The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-07-27
CHlRAVAHI OF A NEWLY-MAR-
RIED JUSTICE OF THE
PEACE,
Damaged Some of His Household Prom.
erty and Caused His Wife
TO Faint - His
Story.

: Mobile Item
IL. s.. Smith, the Justice of thu
Peace at Union Church precinct
twenty-five miles west OF Mobile. wa.
10 Mobile yesterday. his mission be.
ing to have twenty.Seven OF his neigh.
; oors placed behind the bars OF thu
mobile County Jail for alleged depre.
cations that are somewhat similar "a
what were committed at the Bay
Side Inn. hut only by men who were
sober aud bent D n'giylng him a cbira.
vari.
Smiths statement to an Item rem.
~resentative is as follows:
II have been a resident Of Tynion
church for several years and ALWAYS
Tried to do my duty as a citizen and
assist my neighbors az hest | knew
now wheneverl was needed.
ron June is last, l married a youny
lady who had been teaching schoul
near Union Church for several wears
ana because Of my attention to the
teacher some Of the neighbors took
tneir children away. A short time
AFTER my marriage | received informal.
ZION That w. l.. Field, IA leading mem.
Der OF the Baptist Church, was going
10 give myself and wife a chirayari'
rms Information was brought to me
ny q friend, ]. L. Stevens. sent
word back to Field by Stevens thai, II
the party would come with music I
would serve lemonade and cake.
Field, after receiving nv MESSAGE
tnld Stevens THAT he was going to give
me a On good old-fashioned chjra.
Vari, and that he would stand for
nothing else. | did not think Field
nad any idea OF Carrying out his
threat, so on the night of June %.
opugnt a quantity Of lemonade and
had the refreshments ready for them.
Myself and wife waited until after
ten O'Clock for them to put in their
and not doing so we re.
tired. ttH
"Along about midnight 7 was
awaKend by the most hellish noise
mat ever heard in all my life. Cow
0ells were ringing, pistols were being
hred' COW horns were blowing and
men were hollering at the top of their {
,olces. W. l.. Field, the leader, then
renamed that | give up the wine.
cruiser Tor some time to give in tn
ne mob on The advice Of nv wife.
)ne "fathe mob then put one of the
lorns IN my bed room window and
New for some minutes. Cow bells
we're also hung in the windows and
ung. My wife suffers from nervous.
,esS ana ShaNl came 50 angered at the 1,
utrage that sheAfainted. j. L. Stew i
Ms Then came on my gallery and told O
lie had better give in. l told him n
'ouid NOT and that | had Il right 10 C
rotect my property. Stevens then b
pa me 10 give in as the mob was 6,
rlnking and had ten guns to nv one, ,
nder this threat and for the sake nf "
y wife | served them wine for thew "
l had made it. e,
In the party were the fOllowino
en-: J. L. Stevens, w. L. Onie' v
nm; Jr, Robert and Hiram Field. 4
:; ". r., Ar and Minis Fort, Ed M
n Manly March, c. .. Lyons, b. P.
en- and Willis Deakle. II. II. Hamil.
n. Ed and N. z. Kruger. A. j. and
'e Hatchett. Primrose Roberts. OI.
Deakle, Il. Sorensen, j. Batiste
DeakIe and u negro named Jim.
when the part OF serenadcrs camo
my. gallery. l told Mr.. Field. the in,
tder, they were not gentlemen and I'M
q not treat them az such. INIT IL in
Is for the safety OF a sick woman pr
at | gave in to them. Field. who is NJ Mi
leader OF the Baptist Church and \
10 claims to be the leader Of the DEF
immunity, Threatened me when the the
st time We met. "o shi
Whlle was parleying with the >
oerS of tile mob. the Others were prI
my premises destroying everything 'u !
AT daylight the next morning 7 Nj,
'se ana made an investigation OF J
premises. | found that nv new -
NY had been slasiied with a knife
times and comnleteiv
hed; All the milk utensils had
Ter been broken or carried away.
noor to the house kicked in
oie weSt q or a watermelon ~
ca completely ruined. learned
,ral days afterwards that the milk.
utensils had been dropped IN INV
foot we'll.
reported the damage to J. L.. I
,ens the next day. and he said W.
field wanted a bill for the whole
IT and 1t would be paid, provided
matter was hushed up. Imade
2 pill for s8l, and it was very rea. \
lble. but Field, who Is noted for \
the truth, said II was tool
n. agreed to let them select,
parties. and l one. to assess the
ages, but they would not do it."
Istice Smith called on Judge ]. r.
rd. OF the inferi0r criminal court.
erday afternoon and reported the
J to him. After a consultation
decided N issue the warrants
the Justice Of the Peace at
~ pdy.