The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-14

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4HlRsTING FOR BlOOI

aHlRSTING FOR BLOOD.
Al o'clock tonight a moo of 500 men
majority Of VIII IN were evidently from
fhe country adjacent to Lyachpnrg. as
ssmbleG ON III corner of M'un aud iSlni.
Streets ftll day long a report III IT,
& nbothan wa still in I g city jail had
been. persisteatly circulated. and IN
crowd to-n Gllt seemed to be imhnfd with
this idea Several self-con ttutcd ring
leaders harangued the asseInb Az. and
urged 1.-The IL &c sity of at one :, ing T.
the Jail securing. the prls2 ler, '-nd pun
S.! ing him for the crime Of rhIr'i In,
believed h m guilty
The fiery appeals Of the leaders were
effective. and at hafp"~t o'clock tn
mob climbed the steep iii J aiding to IN
tajl On reaching the p-igon they began
10 shout and howl for the negro while
some OF the mon beat and kicked against
the door.
AN OFFICERS GOODNESS.
City S rgeant Jol nson, in response to
the persistent clamor appeared at the
door and earnestly represented TO the
crowd that HigGinboth2In had been re-
moved TO Roanoke.
In The ope Of allaying the disturbance
without a serious ccnfiCl Sergeant john
son allowed several OF the men. who
knew IIirginbotham, to so through lie
tnriaan and inspect the negroes therein
confined These mon reported to me
crowd that I5gGinbotham WAS certainty
not in the Jail. and that Sergeant john
sons statements were absolutely correct.
A SQUAD A. les.
The mob, however, persisted in nam
taiuin. it's position, and clainered for en-
france TO the prison. by this time 4 posse
of policemen had arrived on me &C, ne
and by iint of urgent persuasion ne
srcceeded in dispensing the crowd. "A
,f.J 1o1-T
nlly convinced that liisginoo,ilalh .i its'u
,oo1l,. l,een carried away, ana as! tieS
,,,gr.cbea down Courthouse hlsi ihss
. eha,Iteds ION to Roanoke.
-n,,is cnocd the nights disturbance. ~
M o'clock tonight tie streets ;ife Piae-
fIcally deserted.
SUNDAY NIGHT
,i,r IA inc feeling. manifested IN 'he
,;t,r,T,6 reporrs of mobs being orSahlZeu
sn the SUBURBS. the Home t'uaIu vs.
,.1,o5 ont early SUNDAY evening ana Piat-
ed ~, guard duty about TIE jan anu 80
house and no one was allowed 20 az
1rooch within square of the ouiloiils'''
n.o,o, smith communicated with Cover
nor, Montague and steps We're taken "
l,ave The military in ltoanolle ana pa.t-
Vile ready TO come TO i-yiiciiOuis
special trains ;,,,,,,onss.
s,ora and threatened to break The Win
5ows and take the guns and ammunition
md attack the Jail. The crowd was ols-
nersad. but the demonstration convinced
The authorities that it would be better
IN remove IIigginboham from the CITY,
and at 1920 o'clock he was quietly taken
from the jail by Sergeant Seay ana VI
ficer Simpson and placed in a carnage.
The crowds were kept under the an
vYression that the prisoner was IN Jali'
and the militia was kept on guard as
blind, il being feared that il 1T should
.Se learned that Higginhotham had 1peen
;alSen away an attempt might be mace 10
follow the prisoner to Forest.
CUT OFF HIS SLEEVE.
,1Vhon the nerro's coat was removed 1t
vas found tl,ath had cut his shirt sleeves
swa&- almost To the elbow, and the rent,
il is said. WAS evidently made within
the past q hours. The sleeves OF ms uil-
dcr.hirt wcre rolled mp and Dr. Lille cut
orr a piece az il which lac thinks contains
spots of blood.
Miss Mildred Cabcl identified Higgn-
botlan as the man she saw leap the
fence in the rear of the Wehber home
saturday morning ana run. in the direc-
tjnu taken by the hounds in this morn
inC's chase.
Fiicginbotham has been jalsito- of Floyd
schoolhouse for Two wears. His general
apnearanca tallies strongly with the de-
scr-iptian given by Mrs. Weber OF her
assailant lie is tail, slender. has light
complexion and is about % Years Old.
l3ioyd scIioalhause is across the Street
from, Mrs yVcbber's home There was
10 school Scssio,, Satur1av. Int liigsin-
l5otlisfn wss AZ the Floyd building early
lie sass that he had TO wash the school
house fnors ;,ut The nolice aileGe that
lie makes several conflicting statements