The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-16
TROOPS GUARD THE JAIL.
Dead Lfne Established and None is
 3' Allowed to Pass.


 Allowed to Pass.
 Huntsville. Sept. '15.-tSpecial)- Company K and members of. Company G, of 3rd Alabama infantry. composed of sixty-five men and commanded by Captain Lucien Brown. came here from Birmingham this evening, and took charge of the Madison County jail under instructions of Governor Gun ningham to preserve order and hold the jail against all corners. -.
 The troops were sent here by Gov-t ernor Cunningham on advice of Judge Paul speake of the Circuit Court. who has heard that an attempt would be made to storm the jail. and take out the prisoners arrested for alleged com plicity in the lynching of Horace Naples. ..f
 So far only one man. has been. ar rested on indictment returned by the special grand jury. He Is Ben Hill. an. .employe of the. Rowe cotton mills, and the. charge against him is murder in the first degree. Hill was arraign- cd today, but as there were no attor- neys present who were willing to de- fend him. he was sent back to jail To- morrow ~- his pleading will be heard. The prisoner claims that he is not guilty and his defense is an alibi. which he will attempt to- prove. --7
 Nine men who are under indictments have not yet been captured. No trouble is likely to occur until there are more alleged lynchers lodged in the jail. It is intimated they are cotton mill operatives. and if that is true there is likelihood of a clash. as the people of the mill towns stick together in all things.
 Captain Brown has taken charge of L4 ~f N1 milatary company, and has stripped it of all arms and ammunitions and placed the instruments of war in the jail This was done to avoid all chance of having arms fall in the hands of dis orderly persons.
 No indictments have been returned against Sheriff Rogers and Mayor Smith and there Is no reason for the circulation of the report to that effect aside from the fact that the grand jury asked instructions regarding the man. ner of proceeding, if 1t Is considered necessary to impeach the mayor and sheriff.
 Captain Brown has wired Governor Cunningham that all Is quiet here and that no attempt to rescue Hill is prob- able tonight.
 Sheriff Rodgers and his deputies have gone on hunt for other men under in dictment. Some of them are said to be prominent. and If there Is any trouble 1t will come when they are put in tall. Others are cotton mill operatives, and some of them have probably taken night. A score or more young men who reared the grand jury are reported as having left Dallas several days ago.
 The militia Is camped around the 1ail. and every man Is supplied with ball cartridges. No citizen Is allowed to approach within a block of the jail. squads Of men have been sent out to olsperse groups of men who gathered to talk over the situation.
 tonight Judge Paul Speake addressed an order to Captain Brown. placing the Jail Tn ms charge and directing him to use his own means of preserving or der and defending It. The order ls similar to that of Governor Cunning hams.
 During the early part of the evening, big crowd of men gathered at the citv hall corner, block from the tatl.- No harm probably was intended. but if was such one as gathered a few hours be. fore Naples was lynched, ono that would encourage mob to do its work simply by acting the part of spectators
 Captain Brown delivered an lmpromp. tu address. Gentlemen" he said. 1T hope you will disperse and go to your homes. where all good citizens should be at this time. We cannot receive vis- itors and don't want crowds In tho streets. We are here for business This line here Indicating the picket line) Is a dead line and you must not attempt to cross it for any purpose. I will not hesitate to shoot if there Is any attempt made to break the guard lines and rush upon the jail"
 The crowd quietly dispersed
 All kinds of rumors are in circulation regarding other arrests and threats made by friends of the prisoners to set them at liberty.
 It Is known positively. however that Hill IS the only man so far captured.