The morning times., 1896-07-17
W|LEEXPOsE THE LYhCH[Rs
Colored People Meet and Dis
cuss the Randolph Case.
FUNDS TO WORK WITH
Many White People Were Present
and Committees Were Appointed
TO Begin an Observation-Disclosures
Declare They Have Evidence
Against the. Men,

bled III mass meeting last night and
formed an organization to arouse senti-
Inent against i NJ ming III general and at The
same time arrange for concerted action
| ia the kanaolpn iynching IN Montgomery
| county. John, Nj Langston presided.
Several white people were in the audience
and speakers were present from Baltimore
and other parts of Maryland.
Upon his election as presiding officer Mr..
Langston made an address deploring the
| lack OF interest in the subject. He SAID IN
part: Sometimes We get little excited
| wAen one of our people is strung up, but
VIC do not seem to take hold. Here u is
| five minutes To nine and not fifty people
present. The question now before us is,
| shall we have anarchy. Here is this man
| Randolph, who our excellent Police Officers
| found guitiess, yet the crowd says let
us take his life anyhow. What we need
| is a sentiment against lynching and mob
violence"
When Mr.. Langston concluded, motion
was adopted electing W. Calvin Chase
secretary ofthe meeting, and Perry Carson,
vice president. comiAittee on rules
was appointed consisting OF Rev. w b.
johnson. Thomas l. Jones, and stephen
Lewis, A committee on finance, consisting
of Thomas l.. Jones, Il. W. Halter. and
Rev. J. Anderson Taylor was appointed
To- raise funds for the investigation OF the
case.
RELIGION CREPT IN.
A motion was next ma ie that commit
! tee OF five be appointed To draft letter
To Cardinal GIBBONS requesting his view
OF The lynching OF Randolph. There was
considerable Objection To this, the oppon-
enLs declaring taey were not there To beg
any clergyman To express his opinion. and
lfI Ihss O.
claimed that the A. z. A. was Il glorious
Institution and lie FOR one was against the
motion W. Calvin Chase was in oppo-
situn and finally the discussion which had
become rather heated was ende by tabling
the motion.
stephen Lewis next moved that vote of
thanks be extended Detectives weldon
and Horne and The Washington Times for
its honest and impartial work on the case.
Rev. DR.. Cutter, white Clergyman from
the South, made few remarks, and DR..
J Johnson told of his yestigat.ons in the
proceedings of the coroner's Inquest. He
said thai a number OF the witnesses had
been made to supply missing links in the
socaed chain of evidence, but that future
investigation would reveal that and more.
1t would in fact reveal the lynchers because
there were witnesses to the return of the
party which hanged Randolph.
Another speaker was II MI. uIeeuWOOu,
of Baltimore, who told o; the work being
done there to assist the Washington and
Montgomery county colo.ed people.
OTHER CASES CITED.
Thomas l.. Jones said that fHty thou
sand colored people had died from mob
violence since the surrender Of Lee. He
referred To the case Of Willis Collins, who
died last sunday night. He referred to
the shooting of Willis Washington and
Reuben Foster and Miss Flagler and said
there was time coming when these acts
of violence and lawlessness would be VIM
dicatel.
Col. Perry Carson and Mrs. Keel, a
white woman from Erie, Pa. also made
addresses. Col Carson had little 10 say
except that the murder OF Randolph was an
outrage and would be resented in proper
manner by the colored people, butt would
be resented through the proper legal chan
nels. The committee on resolutions reported
the following resolution wiIich was unan-
inously adopted:
As American citizens, suitably iinbued
with Intelligent, patriotic feelings and So
iiCitous for the welfare OF our country and
thegeDeraI good our Countrynien, ,weview
with the deepest concern the spread OF
lynch law, so-called, among the people in
all sections OF the republic; and while duly
considering and apprecating every per-
sonal right OF tie nGniblest citizen among
US, especially the sacred personal rights
of our women, we deplore every effort at
vindication and defense in such case, except
as the same shall be made through the
courts by the usual judicial rules and
methods. We would deplore lynch law
as employed, even in such case
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
Therefore resolved, That we denounce,
as contrary to every prlucipie OF Justice,
every consideration or humanity, every
sentiment OF civilized Christian propriety
as well a every interest OF the community,
all mobocratic defnonst rations. culmin-
ating in the lyncbing OF any human being,
charged with any crime whatsoever, com
mitted gainst man or woman; especially,
since the courts OF justice are open to AL
alike, and every person ought to be heard
in his defense before he is condemned and
executed. To this rule there can be no
exception, and Justice and fair dealing
To every one JUSTIFY and sustain It's uniform
and impartial application to all concerned.
Resolved, That the late iynchings Of
Rartc'ph an. Cooking in tie State OF Mary
lane, IS wei as ali iynchings occurring
IL Uther ISr IS or the country within the
past lew years, for the reasons indicated.
merit Our unqualified denunciation and
conGr nuat!on
Resolved, That SO far as this subject is
concerned ana the expression OF our vie wS
thereupoD We are actuatel by no special
feelings or sentiments as to our own, or
ANY olner nationality or complexion, nor do
we speak as noveu by those pieJudices
which we know exist in the popular mind
generally against the coiored people of the
country; some prejudices we cenounce, but
our deDunciation and condemnation OF all
lyDching and lynch law are as general and
broad as the best interest and common
welfare of the community.
After taking up a good sized collection
the meeting adjourned, TO meet next Tues
day Dght at the same place.
1t is understood that the finance commit
tee will also Lave charge of the iDvestiga-
ton of the case, and one of the members
said last night that steps were being taken
to appreheDd the lynchers. 1t was also as
serted that at the proper time witnesses who
Were afraid to testify at Rockville will
give their evidence at some other place, and
they had no doubt whatever that t he guilty
parties will soon be brought to Justice.