, from the facts
! we'll known and information in my pos
/ session, ! deemed necessary for the ralefy
OF the prisoners.
JUDGE MANN'S REPLY
To this telegram the following reply
| Was received.
Nottoway c. H.. Nov. Sth.
| As the associate OF the Attorney-Gen-
J eral I'm cases in Luuanburg prisoners, /
| must submit 20 his opinion aud be- con-
| trOlie1 by it. whatever may be nay own
| views. think 10 safer Tor the Com
| mouwealth that the prisoners should be-
| present when uuuc pro tame order Is
| made, but VIII advise the judge 81 i.uncn-
| buf5 Of The opinion Of the Attorney
General ana VIII not Opp0ge the entry
Of the order In the absence of the prison
| crs. but am unwilling 90 assume any zee
| sponsibllity upon this point.
| There ls no disposition on the part OF
| Lunenburg or her officers 10 put the State
! 10 expense, and if permitted she will
| protect the prisoners with her own clu-
| zens ana at her own expense.
W. II. MANN.
SOME ARE LAWLEss.
| Aiter receiving the message from Judge
| Mama. 1 proceeded 10 make arrangements
| % send "a military guard. While / was
/ satisfied that the law-abiding people Of
! blncnDurg would not resort % violence,
! knew that iu that county as iu every
/ other. there We're many lnwlcss men;
! that the ceiling mad been so Intense as
! To- induce the Judge. Commonwealth
Attorney. and sheriff in July last t0 cali
on me for a. strong military guard. which
| was subsequently On call reinforced on
| account ot the threatening condition Of
/ haifr, and that after the conviction aud
/ sentence of the prisoners the Judge
/ 'd'cming 10 necessary FOR the snfe-keep-
! lnS or tne prisoners ordered them I'd
! be- conveyed 20 the jail OF the city OF
| Richmond. Under these circumst ances.
and, believing that nothing had occurred
| since 10 mOiify but many things 20 in
| tensify the feeling / felt that Z would
| f dd not send troops. I could not
| recall am Instance where guard Of cti-
| zens had been effective against de-
| termined mob. ! remembered too that
| LunenOurg Courthouse was sixteen miles
| from a railroad or a telegraph Office. and
| that 10 would bee almost impossible in
4 case l was notified OF trouble 10 get
| troops there in time 10 protect the pri-
VOLUNTARY TELEGRAM
| on Saturday, November 9th. : received
! the following voluntary telegram.
| NOttOway Courthouse, Va. Nov. 9th
From report IA papers, I judge you
| may be waiting for some communication
| from me. can't communicate with
| Judge Orgain before Monoay. but I'm view
| OF opinion Of Attorney General. ! sug-
4 gest that a special message Dee sent 10
him asking him TO instruct sheriff not
/ the prisoners, unless their presence rs
| necessary. ] haven't seen opinion Of
! Attorney-Generl. and can't decide az 10
| what / ought 10 advise until | do. ] can
only say that / DO not deem myself az
|
! take.
! As soon as possible after receiving this
| telegram 7 had an interview with the
| AttOrncy-General at the Mansion.
| showed him the message. The matter
| was fully discussed. and We both agreed
! that ! ought 20 adopt Judge Mann's
| suggestion.
| SPECIAL MESSENGER
The letter "a. Judge Orgain which has
| been published was prepared. and a
| special messenger was dispatched on the
| midnight train with the letter 10 Judge
| Orgain As the telegram Of Judge Mann
| necessarily implied n suggestion that tho
| prisoners be returned as the sheriff was
! 10 leave at O'Clock next morning with
1 them. before n was possible fnr renly
/ 10 be received from Judge organ. the
| following order was given 10 the Ser
| geant Of the city Of Richmond:
''Do not deliver the IunCnhurg con-
1 victs 20 ". 4. CardOza. sheriff. etc. as
| heretofore Instructed. but retain them un-
| Ill I communicated with and hear from
| Judge Orgaln
CHARLES T. C'FERRAIL
| Governor of Virginia
| Roth the Attorney General and myself
| were pleased that Judge Mann had been
| 50 cOnsiderate "a to make the suggestion.
| FOR we felt sure at the time he had
| biazel the way out OF the difficulty The
| military officers who we're In waiting, in
| at. rF nnf