The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-20

in court, although the other witnesses were put under the rule
 First Lieutenant Tom Hay was theh placed on the stand ana ms eNiueh0e was as follows:
 "I met the sheriff on the street and he told me the company had been or dered out by Judge Speake. went 10 Captain Hays office and told him what the sheriff had said. He ordered me to 20 out and collect the men and oruel them to report at the armory. oo not know how many men we nao' apo"N M fifteen. I think. We marched down, and Captain Hay and Sheriff Rodgers had a talk. I do not remember what they said We threw out pickets l do not remember how many.
 eve have no muster roll in the armo- rv and no way of communicating with the men in a case of this kind. Many of the men loaded their guns, put l never heard any orders to load. do not remember any of the conversatlohS or any of the orders except that we were told to throw out pickets. also remember that my brother told the sheriff that he was there to do his duty.
 "I was not in the jail during the az tack by the mob, having been cut OH by the rush. I saw and heard shots fired, but do not know by whom they were fred.
 Lieutenant Hay stated that he had never been ordered to stand examina- ton relative to his competency and that he had not been directed to read that section of the State code relating to the duties of military officers.
 Story of Sergeant Brock.
 Second Sergeant Joseph Brock told A complete and straightforward story of the whole affair. He said
 "I received orders from Captain Hay in person to report at the armory Of Co "IT'' for duty at the jail. This was about five o'clock in the afternoon. l went to the armory immediately and there found several members Of the company and after l had put on my uniform we spent several minutes Ill practicing loading. Other men Of the company were coming in in the mean time.
 We marched to the jail with fixed bayonets. there being about eighteen men fin line. I did not hear Captain Hay report to Sheriff Rogers but heard the sheriff tell the captain to dri.e the crowd back. Captain Hay or dered a sergeant and four men to drive hack the crowd and the order was car ried out without trouble.
 "After the sentries were posted, l set out to find a way to get supper Tor the men, the others remaining at the | iail standing about on the sidewalk.
 MT. Rogers told Captain Hay that If the sentry lines were rushed to order all the men inside the jail. When the | mob broke through the sentry lines, | Lieutenant Hay gave the command to | fall in line and this was done. About that time the sheriff ordered every body inside.
 officers Wanted to Fight.
 'aThe commissioned officers appar- ently wished to make stand outside but orders were obeyed. After go- ing inside we were posted on the stair way and Sheriff Rogers ordereSl us not to let anybody come there and mo- body came. After a smoke and fire was started some of the men began to complain and the MT. Rogers said;
 "'Coms down with me and let's put out the fire
 We did not go far as Mir. Rogers started down somebody in the mob called to him not to come down. He then halted us.
 Finally the heat became so intense that the men in the company begged to be either allowed to do something or be ordered out of the place. Alter that I heard the Sheriff call out to the crowd to come on and put out the ire and take the negro. As We filed out l saw a negro In the nal comm x down and 1 recognized him. dld not see the negro jump out into the crowd and did not see him captured nor huhg' lnor did I hear any command to load, but several of the men loaded thelr guns when things became exciting,
 Every man was given forty riot cartridges and box of ball cartridges was being opened when the lines were rushed. l saw several shots hred by parties in the mob, but do not Kno" who the people were. did not see any of our men shoot, as they had been cautioned not to do so until the order had been given by the Sherin'
 At 6 o'clock the court adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow.
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