The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-02
MORE TROUBLE FEARED.
Mob May Lynch Several Other
 Negroes.

New Orleans, Aug 1.-The Picayune's Carrollton (Miss.) special says:
 Early this morning the streets oi Carrollton were crowded with citizens of the county, who were in town for the purpose of hearing the investiga- tion of the Taliaferro killing The sheriff of LeFlore County had come on the morning train and brought with him Bill Davis and Belfield McCray
 who were suspected of having brutally murdered Mir. and Mrs. Taliaferro last Tuesday night. They were lodged in jail with the other suspects who had been arrested and confined there.
 Yesterday it was soon seen by the thoughtful citizens that they would have to make the effort of their lives to prevent a wholesale lynching. At the suggestion of some of these, Judge w. F. Stevens, who was in town and doing all he could to prevent anything rash being done, and a committee con- sisting of District Attorney w. s. Hill, Dr. Sam l.. Hart, Watt Turner, l.. M |. Southworth and A. H. George. went to the jail to examine witnesses and investigate the killing and report to the people in the court house before the iury of inquest should proceed with it's work This they were doing in quiet and successful manner when 1t was learned that about seventy-tive men, growing impatient at the delay, had organized themselves into mob and were ready to come to the jall ana take the suspects and hang them. The committee immediately went to the court house and called the people to- gether. Messrs. Hill, Southworth and George addressed them and told them what they were trying to do. 1hey
 Ill fnEa were assured that the negroes would not be spirited away, and that the final investigation would be had in public in the court house. and they added to the committee four of Carrollton's best citizens, who were neighbors of Mir. and Mrs. Taliaferro. Messrs. Charles West, Charles Redltt and James Bar row and John Neill.
 The committee then proceeded to the jail to complete it's work. They work ed until o'clock. when an adjourn ment was had to report progress and for dinner. The mob continued inn patient and restless. In the meansme Governor LoEgino had telegraphed Judge Stevens that he would leave Jackson for Carrollton on the o'clock train and come over frCm Winona on special The committee being apprised of this did its best to kill time so that the Governor might arrive and use his influence. However, the members deemed 1t necessary at about 4 o'clock to make another report to the people. Trey proceeded 10 the Court House. where MT. Hill reported that the Com mittee had concluded after a faithful and thorough examination. that while Belfield and Betsy McCray knew that the Taliaferros were to be killed and had absented themselves from home so that they might prove an alibi, the ones who had actually committed the deed had not yet been caught, but that they believed that these would finally divulge the WI ole plot.
 MT Hill left it to the crowd as to whether the committee should proceed with the investigation or should drop 1t and have the jury of inquest proceed. The crowd was unanimous in instruct ing them to proceed with the inYesti-