The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-04
TO RALEIGH FOR sAFE-kEEP|NG
Threats Of Lynching Had Been Made
Against Robert Wingate.
Made Improper Proposals to Mrs.
Knight OF Tarboro-FTne Tennis
Came-Car Tsaniine ut Hight Point.
President j. G. Brown Makes Good
Impression i'm the North.
Messenger Bureau

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Sheriff j. W. Bailey and Police Oiic.r
A. w. Leggette yesterday brought here
Robert Wingate, white, aged 50, to save
him from lynchiag. Wingate is a Ia
tive OF Pitt county and has a wife AM
four children at Ayden. He has .eta
at Tarboro about a fortnight, a sewing
machine solicitor. He went TO the
house OF Mrs. Joseph knight, aged %,
whose husband is partially paralyzei
and took a machine there, behaving
very well on his first visit, returned
and made advances to the lady, VEG
ordered him Out or the house; return
ed again and this time seized her. Her
calls for help Wee answered, Winsa.e
fed, bat was quickly arrested and loig-
ed in Jail. Feeling was high against
him from the start and the Sheriff
found Saturday night that a large mob
had arranged to take Wingate from the
Jail at two o'clock Sunday morning and
lynch him. The sheriff disguised hin
and took another prisoner at the same
time. He went in a carriage on a quiet
street and with Officer Leggette drove
Wingate IL miles to Rocky Mount,
caught a train ana came here. Thete
was no trouble. 1t is learned that q
large number of people went to line
Jail at the time planned, but Wlngate
was by that time almost to Rocdy
Mount. Wingatc claimed not to be
frightened, but was evidently badly
scared. He does not deny Selling Mrs.
knight, but denies any attempt at VIC
lence. He really talks very little. 1t
is found that he was here during the
last state fair an1 beat his boarding
house. He was brought here SO quickly
that there was no time to obtain a reg
ular commitment and so the governor
was called upon end ordered the sf,es'T
to hold him in Jail until the time set
for his trial. The sheriff says that Oily
his action in bringing Wingate here
promptly saved his life.
The postmaster here will tomorrow
send out checks TO l,O1O rural free de
livery mail carriers.
This morning there was a matcI
game of tennis here beginning at ESQ
between Homer Winston and Henry
Winston, champions of West Point Mil
itary Academy n Oxford University,
England, respectively Oh the n side
and Edward Grow and Browns Shop
herd, representing Raleigh. The: Wins
tons won. two out of the three sets.
The police here Saturday night made
a capture of a. dozen negro poker play
ers at a point IN the eastern suburbs
e D-1-H-I ~-I +Jo ,oy0 fri0CI h AGO
today.
The authorities are informed OF the
arrest at Clarkton, OF two negroes,
named MCNEIL and Nelson, who broke
in the postoffice there, but got only for
ty-three cents fo. their trouble.
Governor Glenn last evening made an
extremely fine address upon special in
vitation at the colored Presbyterian
church here Of which Rev. H. r. Mabry
is the pastor. The congregation was
a great one and deeply interested.
Mr.. Hillyer, VIC owns the electro
power plant ON Neuse river, six miles
from here, today began work in ren'of-
cling the residence formerly owned by
the we'll known. Branch family, On
HillsborO street hear the capitol and
will make it one. Of the most attractive
places in the state.
The corporation commission today
received a telegram from the furniture
association of High Point saying that
the latter would send a committee here
this afternoon to make a complaint
which it is understood regards what
is known as a car famine. High Point
is an immense shipper Of furniture to
all parts Of the country and of course
requires a SreaC many cars daily 1t
is in fact a Grand Rapids of the south
Sentiment seems to some degree to
be divided among the negroes as to
whether Will Adams, the murderer,
should be hanged or placed in the pen
itentiary for life. 1t seems that. the
better class of negroes desire him hang
ed, but some say he has no more re
sponsibility than a beast. They dc no.
deny of course that he murdered tie
oma and her two little children.
Vice President Joseph G. Brown OF
the American aBnkers Association, who
is the president of the Citizens Nat
ional Bank at Raleigh, has made a
great reputation north as a speaker.
He says very practical things in ;ile
frankest fashion. The Buffalo Evening
News in a leading editorial refers tc
his speech before the Bank Convention
of New York at Frontenac, in watch
he said that the south provided a great
field for the absorption of the iaboc
which is coming IN the United States
from abroad at the rate of Il million a
year and can take are of the 1arge
part of it for years to come. The
News says: THE south is in need #
capital, labor and settlers. It is not
a crying need. There is no hurry about
it, except with those who cannot wait
for a natural development along the
usual lines of Industrial growth. What
is meant by the call o additions OF
men and money IS that the opportuni-
to be remembered that those riches
are not equalled anywhere else in the
world. Probably this is true, but it is
to be remembered taht those riches
will keep for awhile and when the
south is filled and some later genera