The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-10
BRADSHAW BRINGS
 OPP RIOTERS HERE
Six Negroes Charged with Shooting MarShaps Party Are Here.
 Sheriff Tells of Riot.

Friday morning teIegraphed tho Governor that, everything was quiet. Soon after sending this telegram I re- . ceived information through one of tho most reliable citizens of Opp that mob of one hundred determined men was organized: that they would be heavily armed and that they would attack ths Andaiusia jail Friday night. felt that | we should not take chances and as the | information was so direct and reliable 1 wired the Governor asking for soldiers. I believe now that their arrival alone l saved Covington County from grest | tragedy.
 | Please let me say right here that I never saw more capable, more deter mined nor 2 more accommodating officer than Captain Arthur Gamble of the | flfty-two men to Andalusia. They were we'll disciplined and they weer of the | greatest service to us. Captain Gamble personally supervised the guarding of the l jail and the men seemed to go about their work with enthusiasm. There was no shirlxing and the young men of Grcen- vllle who form this company. won tho admiration of our best citizens We expected the mob Friday night
 and were prepared for it. There were sew
 cral stragglers about the town and some few persons in Andalusia from Opp. but
 there was not the slightest suggestion of trouble. Again Saturday night 1t look
 ed gloomy for a while and there were startling reports but we had ourselves
 fixed for any one or any party which att
 tempted to violate the law.
 Solicitor R. H. Parks of Troy reached Andalusia Friday night, coming there
 upon my request through the Governor. and we decided to have the preliminary trials of the negroes Monday morning. This was agreeable to the Solicitor and the trials took place this morning, before L. T. Salter and J. M. Snead, Justices of the Peace. Tn his speech Solicitor Parks said that he would ask the Governor to call a special term of the Circuit Court so that the negroes might have a speedy trial. Sixteen of the negroes were releas-
 ed and were taken in charge by their employers. Roxier and Williams. under stand they were to leave Andalusia for Opp last night.
 Do you fear any further trouble on account of these negroes being released? ?'' | Sheriff Bradshaw was asked.
 "candidly. I do," the Sheriff replied. l Feeling Is running high against the ne l sfoes aG Opp and if they return k1sfe | tonight there is no telling what may | happen I arranged for deputies to go there in a hurry before I left home to- day."
 Sheriff Bradshaw is a big man of in-
 telligence. He has keen piercing eyes and direct and convincing manner of speech. He does not hesitate when he tells that he meant to protect his prisoners at all hazards and the Covington county mob probably knew that he was a man of his word when the question of storming the jail was under consideration
 ''The Governor expressed himself as we'll satisfied with the manner in which you handled the case,' the Sheriff was told
 "Pm glad to hear that" replied Sheriff Bradshaw. We had to exercise consid- erable skill and activity to escape trou- ble before leaving Opp but after wc got the negraes in the jail mean to keep them there, and did"
 Sheriff Bradshaw and his deputies will call this morning at the Capitol to re- port personally to Governor Jelks the result of their work. They will return to Andalusia at 3:45 o'clock this afternoon.