The Washington times., 1906-09-25
ALEXANDRIA MOB
IS NOT EXPECTED
Authorities Feel Able to Pro-
teCt Suspected Woman
ASSailant.
PROBING HIS ALLEGED ALlBI
Miss Eisley Is Positive She Is Right
in Her Identification Of
Prisoner.

Authorities of Alexandra county. Va.
are today making "a further and NOR
thorough Investigation Of the story tol,
by Joseph Wright. the rolorcd man win,
Miss Mabel Risley, ou the afternoon oI
Miss Mablo Risley ou tho afternoon oI
sunday September g. Wright sets uT
au alibi. saying he was Qua driving
with his wife and another colored wo-
man ar the time Of the attack ou Miss
Risley.
Win view OF fully thToshins out his
story ln order 90 see that no injustice is
done Wright JTIudal MaCkCy ycster-
day instructed sherIn Palmer 10 Eo t1
Alexandria and several other places
where the prisoner claims 20 have been
on the day OF the assault and ascertain
whether the accused has told the truth.
Positive Wright Is Man.
Miss Risley SAYS she is positive Of the
fact that Wright is the man who beat
Forrest Goodiug into insensibiity and
robbed and criminally assaulted her
while her escort was lying helpless and
bleeding in the woods.
Feeling has been running higher than
ever in. the county since IL was learned
that the eolored man not only be
Iabored GOodtng over the head with a
club. indictlng a number of painful scalp
wounds, but threatened to use the large
stick on the woman. who was too fright
ened % make any defense or outcry.
Realizing that Identification on her
part probably means q human life. Miss
klSley declares she would not hazard
even guess III she was not absolutely
certain or the man she indicated as the
HHn#.
rowing experience OF her life.
Petition for RequisitiOn.
The petition from Commemorative. s.
Attorney Crandal Mackey to Governor
swanson of Virginia. requesting the
latter 20 make requisition upon the Dis
tricJ for Wright, was finished yester-
day afternoon, and is stiu held by Mr.
NIaCkey
Deputy Sheriff Howard II, Fields viii
take the petition To Richmond and pre-
sent IL to the governor as soon Is
Sheriff Palmer finishes his investiga-
ton Of Wrights story. The prisoner
says he slept in a loft i'm the rear of IS
Browns court northwest, iu this city /
On the night of the assault, but the /
authorities haye Information to the ef-l
feet that lac was seen iu the vicinity of I
Alexandria shortly after the outrageous
attack on the woman and her compan- /
ion
Able to Protect Prisoner.
'I have been around the court house /
several times since this assault and /
robbery" said Mr. Mackey this morn !
ing "and the residents of the county 1
seem 90 be pretty well stirred up over
the affair. ! have heard what the men !
intend TO do. but I do not really be- /
I5evc that mob violence Will be done.
That is not because 1 believe the men
are iusincere, but ] know We viii be able /
To hold our man against them There
Is no cause for "a lyuchiug- If this man
is guilty we viii convict him soon /
enough and the proper penalty VIII he
inflicted. The law is strong enough TO
ieal with this man or any other person
hat does what he IS accused Of, The
all a Fort Myer Heights Is strong and
We have sufficient men 10 protect the
inmates against iufuridted citizens. If
he Jail proves uutenable We may take
lur prisoner 90 Fort Myer, where several
hundred caVglFymen and artulerists are
stationed. and i'm that way protect him I