The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-21
THE JAILER TESTIFIES
 SOLDIERS WERE AFRAID

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 the company inside. and orders ha'
 been given to'shoot, the jail could hav
 been held against the mob.
 Musician Radford testified that h
 sounded "assembly" on the order O
 Sergeant Brock. He had no arm
 although application was made severa months ago.
 Attorney Robert c. Brickel testified
 that there were thirty or forty men fl
 the crowd which actually did the mob
 ping, and that he saw two or thre.
 armed men in the mob.
 Regular Soldier Testifles.
 Private Adams. who Is connected with
 the United States recruiting ofice here
 testified as follows: "On the night of
 the lynching I went to the corner where Ethe mob first broke through, and just about the time that I arrived there
 saw the lines run over a sentry. Ser
 geant Giles. a member of the local
 company, and myself found a private lying on the ground here he had been choked and thrown by the mob. We ] rescued him and carried him back to | the jail. Sergeant Giles held the mob l back at the point of his bayonet for I several minutes. and together he and | took the private from the mob. The mob hesitated when Giles ordered the f members to do so, and I believed that | a determined officer and a small force l could have held the mob at bay and at | lease held the Jail. If the sentries had been ordered to fire and had they been suppored by the main body of the com pany which was at the jail. I believe that the mob could nave been held | back.
 | Tn the fight had with the mob | over the private I took a pistol away | from nf Int A~ mob took 1t back Do not know what happened after the mob rushed the | lines"
 Soldiers Under Bed. JaiIer G. H. Giles was then called ! and told of the soldiers hiding in his room under. the bed and in the closet | He said: T was in the jail on the night of the lynching where I be- | longed. The first I knew of the ar rival of the soldiers was when they | marched down to the jail. I did not the company by Sheriff Rodgers. When the military came into the jail l the first thing they did was to turn out the lights in the upstairs room. some of the soldiers went into a bed room which I keep for company and I | saw them under the bed and some | were in the closet.
 There were some rifles lying on the bed. other soldiers were in the room l could not distinguish which soldiers | were under the bed. There were two | or three under the ped l did not see any of the soldiers resist the mob, and | no shots were fired by the soldiers. 'I saw Captain Hay on the steps part of the time and part of the time l in a room which I use for the parlor Did not talk to him during the trou- ble. No member of the mob came up the steps. The soldiers seemed quiet and not excited. handed water to Sheriff Rodgers to help extinguish the flames as long as l thought 1t neoes- sary."
 Sheriff Rodgers was then called to the stand and as soon as the court commenced asking questions the coun- sel for the defense asked that he not be requested to testify. as impeach- ment proceedings had bs~ recommend ed against him and that some of the evidence before the court might tend to convict him of hurt him in later pro- ceedings.
 Objection Overruled.
 The court however overruled the re- quest, and proceeded, however, giving the sheriff the right to refuse to an swer any question. He testified as follows: T ordered the soldiers out on instructions from Judge Speake of the Circuit Court. When Captain Hay marched his soldiers down to the jail said to Lieutenant Hay in the pres ence of Captain Hay and where the latter could have heard had he wanted to that they must take care of the jail and protect the prisoner. or dered the military into the jail. but did not order it upstairs. In fact I went up stairs and ordered 1t down to the landing after the soldiers had climbed up stairs. There were some of them who went into the living rooms of the jailor.
 "I gave no orders to shoot except that the soldiers were not to allow any one to come up the steps of the jail and to shoot if they did I saw some guns which were military rifles in the crowd and they had been taken from some of the soldiers.
 The military did not give me the assistance that I expected
 Yes. l believe that competent military officer and twenty-five men could have defended the jail against the mob, I cannot answer the oues- tion If the sentries had been given or der to fire. do you believe that they could have held the mob. had they been reinforced by the soldier who were stationed at the jailT
 Neither can I answer the question. Could Captain Hay and the soldiers under his command have held the iail had the soldiers been ordered to shoot,
 Those refusals were made at the suggestion of tbe counsel for the de- fense. Continuing. Sheriff Rodgers said: T never gave the order to shoot but I did tell Lieutenant Hay to take charge of the sjail. The soldiers re- ported to me in the early part of the evening
 Sergeant Brock. who testiged yester- day. was recalled to the stand and tes- tified as follows:
 T gave the order to the musician to sound the assembly as the mob rushed the sentry lines. I did so without specific orders but when Lieutenant Hay had ordered the company to fall in it was my understanding that if the mob rushed the lines we were to as semble in front of the jail and make a determined stand.
 We feared that the mob would rush the lines, and expected It. Sheriff Rodgers ordered us into the jail after We had formed company in front of the Jail. after the lines had been rushed ["
 Private T. E. McClain testified hat he had fallen in with the company on the night of the lynching and marched to the Jail with the company. That here he was placed on sentry duty by sergeant Gooch and remained there about three hours before the mob rushed the lines. He was stationed at me corner where the mob first rushed the lines. He was not instructed tO