The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-23
CONSTABLE POLLS LYNCHERS.
LONG ISLANDERS PURSUE NEGRO
VINO ASSAULTED A WOMA AN.
brutal Attack witnessed by Man who Fled
Nose white Sends Infatuated Crowd
on Wrong Track, Captures Man and
Gets Him Away-Negro Identified.

Gets Him Away-NegrO Identified.
COLD SPRING HARBoa, N. Y, Oct. a.
Citizens of this town came with In about 200
wards Of lynching bee on Friday night.
THAT Robert Garland, brutal negro, lately
from the South, was not found hanging
on telegraph pole by harness rein this
morning is due to the cool diplomacy OF
Nose White. constable at Huntington.
Garland is accused OF having assaulted
Mrs John Williams, a young woman OF
Cold Spring Harbor, waylaying her while
she was coming down the road from Hunt
ington to Cold Spring Harbor. She had
been to Huntington on visit and was
carrying her girl baby years old.
She started down the hill which leads
into Cold Spring Harbor when she heard
bicycle behind her. She started to turn
around, when blow from behind struck
her jaw and nearly stunned her. She
dropped her baby and lay across it as
she fell Her negro assailant choked her
almost into insensibiity.
About that time War; en- Thomas, q
carpenter Of Cold Spring Harbor, was
pedalling his bicycle slowly up the hill.
The negro had just released his hold on
Mrs Williams throat.
Help! I'm being murdered" the woman
yelled, and her baby too set up howl.
Thomas, instead Of helping her, deserted
his bicycle and ran up the road as hard
as he could go. The negro picked up his
wheel and crept away In the bushes. A
mile further along the road Thomas caught
up with William Archer OF Cold Spring
Harbor.
Have you got your pistol on you" asked
Thomas, because the road Is rather dan
gerous tonight just passed a woman
that somebody was numbering or some
thing She was yelling like all out"
Didn't you help herr" asked Archer.
Il guess not. 1t was none OF my bust
ness, responded Thomas.
After Thomas passed by on the other side
Mrs, Williams tried to walk. She was too
weak to stand, but she managed to
crawl perhaps a hundr ed yards before
two Italians came down the road and found
her. They picked her up and carried her
home, where her husband was wondering
where she had gone.
The evening crowd WAS just gathering
at Val entine's cigar store, the town hang
out, when Williams burst in like fury
and told what had happened.
Get him if you can, boys, and kill him
for me!' he yelled.
In three minutes seventy five men had
ga thered on the street. Mrs. Williams,
although hysterical, managed to give them
a description Of the negro. They made
John Williams stay at home because she
needed him. "Wel get him for you,
Johnnie" they said, and they started for
Huntington, where several negroes live,
on a dog trot
There was only one thought In the minds
of the Cold Spring Harbor men. They
we're determined to lynch the negro il they
bered that they had brought no rope. One
OF the posse who was driving offered a
long leather hitching strap for the purpose,
and they trotted on.
=, At Huntington they found Constable
and he was Just starting out with his gun.
1t did not take long for Nose to see that
they meant lynching. They brought the
first description OF the negro and he rec
ogniized it, instantly as fitting Robert
Garland. who lives on the Cantrell place,
IN bet" said Nose, that it's one Of
those negroes UP on Crow Hill. Run up
there, boys, and nab him; I'll follow along"
The mob rushed for Crow Hill, which isn't
in the direction of the Can'rell place at
When the las. man had gone the con-
stable started for Cantrells. He found
his man all right. Whether he is guilty
or not, Garland was mighty terrified
black man when the cons, able covered
him
The mob got. to Grow Hill. They kicked
in the door OF three negro sham les, but
there was no one who looked like the negro
of Mrs. Williamss description. Then one
81 the covering, praying negroes told them
the Cantrell place. Back they trotted on
Tired legs toward Huntington.
When a straggler told them that he had
seen Nose White running q negro up to
his house they began to see through the
and urnyed his wa sm0G The leaders we're
not more than 200 yards from Whites place
when they saw a carriage drive from the
gate. Then the mob sprinted, but too late.
White was flashing his horse toward Cold
Spring pla Ha n and there Was Vas a covering
he made the drive with his prisoner, which
IS a plucky thing in itself.
But had the handouts on him." Gays
lose. -and he was SO darned scared that
Re could not do anything anyhow. Still,
Mrs. Williams identified the prisoner
positively. yes, yes. he's the man." she
said and covered up her face in the bed
Justlce oil the PeaCe i. w. Nelentlne
was aroused and held court imme diately
In the fire house A few Of the spectators
talked of lynching, but the real lynch-
Ing blood Of the Harbor was plodding
down the road from Huntington. cursing
Noee White. The negro was committed
TO await the action Of the Grand jury
Then White swore in q deputy and whirled
the negro back to Huntington by another
route
When the mob got back to Cold Spring
Harbor the long run had taken the ginger
out of them and they dispersed. (which I
foresaw, or he wouldn't have been taken
lack to Huntington" says Nose White.
There was just little question in Cold
Spring Harbor yesterday whether this Is
the right negro after all Duncan Mckay,
retired farmer, says that Robert Garland
was on his place at Huntington at about
quarter to 0 Friday evening. The as
fault occurred at o. At least that was
the time when Warren Thomas passed
by and noted it. However, Garland could
have covered the distance in a quarter
OF an hour. Mrs. Williams was positive
in her Identification.
Garland came from South Carolina two
or three years ago He has been working
up and down Long Island at odd jobs and
between times he has caped chairs for a |
living. Some white people Of Huntington
ay that they can produce evidence when |