The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-07-28
Another Negro Lynched
at Stafford.
STATE TROOPS ORDERED OUT
Prevent the Mob From Taking q
Negro From Decatur Jail-Another OF
the Ogietree Assailanss Lynched-Ans
other One Of the BAND Taken 20 At
lanta for Safe keePing-A Supposed
Member OF the Band Killed Near
Leesburg.

LcebOuT&s
Atlanta, Ga, July Ex-Governor
Gambler tonight received the following
message from Sheriff Patterson. of De-
catur county, at cambridge:
Town in the hands of a mob Send
aid quick"
Governor Gambler at once ordered the
company OF state militia stationed at
Valdosta under command of Captain
Middleton, and hat Of Captain Smith
at Townsville, to proceed with all
haste to cambridge.
cambridge, Ga, July 25.-Charles
Mack, the second of the Ogletree rap
lists, was lynched this morning al SAT-
old His crime was committed in
Early county, and citizens of this ODE
catur) county refused to let the mob
bring the man into West cambridge,
since it was desired that an innocent
county should not suffer the odium of
a lynching committed by citizens of an
other county.
Mack was, therefore, taken to SAT-
fold, the scene of his crime in Early
county. When hat place was reached
the mob found the body of Louis Sam
min, who had been lynched forty-eight
hours before, still swinging to the limb
on which it had been left Mack was
carried before Mrs. Ogletree. h rec
ognized him at once, as did also her
husband. Mack then made a confess
sion to every fact except holding a
pistol to Ogletree's head while Sammin
committed his assault.
Mack was hen taken to a tree near
that or which hung h body of Sam
min, and strung UP. AS he was pulled
off the ground his body was riddled
with bullets.
The story that two negroes We're
lynched and scalped in the lower part
Of the county day before yesterday is
denied by the sheriff.
Savannah, Ca, July photographic
orders were received here tonight from
Governor Gambler, addressed to Cap
tain Middleton, of the state militia at
Valdosta, and Captain Smith, of Thorn
asville, to report to Sheriff Patter-
son at cambridge with all your avail
able men at once" and to "act strict
ly under his orders" The governors
message is mandatory. 1t says go at
once" The commercial wires having
closed, these messages were trans
OtSi olAAOo0 - NfN'
and arrangements were Immediately
| made for special cars on the Plant Sys-
| tenn to take h troops. h train will
arrive at cambridge at 3 o'clock a. m
The troops are wanted to protect the
sheriff and the Jail against the attack
| of a mob that is after John Williams,
| a negro who is charged with assault
and attempt to rape upon two white
| girls. Williams entered their room
| while they were asleep and had seized
one of the girls when he was frightened
away. A large crowd Of country peo-
pie are in town. and swear they viii
have Williams if they have to dyna-
mite the Jail. h Decatur Jail is one
Of the strongest in the state. Should
an attack be made upon it before ths
arrival of the troops, there will prob
ably be bloodshed.
Atlanta, Ga, July 25.-Will Wright
a negro identified by J. E. Ogletree as
one Of his wife'S aSSaulters, was ar
rested yesterday at Troy, Ala and
brought to Montgomery for safe keep
ing. AS a further safeguard, Governor
Gambler tonight ordered that the prs.
oner be brought to Atlanta on the trair
leaving Montgomery at 6 O'Clock to-
morrow morning.
Atlanta, Ga, July pa special tC
| he Constitution from LeeSburg, Ga.
| says: An unknown negro was shot anC
killed in a remote part OF this count!
| yesterday by a posse composed Of three
men. There were two negroes in lie
| ing in hat vicinity and they were
| thought to be members Of the Balm
| bridge gang. G. A. Mcdonald, who
| discovered the negroes, came 10 town
| and reported the matter. Both the
sheriff and his deputy being out OF
| town, Mr.. Mcdonald was advised to
| get up a posse and arrest the negroes
| This he did, getting w. E. Smith ano
| w. H. Sanders to accompany him on
! his mission. When the negroes were
| approached, they showed fight, and
| one of them was killed. the other get
| ting away. The coroner's jury returned
| a verdict that the dead man was killed
| by shots fired by the three men named
1 in self-defenSe.