The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-28
.EJNP0RIA NEEDED [. J. |. ED
MARTIAL # Law |. \
All Phases Of Situation
Were Not Known.
TYLER IN IGNORANCE,
Governor Was Not Informed Of Ger
/. tain Facts Regarding the Situation.
BOGUS TELEGRAMs FIGURED. }:
Threats Made to Destroy AR Means
OF Communication With Outside
WorId if Troops We're Not
Withdrawn-Now. Admits
Civil Authorities Wcro
Powerless.
TYLER in IGNORANCE,
BOGUS TELEGRAMs FIGURED.

POWerless.
In an interview yesterday Judge w.
Samuel Goodwin, while upholding Gov
ernor Tyler in his course and declaring
that the latter was subjected to unjust
criticism, admitted that the situation at
Emporia justified the declaring of mar
tial law.
Judge Goodwin and Commonwealths
Attorney w. M. Powell were in this city
yesterday They were registered at the
New Ford's. Their mission here, they
claimed was to put the Governor in
| possession of certain facts and thoroughly
acquaint him with all phases OF the situa-
ton at Emporia
NEWS FOR THE GOVERNOR.
Judge Goodwyn admitted. after long
and close questioning, that the civil au-
thorities were poweress and that Cover
| nor Tyler would have been justified In
declaring martial. law. Judge Goodwin
also stated that certain phases OF the
| affair had not been put into the Cover
nor's possession. That he (the Governor)
was not notified that Sheriff Lee was
| drunk in any other way than the state
ment that it was necessary for MN
(Goodwyn) to appoint a deputy sheriff
The Governor was not told that threats
! had been made to dynamite his Good
lwyn'sy house: that the lives OF the Cons
monwealth's Attorney and of Sheriff Lee
were threatened if the troops were not
| withdrawn; that the wires were to be cut
and a portion of the railroad track was to
| be torn up, and such other measures re-
sorted to, sufficient to interrupt. any and
| all communication with the OUTSIDE
| world.
Neither was the Governor notified that
| the lives of the troops were threatened,
| and that any one who dared raise q hand
| or assist in any way the removal Of the
| two prisoners was in danger. Neither
| was the Governor told of the absolute
| inability of the civil authorities to restrain
| the angry mob, or to enforce the execu-
! ton of the laws of the Commonwealth
These facts, together with those
! with which the Governor was made tho
roughly familiar. Judge Godwyn acknowl-
edged were sufficient to have him exercise
| the authority vested in him to declare mar
! tiaI law and make the civil law subordi-
| nate to the military. Had he done this
no charge of the usurping of his pre-
| negatives could have been made, or, If
made. sustained.
Judge Goodwin was asked why the
! SIOEernOra HOt tUltl VI liltc Iii cats "
| the mob He replied that at such time
and laboring under such excitement.
| that it was impossible for every threat
| to have been remembered or communi-
Gated to the Governor.
Then the telegraph office was control-
led by the mob. and it was, as: has pre-
viously been stated, necessary for him
to request the Governor to use another
telegraph line to avoid the interception
and delay of messages.
THE MOB RULED.
1.-The mob was in control
eve made all kinds of promises
to Them" said Judge Goodwin, "and
assured them that there would be no
escape for Cotton if they would only
allow the law to take its course. as
sured them that I would call an extra
session of cottrt and try Cotton at once
This would have been done yesterday
had the two men not been lynched. We
had even gone so far as to promise them
70 begin work on the scafold Monday
That was yesterday. ~
II called the conference of the repre-
sentative citizens of the town. i asked
them to decide what was to be request
eu of the Governor and the troops They
assured me that they would use their
influence with the mob to secure trial
for the accused if the troops were with
drawn. They feared abloodsheg. They
| were fully acquainted with the situa tion-5
They knew the temper of the mob They,
as I, were cosnizant of what course had
been determined upon, should any IT
tempt be made to remove the prisoners.
They knew of the plans to shoot down
| any one soldiers or civilians. who dared
attempt it. Had such an attempt been
made a massacre would have followed
The gentlemen whom had called INTO.
conference knew this So did j. We
did not want the blood Of those innocent
men on our hands. w e dld s"HdlaaWe
thought was best. ~ 4 81
COTTON MUST DIE.
..I had had conference with 5ex-Judge
Barham the night before the 61ynchtng-
He told me that the people had deter
mined that Cotton must mus die In ,Greenes-
ville county. He assured me that they
would hear Of nothing to the contrary.
.eWho were those who attended the
conference at your house Saturday morn
ing?'' asked Judge Goodwin
| t.TheyE were the representative ctt1zens
and taxpayers Of the, town and county,
he replied. f. Deal is presidentsof
she VIC Weaver Lumber Company;;ssA1.
J. Squire is CoJnnis ssioner of fssReyenue:
Peter b. TiIlar5i is prominent citizen q:
| Maclin is superint nteEdent5o Of the county
schools; b. W. yYyche Is treasurer Of the
county W-AR. Cato is prominent mer-
chant. II. Schwartz IS the leading bust-
ness man of sEm poria Z; Charles Baker is
said to$be the riches man in the county;
Baker. j. .. Taylor. w 2. Hsilsy.
| lsW. .. FIefds.s e. c.. Treadway and II.
Hall are all large owners OF real estate
and property. Ind are the leading pseptS
sofS the town. These are the men who att
tended the conference and promised 70
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