The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-16
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4 4TakeiNiilliamSR Roanoke
BIG ENOUG GUARD
T() OVERAlWE E Z \ MOB
Greater Part of State Troops
Called Into Service OH
Short Notice,
.sPEC ClAL LAW PASSED .
10 CHANGE : !! n {! 4 VENUE. 4 \ |. U !:
Judge Woods Did Did No: Not Avail
Himself Of This,san1id the Cow
ernor, After Consultations, Con y:
Determined to Maintain s
I, Law and Order at "a
553. All 8Hazards
SPECIAL LAW PASSED All;ss:'s' !::l &.
10 cHAN GEg VEN UE

All Hazards. B#3
5 Henry Williams, the ne gros who almost
murdered, , and, IL Is claimed, criminally$
assau ulted Mrs. GeorgctJ. Shield ]. in Roa--5 a.
si,oke, January aoto left last night for
Rca noke. to be tried to-d day for his llfe.,
He was escorted BY q battalion consist;
Ing OF about 27b soldiers OF the seventiethf
Regiment, and the Richmond Light In
afantry Blues, and when he gets to 4 R os.-YE n
noke he will find there about 700 mem
t,ers OF the Virginia olunteers, under
., ders TO Fprese rye the ma jesty and dig;
nifty Of the ia VI at all hazards. and only.
10 preserve the life Of the's the
Silend whose foul deed has made necesss
cary this sfow Of armed force. III
Eighteen companies OF the State militia
"a full regiment and half another-were
ordered to the scene by Governor Mon i. 4
Stague yesterday u pom the efusal asof
Judge W Gods. sof Roanoke to nya1l nj ms
4 self Of the oppor rt1nity2 afforded1AA by the the
ytassage OF an emerge encys statute yestertB
day to enabl g him ito order n chan ge 3of$
venue. al a Z, ,i5t S3 M ss8s 4$s
Military Will be Expensive s8
Il The trial 20 The d pr isoner In sR oanokeE
VIII entail the cost dol
slars tuponsth he state for III iury proteo1s
Bt:on. The Governor ~ assd determined that
a lynching should NOT IDIOT the, fair, name
uf the State, IL possible to prevent it.
and SO, out o e abundant precaution, he
q: dered to the scene OF the crime force
Of military sufficient to overcome any
lawless element 9and&to guarante ee5 70 me;
.Eegro, Williams 81 trial BY! all the forms
;of law, even though the result.of t'lass
trial Is a&for egone nclnston and O. YER n
dict Imposing the. cath peiiuity as sure
as sunrist to-day.
The prisoner left last night shortly hes
fore midnight, along with the five COM!
raEfes OF the Seventeen Regiment from
this city and two companies OF the Rich-i
mend Light Infantry Blues. AT Peters
burg. the force of.troops was augmented
by the Petersburg Com pany. AT Farm
vile, the Farmv1lle Guard Company l..
joined the armed force. and ut Lynch
burg Companies E, Of that city; p, Of
Charlottesville; G., Of Alexandria; I. Of
Eredericksburg,s i and NJ, of Danville, were.
to join the special train OF troops. The.
Suffolk Light Infantry, Company IT., of
Norfolk, and the new Petersburg Com
pany are also Eon thei rway to Roa-i
noke. In fact. all of the twelve COM
ponies Of the Seventieth. Regiment ex-.
I cept K, Of Staunton. and two companies
ct the Seventy first Regiment, two COM
panics OF the Richmond Light Infantry
Blues. the Petersburg Company, and
twt, Roanoke companies, all una ttached,
will make Up the force of over seven hun
dred men who will steal into the Magic!
City with the dawn and gvo that new
city the greatest display or armed ned force
its people have ever beheld. & ~
Determined to Uphold Law.
|. Tie necessity for this martial display
was largely brought about, as stated. pri-
marlly By the declinauon off, Judge
Woods OF Roanoke. to take advantage
Of the special act OF tho Legislature;
granting him tho privnege OF permitting
a. change of venue on petition OF the
prisoner or OF the Con,monWcalth's at
torney; and secondarlly by the earnest
desire Of tho Governor to make impossible
a. defiance OF law and order and n resort
to lawlessncss In tho form OF mob law.
After the passage Of tho special act
referred to by the Legislature yesterday
afternoon, that fact was communicated
to Judge Woods by long distance tele-
phone, and the Governor had an extended
talk with him on the subject&Just what
passed in that conversation cannot. IN
than that tho Governor communicated to
him the passage of the special act, pub
lshed In full elsewhere, and that after
being Informed OF its provisions, he took
| the ground that he had had no petition
for change of venue and that the prisoner
could secure prot ection and q fair trial
In Roanoke. fi5
Will Have Strong Force.
The Governor had consultation. It the
Mansion with tho Attorney.G General, Colo-
mel Anderson. con, manding tho scyentieth
Regiment; Acting Adjutant.Gcneral 10
Lane stern and others, Tho subject was
discussed III detail, and the result was q
dctermlnatI tIon to protect the prisoner
| from violence and to maintain the ma
| jesty OF / ehlaw at any cost, The expe-
rience OF Roanoke some years ago when
| military were ordered out TO protect q
( prisoner and tho troops fired on d mob
; made it advisable, in the opinion Of the
| Executive, TO take the precaution OF or
derins sufficient troops to Roanoke to
oysrawo any mob that might attempt
| violence, and therehy to maintain law
and order and prevent bloodshed. 1t was
deemed best to have too many rathor
than too ofew trops, Accordingly. after
(, the consultation, the Governor issued or
I! ders through tho usual channels for the
! assembling Of all the troops that could
/ conveniently bo secured and sent to Roa-
| noke on short notice to proceed thithar
without delay and report to Colonel
! George Wayne Anderson, commanding.
Generally those nearest the scene OF the
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