The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-18
MILITIA DEFENDS
NEGRO PRISONER
WILLIS HUDSON HURRIED FROM
COLUMBUS, GA, TO MoNTooM-
ERY-Is GIVEN A SENTENCE OF
TWENTY YEARS.

Columbus, Ca, February 1.-THE local
military was called out this Afternoon to
prevent the lynching of Willie Hudson.
negro who plead guilty to attempted
criminal assault upon Emma Burton,
12-year-old school girl a week ago. The
plea was entered at a special term or
the superior court today. He was given
the limit of the law-twenty years in the
penitentiary.
AS the negro was being taken back to
the Jail Martin Burton, the father of the
young lady made a desperate attempt
to get to the prisoner, but was over
powered by the officers. The whole city
was in excitement all the afternoon until
the Mobile and Girard train pulled out for
Montgomery under military escort with
the negro aboard. The officers feared
trouble until the train reached the Ala
bama side of the river and the negro was
made to lie down on seat so as to be
hidden from view to those on the outside.
The negro will be taken from Montgom-
cry to Atlanta.
husbands anti other members of the fam
lily and immediate friends all of whom
were given seats in the immediate vicin-
as the family entered and remained stand
ing until they had been seated.
Frye Makes Few Remarks.
President Frye made brief address.
Chaplain Cowden of the house of repre-
sentatives. offered an invocation and then
Rev. Edward Everett Hale, chaplain of
the senate, delivered the funeral address.
He wore his clerical robes and his man
ner was dignified and solemn. He did
not use his notes in speaking, but never
halted for word and although a man
of over so years of age, his voiee pene-
trated every corner Of the hail.
DR.. HaIe's Words.
He said Those who knew him best
loved him most And those who knew
him little loved him mucn.
II knew him very little and | have
felt his power and charm There are a
hundred men who are hearing me better
fitted than l am to describe Elm, TO ac-
count his power. But think they would
all have to recognize the promptness,
the intensity and thought and action
which comes when a mans heart IS en-
gagged, the energy ard success IF a man
who does what he loves to do; what he
wants to do; what ne nught to do; be-
cause he loves it; because ne believes in
it; because he lives, not for himself. but
for those whom he gladly serves
"Our friend lived with all his might
He found out what was to be done and
he did 1t.
That class of people. which is too
large, who make 1t heir profession to
ascribe the worss conceivable motives for
every human actiol. could not make Mr.
Hanna out when ne appeared in what
he called public life. They made the mig
take which such men always make of
thinking that the mind. with all It's
maneuvers and syn.nastics and memories
and imagination, is greater and stronger
than the soul of man when 1t works in
sincerity and truth, In faith and hbpe,
and love
Did Not Prove True.
They had to imagine, therefore, cum
ming intrigue. man who accounted for
his success as he might account for a
boys success in a game of marbles. But
the analysis of character did not prove
true. You might as well compare the
stilted adjectives and substantives of a
school boys theme against the passion
ate song of Burns or Tennyson
Here was no contrivor, no schemer, no
mere inventor least of all was he any
copyist. Here was whole-soled child
of God who believed in success and who
knew how to succeed by using the infinite
powers He knew that faith and hope
and love serve, II you would mine iron
or melt 1t or draw 1t into bars and he
was not afraid to trust in faith and hope
and love II the business in hand were the
governing of states. If he did that thing
that he was set to do.
Eight years ago an accomplished friend
friend of mine said to one of the speakers
in the canvass: Who is this Cleveland
man. this Mr.. Hanna, whom the papers
are describing
Business Methods to Politics.
'srhe answer stays by me. / wonder IL
the man himself remembers 1t.
Hanna is the man who means to ap-