The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-11

one around each of the negroes. about
SUI IN each crowd, the witness thought.
! Oh cross examination the witness de-
cIared that the trouble had begun i'm
! inedlately following the charge of
Judge DAILY, and reasoned that the
charge was in measure responsible for
| the trouble. Witness went 70 camn
| with Lieut.. McIntire. who asked him
II ne would follow the mob, which he
agreed to do
| NO instructions had been given wit
ness in the event he was assaulted by
! the mob. After taking the prisoners
OUT or the court house the mob paused
Tor few moments while some one
climbed telegraph pole with a rope
70 nang the negros. This man was
pulled down.
Just before the hour for adjournment
O'Clock, Lieut.. Cone of Co. A. was
placed on the stand. He first identi-
ned some measurements which he had
assisted the judge advocate to make
at Statesboro, together with Mayor
Johnson. While in the midst of this
work an adjournment was taken unth
o'clock
To Protect Capt. Hitch.
Lieut.. James McIntire, of Company
ID, was the first witness after dinner.
Lieut.. Cone had gone for a telephone
call and could not be found lust then
TO conclude his testimony.
Two points were brought out which
We're not in the evidence given by Lieut.
Mclntlre before the court of inquiry. In
changing portion of his evidence be-
fore that tribunal, Lieut.. McIntire said
that he had somewhat warped the facts
IN order to protect Capt Hitch. The
misstatement of Lieut. McIntire had
been when he testified that Capt. Hitch
had told him to do as he pleased about
loading and firing.
The new point brought out was that
when Capt. Hitch refused to allow
MN TO pursue the mob, Lieut. Nc
Intlre told Capt. Hitch that he want
ed his resignation accepted then and
there, and that he started to pull off
his coat.
The evidence given by Lieut.. McIn-
tire was not so full as on the former
nearing, his testimony being closely
confined to the charges against Capt.
Hitch. He explained by the drawings
the movements of Tuesday. He held
the rear stairway, having relieved
Lieut.. Nell. Capt. Hitch had can
toned him against any bloodshed. Aft
er the prisoners were taken he went
TO the company camp and there found
the men crying for somebody to lead
them. The pursuing party was near
ly ready when Capt, Hitch came I'D
and stopped it.
When asked why he Had not told
the court of inquiry about his resig-
nation he said that he had thought
of doing 50, but decided not to. A
number of men were standing by when
he offered to resign on account of the
tact that the superior officers would
not let the men follow the mob and
the Witness thought that they could
be found, though he could not remem-
Der their names.
Acknowledges His Error.
sAfter Lieut.. MeIntire had stated that
Capt. Hitch refused to let him order
his men to load and fire If necessary,
Col. Toomer read from the transcript
from the court of inquiry proceedings
which showed that the witness had
testified that Capt. Hitch had said.
Yes, Jimmie, you can go and DO as
you please
The witness admitted that this was
miSstatement and said that it had
been made to protect Capt. Hitch
Witness thought the court-martial was
more serious matter. He had begged
Capt. Hitch to give him command of
the men on the rear stairway, but was
ordered to stay where he was. Wit
ness found later that one reason the
men would not follow him was that
Capt. Hitch, unknown to Lieut.. McIn-
tire, had passed the word that the
men were to remain where they were
stationed. The men were ordered to
load, but did not do so.
The mob in and around the Court
House was estimated at 1900. When
the crowd got hold of gun from a
soldier and found it unloaded they
went wild and declared that there was
no danger.
Mayor Johnson TestiRes.
Mayor G. S. Johnson of Statesboro
told of his efforts to pacify the crowd
He had warned man named Denmark
that if he did not stop trying to incite
the people that he would be locked up.
Less than one hundred men had taken
actual part in the roting. A question
as to the ability of the soldiers at COM
mand to cope with the mob as he saw
their numbers. was ruled out. The