The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-01
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
That Trinity Mob

tttH rNNfINl lfIA ANU uufIOANinE INRt'NAAtt
Of the recent trouble growing ont Of the
attempt 81 the citizens 70 have the brute,
Levy Spencer, placed where he belongs IN
the Trinity county jail. and there having
been SO many accusations against the citi
zens Of this Trinity county aud so many
bouquets thrown at the sherins Of this
and Walker counties and at the Houston
Light Guard and it's captain, ! can not
refrain from making a true statement OF
the facts.
| say facts, because every statement !
make regarding this matter can be verified
by ain afhdayit of at least 90 per cent Of
the white citizens Of this county VINO were
present at the time.
In order that the reader may arrive at
a fair conclusion ! wish to state all the
facts az they occurred from the date Of tho
crime TIL the return Of the rape tiend TO
the prison at Huntsville.
Immediately after the attempted crime
sherlGs Chandlet OF Trinity county and
Brooks Of Walker county were notified and
eyory effort was made to get the trail OF
the negro.
1t WAS known that ne had been living AZ
different mills on the Texas and Sabine
railway east Of Trinity Five Of or elt'-
zens went to saron, nine miles east Of
Trinity, aud there learned that a negro
answering the description of the one want
ed had passed through that place on the
way 10 the logging camp some twelve miles
further on. The searching party then tele.
phoned here for help. but during the time
Sheriff Brooks Of walker county had ar
rived with hounds and all supposed that
the hounds wonld soon locate Ihe dlree
HIM. pf- tho tt4ppgfa- Hight In HE mean
time Sheriff Chandler had arrived ut Saron
and he and Sheriff Brooks communicated
With each other by telephone anu as SUD
scdueut events prove, the people were
misled and deceived. Sheriff BROOKS took
his rabbit dogs 30 The spot where the
crime was committed ana started lhem
on In Il westerly direction. followed by
about twcnty-f five mounted men. After the
dogs had gotten some two to three miles
from town the party that had gone TO
Saron again telephoned to TRINITY that
there was not a doubt but they were on
the right TRAN and that the negro would
certainly be caught. But believing mat
AIR. Brooks and his rabbit dogs, other
Wise called blood hounds. would certainly
ind the negro, no one responded to the cal
from Saron
After riding for many miles the sup
posed trail was lost and returning nearly
TO town the same ground was gone over
again.
Sheriff Chandler To 60 to the logging cGip
with the fve men who had gone there
yv.t., yS.t,ft,a -, froA en-, ,atsV md rnfsTpY
to Saxon and start with him to the jail
mt Grpveton, sheriff Brooks returned to
Trinity, aud for a third time pnt the dogs
on the trail AS there was no Longer any
,f,..oa ths ms t,IJIott contidencn IA, lin,
a3n1 bis dors he Iost no time In 6ndin1
tbe riNbt t75il and rhnt trnil led gInosf
an afr line cast toward Saron. But before
~, }r1,itii "tb@v I ~, tns sye mon Who MY
neon AZ saron ratnruine 10 irinity
Sharitf I5andinr ntn1eoded ~ Grovasoo
ana niacoa Tho noero in fbe taiI bnAf nj
." ,rtat acet 10 ia taXnavarSs ~ ']1'riniTt.
con NV
~ ~, this roirt tho eood cttiqene Of tba
ls. mi f,Gn1 this noint IN rf,ev pl1iu,
ttat no acted without yvatrS,t or I]nstitica.
don.
There was no moh oraanized or anv at-
fot,nt ,nodc ta t,ta mo nriscneT frnn, ~,
eheriu on rho iaii Thd iatl Ia fr.t-
cineS hrick structure. win Steel care. and
IL Sbarid rbnndler Mad any faat tLai .nV
atte,rnt ,yonid he meda ~ taEe H. mis-
oner from MIN no Mad he an+boritv n,
denptize every able hodied citizen If tbo
comfy to neln him protect the prtsoner
mn instead ~ dolnp fbis no TOD. him
from the iail almost Immediately and right
mnstertui strategy to elude an Imaginary
nv V5Ii,o+hor tho nor 90 .ho ,,t
hlrht aud brilliant gcneralship is tustiy
due sheriff Chandler or sheriff BROOKS Of
Tu'Ser reuns 'eape mem I" llVlue
wish TO right mere INFORM the readers
of this paper thar there were only four
,.l1,lN rlhltf VINO wen, out on me
when was hearing the s1nnosed mToI tn
taRe the brute from the jail.
tgut men, ana they WI certify that
sut VIZ" olhtT business 1t, 'iioNelHn thaL
He,N n.y. ,"PuIu nave gone nAd nothing OF
llls hlha occurred. StNc'al IaNS AFTER
re negro nau heeh pihcru IN the lail al
Iiuusleh Wltn"ut lh| Warrant on Jusllhca-
l'"u we iNtn5f 3I the Nlgt'm sWote OUT
y warrant ana the constable or the pre-
SIncI IA WnIch the crime was committee
aTIneu WIN the proper Phpors; Went 10
talent Of the district had adt-7ed those Who
had the negro In custody that tho papers
,MagggnI1 Her, ana that .he Co9staoIe hal a
precinct where The erimo was committed
for identification and. preliminary trial.
vitG ne n,Nd Sh9bIef n tqe 9ramh besins
n guard Of thirty men under captain NJ,
GormicR; came 10 Trinity. The people Of
nv ,.ut IA, 9 mn ~ notiCe ,nat my we've com
rival OF the train.
SO
! have lived in Trinity for twenty-five
years and in Texas for thirty .nve years.
and Whrnever any ono I copa not who ho Is
''s'iNa tuNt the cillNens OF tulS county are
NOT laW-ahidiug and Dcaceabip. the uperS