The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-17

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! With WILLIAMS.
~ 4 CONTINUED From First Pnge)
solves as between the Governor and the
" Judge; { they see proper to narrow the
merits OF the controversy concerning the
Increased burden down o that teicphonic
n tjycussion Monday afternoon over the
\ long distance wire, extending from tho
Roanoke city Courthouse to the state
i Capitol. M 335$ \, y. 81
There Is another class; possibly the.
\ most; sensible OF the three who VIII
blame neither the Governor or tho Judge,
il.ut will accept this twenty thousnnd-dol-
5,,rI addition 10 the white Virginians' bur-
tlcn3as d matter OF course, as II logical
result OF events that have become his
tory and the only noticeable effect upon
L This class will be some more hard think-
& ins and perhaps the grinding out Of some
4 more essays and the PRONUNCIATION %
+ some more orations on the apparently
ingoluablc negro problem. 81 ss 543 ~ AZ III
NONE OF these classes. and they are
tho only classes whose views and opin-
4 ions are worth considering. Will qucs-
ton fors n moment the rlghtcousnessFof
The decree, which, In thirty days. Will
III cak the neck OF Henry w llinms. the
l.a rtlcss negro flend, whose british as
eauit.upon the helpless Mrs. Shields and
her bnbc, so shocked the people OF Viz.
Il I;:nia legs than IA month ago.
Tho criminal is to die. and he ought
4. 10 dicl Doubtless there is a fourth class
q In Virginia ard throu ghout the whole
ccrntry who think he ought to be dead
row and that his death should have
been 4cornpasesd without military pomT4
" and without expense further than the
A, cost or d good. strong rope. $31 I ho views
4 of this class have been emphasized in
Virginia in days gone by and under
scored with bloody lines IN this city OF
Roanoke. Hence the necessity IN the
mind OF the oath-bonnd Governor OF Vlr-5
GINA anxious for virginia's main tenance
oi Uirginia's good name. for the biggest
II military display seen in the State since
tho troubles OF the street car strike In
Richmond.
Enormity Of the Crime.
The enormity OF the crime OF tho nc
FRO. Williams the boldness OF It, the es-g
cape OF the fiend, all made sensational
features that were published everywhere,
and SO when the MICRO was caught and
ilIzcd world were On Virginia.
fare there courts Nm Virginia, or does
the mob ruler" rs the old mother OF
u statesmen, Christian or cossack 9''s were
The questions. IT. Is no discredit to the
Il outraged people Of Roanoke to say that
under the awfully trying circumstances
they were not in q mental state to an.
swer the question as 1t should have been
answered. Tho Governor had to answer
sc and he answered It right. What OF
It IL i, did cost ten or fifteen. or even
twenty thousand dollars? t
II was whispered on the military train
last night that at Blue Ridge Springs
or some other station near to Roanoke.
, he Invading army would be divided, and
one train load Of soldiers would 30 Into
tha Magic City to hold the depot and
highways to the courthouse and jail.
against any mob that might assemble
and keep the way clear for the distn-
cuished prisoner to come with the follow
ing section
This strategic movement was carrsed
rn,t but not in the way at first contem-
,,aicd The Farmvlle. Danville. Char
lottcsyillc, Alexandria and LynchpurS
,roops. all of whom had been mobillzed a Z
J,yrchburg ahead of us went ahead from
that point, and owing to delay TO the
Richmond train. caused by emhii
freight wreck near Farmville, the ad-
vance force was fullstwo hours ahead Or
us, and when VIC rollcdaintc ROANOKE az
y exactly o'clock, wcafound the colo arg
shiverinE troopers holding every street .u,
i y
we're nearly frozen, but they were hold
Inc back the impatient population OF
Roanoke every unit OF which was on
hand, Bayonets, eight hundred OF them,
3Elistened in the early morning sun, ana
Il ,here,cnn be no doubt OF the 1act tnat
Il thcy had not been glistening there
Henry Williams would have been goppled
+ an, drawn and quartered. baSohe!s,
enough OF them in the HANDS OF de-
M
4 mighty SOLDERING effect, even upon a Roa'
Z noke gathering. M
What Might Have Happened,
What would have happened to Henry
Williams this morning, II 800 soidlers nag
not been in Roanoke Is q problem easy %
solve. Roanoke people, GOOD ROANOKE
people. did not hesitate 70 say u w
+ ,rirnes- Dispatch man that the negro need
"a all the protection he got. Many, q
rreat many, including those nearest ana
dearest to the injured woman ana chi!a'
wont further and openly condemned tt.e
nrotection Nobody condemns theH, lor
1hat vas human nature. They saw only
,be henous crime and with their vision
mus circumscribed tedious law seemeu
z hateful to them. ,.r,.a -
Il The negro, Williams, was chrl.eu -
4he inil, which Is hard by the poorty hI-
NV, - 80. I'D and worse furnished courthouse
;.nu kent there about an hour ana a s 1alt
ia WAS offered fairly good orehNtas.'
Tut but he partook spar!ngly, He !, was sa n Gs
yous and thoroughly frightened. ~
Mrung Ills hands, pulled at and tWls.ea
his fingers after the manner Of a man
bordering on delrium tremens. ana e,oa az
The while his gaze was upon t.'e l,ect.
ing momentarilyi to be swung up no
enc who SAW him doubted, He wanted
10 talk 10 tho newspaper men, but there
Mas nothing new in his story, except In
addition to what he said while IN Rich
mond. He claimed that the detectives
,nva hin whiskey and made him drunk
10 Eat from him the confession which no
made and which was used against him
Il, the trial. He did not offer this state
ment in evidence at his trial. but that