The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-19
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offers 81 assts lance. II needed to SUI b
due the negroes. have come from Bruins ~ s
wick, dosta and other$ Georgia points !
The question most d iscussed q to-day is
the alleged ss inismanag cement @of the
troops during the trial Of the egroes,
Reed and Cato. AZ non-c commits sioned
officer ofathe local mill ~ compan de-
Sclared u to q the Y Associated Press 8corTe-
sysspondent that two officers Of his COM
"a NY have prepared to send their resig-
snatiops TO the Governo I, and that &as ma 4
Sjoritya Of the company has asked for
dismissal from the l8 service. Leading.
citizens are endeavoring & to dissuade
them from this intention. This
officer declared that the members Of the
company we're required to give up their
Headed cartridges t hat had been issued.
and that other and smaller cartridges
were issued to 4 less than a half d Oxen
members of;sthe company. He said orr
ders were given that here should be no
firing. The local men y lay the blame on
the officer in command. He was the
captain Of the Savannah ~ company on
sdu tyss here. 1t Is declared. and not de-
MED, that the mob wi tn Il he s two8negroes
"a y few yards u of the soldiers stationed
about the Jail 4 Z Is declared and mot
denied, that Y these soldiers even then
could have rescued the negroes and I'D
them against the m Oh. n J3
81 One wei Y knoW n bus mess man who ad +
2mits his y leadership OF the mob, and who
admits he had q part In the burning of
the negroes, told the II Associated Press
Bcorrespo ndent that the plans to kill the
two negroes at the end 5of the trial re-
tgardless OF what the verdict might be-
talycr 11ofa
trial. Except that 1T was not previously
determined that burning should be the
method these plans, he declared, were
carried out &exa ct Y I as ma de. The same
citizen declared that tho military a,l-
tEorit1es have his name as we'll as otl-
gers who had an active part In the kill
Ing OF the prisoners. He said that no
grand Il Jury would indict and no petit
jury IN this county would find guilty
any man who had participated in the
work. 4' ],
Judge DAILY, presiding at the trial 81
the egroes, said he could not say what
action, II any, Will be taken to apIpre-3
bend those who had spart in the work.
Deputies Did Not Aid.
s 3 Kendrlck to-da gave out 4 state-
Hitch, 81 sayannah q ana e}ber s Old
that deputy sherIffs aided ii, ov'erpowering
the troops and 81 that Sheriff iiendrick
gno!nted out the prisoners to the mob.
el sherlf Kendrick declares that 1T was
no nc, deputy Of his who seized Captain
Hitch. the commander OF thes troops. and
threw him down the stairs, where he was
Bdisarmed i, NE sheriff says that 4 he man
Who seized the captain merely resen blcd
one 1T The sdeputi es, E and 1t was this re-
sse ~ while Imisled Captain Hitch, 81
y. II was Sheriff r. Kendricks Gp,lrpose ii 60
ging. to the prisoners room, d ia declares
sto hustle the prisoners out upon the roof
and tJ thus away from the mob through
heels, however. and he had Ito give oyer i,,r
this purpose. 5 35s n ss sg$51 fF
M A meeting OF the Htatesboro Guards
was vas held ,to-nigh 4! It was a eterMlned 10
asks Ter the dlsban ment of the con,pany
Yestiga lion the q oysrnor is expected st Is
ora eE.BBI he compa n y u holds that IL was
not re sponsl bic for I he success Of the mob,