The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
LYNCHERS
 TAKE LEAVE Six Madison County Men
 Disappear. QUIET AT HUNTSVILLE. Ministers Speak Vigorously for Law and Order. Guard Lines Around Jail Have Been Partially Opened and Soldiers
 Enjoy Baths-No Fur
 ther Arrests.

Huntsville. Sept. 1s.-(speciaL)- No further arrests have been made and out of nineteen indictments so far returned only four warrants have been served. The names of six we'll known citizens of the county, who have disappeared since the lynching inves- tigation began, are being whispered about.
 One is in Salt Lake City and two are in Mexico, while three have not been heard from in a week. All excitement has apparently quieted down and to- day the guard lines at the Jail were practically opened so that people could pass along the opposite side of tho street.
 There has been an entire absence of exciting rumors and all interest Is cen- tered now on the beginning Of the mill itary court of inquiry which is looked for tomorrow and the trial of Thomas M. Higgins, the hotel keeper. held on a charge of murder in the first degree, on Wednesday,
 Tonight Captain Lucien Brown and the men of his command enjoyed the novelty of a bath in the Huntsville spring, not. however. near the water supply pipes or the clty
 Six United States secret service men are reported to have been ordered here to conduct an investigation in the attempted burning of the Madison County jail. Prosecution Tn the United States court appears to cause more terror than the Investigations of the Circuit Court grand jury.
 Sermons on Lynching.
 As previously agreed upon by he members of the Huntsville Pastors union, nearly every Protestant minis ter in Huntsville delivered sermon on mob violence and outraged law. The congregations that heard the ser mons were larger than usual.
 Rev. George E. Boyd. presiding cider of the Huntsville district Methodist conference. preached in Dallas on the text "The Powers That Be Are Or dained of God"
 He said: "One of the earliest ies- sons taught Christian people was obe- dlence to the civil law. Indeed 1t Is one of the Fundamentals of Christian ity. It is the valued basis of our so- ciey. our private property and our per- sonal security. Our text teaches that the strong arm of the law Is ordained of God. Those who disregard It or trampIe 1t under their feet shall re- ceive to themselves damnation.
 Those who participated in that dis graceful mob nt the county jail and murdered that brutal negro are guilty of murder individually before All mighty God. This Is true before our civil courts as well as before our moral courts. The responsibility of this atrocious crime Is not altogether in the hands of tho bloody mob. The officers or men in authority are often f 1nx.r is cient and to some extent responsible and the lawyers, too. are often to blame.
 Upon the Juries that will try these men charged with lynching rests the greatest responsibility. Every juror should be a true man and an upright. honest and law-abiding citizen"
 The sixth commandment, Thou Shalt Not Do Murder" was the text of sermon on the same line by Rev. Francis Tappey of the First Prespy- terian Church. He said public senti- ment needs arousing and combinations of good citizens should be formed to uphold law and order. Combinations have been formed, he said, to break the law and they should be met with equal force favoring the law. Re- sponsibility for the frequent lynchings over the country was fixed upon the delay in the execution of the law.
 MT Tappey concluded with the quo tation Those guilty of turning mur- derers loose are guilty of the original murder"
 Two sermons on the subject were de- livered by Rev. B. G. Mitchell of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church. His morning sermon dealt with respect for law and tonight his subject was Mob Violence in Hunts vile: What Are We Going to Do About It."
 MT. Mitchell strongly opposed lynch ing for any crime whatever. rape in- cluded. and took the position that the lynching of q criminal does not deter other criminals from committing the same crime. As a remedy he proposed that public executions shall be legal He believes they are more impressive than private hangings and great deal more so than lynching. Mir. Mitchell suggested that the women most con- cerned in rape cases be allowed to give their evidence in the shape of deposi- tions.
 Rev. Claybrooke, assistant rector of the Church of the Nativity, Rev w. NJ of the First Baptist and Rev. John Burns of St. Mary's Catholic preached along this line.
 Rev. Frank P. Culver of the First Methodist Church was heard with pe- culiar interest. He is member of the grand jury that is engaged in in- vestigating the lynchings. Ills text was, The Land is Full of Bloody Crime and the City Full of Violence"
 He said: This Is time for an of vigorous manhood. It Is the vagrant class of our city and country that fig largely responsible for the crimes committed and the au- thoritios should not be lax in their duty in driving his class away from There has been a carni- val of gambling in our city and men have fought in the streets and had difnculties as q result of the cards and dice
 There Is not an aged citizen in who does rot feel disgraced by the occurrence of last week, and who does not feel ashamed of the deeds of violence that have been committed here. The majesty os the laws of our city, country and state were trampled upon. God only knows how many murderers there are in this county as a result of the deed com mitted on the night of Sept. T. Prob. ably 100 murderers were made in the