Richmond planet., 1897-05-22
CRIED LYNcg HIN.

".
The details will be given LATER on in
the prisoners own testimony.
CRIED LYNCH HIN.
When the train bearing the officers
and the prisoner arrived at the &. & O
depot on Broad street. every precau-
tion WAS taken to conceal the identity
OF me prisoner carriage was in
waiting and the officers hurried young
/ Tucker in the vehicle and rapidly l~iv
en- t0 the station house. But the news
of his capture spread like wild fire and
few minutes later q wild and frantic
mob o: W hite men and boys, together
with several colored men gathered
around the doors OF the station house.
Cries of Lynch him. Lynch him, while
several efforts were made to reach the
prisoner, but be it said TO the credit
of the police force under the efficient
management of Chief of Police How
ard. the prisoner was we'll protected in
their custody. A rope was seen in the
crowd and had few more volunteer
ed to lead the mob there would have
been trouble. Meanwhile the colored
people were not idle. crowds formed
| themselves into body to protect the
prisoner from mob violence, as we'll as
aid in the enforcement of the law.
THE CASE POSTPONED.
Monday morning, the case was call
ed up before Justice Crutchfield in the
police court, an immense crowd gath
cred. but owing to the fact that the
wounded police men was unable to ap-
pear the case " as postponed.
THE PRISONER INTERVIEWED.
Last Wednes sday the Planet reporter
called at the jail and through the
courtesy of City Sergeant Epps and
| iailer Warren we were allowed to see
the prisoner. Almost the first word
the boy spoke after a hand shake was,
"Are you reporting for Mr.. Mitchell's
psper-" We answered stfirmatively.
The KIDD, as he is Familiarity called
gave glad sigh of relief and seated
himself in q chair, and without any
hesitation plunged straightway into
the details of the affair.
! HIS STORY.
at was born at brakes Branch, Char
lotte County Va april ? IL years ago
in the year 1880; and have an aunt and
two uneles residing there now, and an
aunt in Richmond, bat don't know
where she is. My mother and sister
are in Petersburg My full name s
John Tucker, my mothers name ia
Susan Tucker, but l have not seen my
father in many years, as he went to
Washington. l left Petersburg Sun
day night before last on the Norfolk
and Western Railroad and got to Nor
folk Monday. then / crossed over
to Newport News that night and left
there Tuerday night for Richmond on
freight / got TO Richmond Thursday
morning ana then went over to Man.
chester. Friday night l met Nathan
Powell whom / had never seen before
, and he had several pistols. razOrs
, pocket knives. two pair barber's clip
pers and one conductors puncher. He
gave me the two pair of clippers, two
} revolvers and three rszors and asked
; me to- go with him to Newport News
} to help pawn them.
THREATENED TO SHOOT TUCKER.
r While we we're crossing the fre,
: bridge, we met a policeman. / spok,
2 to him, but he (PoweH) asked me VIII,
D did it. saying that / did not know
, what danger was in, and he told n
' that if did not shoot the first police
| man that bothered Us that he woul,
? shoot me, and he said that he had sho
3 several men on the works in West Wiz
o !ginia We then came on across to 0tl
!; and Main and turned down Main 81
4 We met one policeman on 18th al,
Main and later saw two on the lef
:, hand side; when re set SS=ss to tn
y market the policeman hailed US al
t though two suspicious white tramI
n passed by him and he said nothing t.
n them. He came over to where we wer
: and asked me where I was going and
q told him to Rockets and also aske
n Powell. He struck the other fello'
g on the pocket with his club and aske
l. him what was it he had and told hil
10 to take them out and let him see the I
/ started on down Main street aud /
Told ~ a 70 Aalf .rH ~o...a hol~