Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-10-03
Mob Seeking Life of Negro
Makes Desperate Attack on
County JaiI--0ffiCer Killed
in Fray,
DOORS BAT TERED IN
WITH TELEGRAPH PPOLE
Governor. Orders Three Com
panieS Of Militia to Protect
Alleged ASSaiIant of White
Girl From Angry AIabamanS


Mobile. Ala, Oct 3.--Roy Hoyle. a
special officer of the Mobile & Ohio
railroad and one OF fhe. most widely
known and best liked men in this vi
clnity was fatally shot, and Alderman
Sydney Lyons, chairman of the city
council at Mobile, was slightly woun-
ed in the hand last night during a fight
at the county Jail between deputy
sheriffs and a crowd of men determine
ed to capture Dick Robinson, Il
young negro. Hoyle died at 1880
this morning. The mob is still hunting
the negro and threaten to lynch him
if captured. The negro, who is only II
years old, yesterday attacked Ruth
Sossoman, 10 years old, who lives about
three miles from here. The girl was
passing a secluded spot not far from
her home when she was attacked. La
ter she was found lying unconscious
by the roadside and was taken to her
nome. Detectives were placed on the
track of the negro and within three
hours he was captured. He was taxi
en- before the girl. who at once identi-
fed him Sheriff Hatch, knowing
that the life Of the negro would be
taken by a mob if he brought him
into this city, caused him to be remov>
de to station several miles no the
Mobile & Ohio railroad. lie was not
taken to the Jail and was at least
eight miles from the city when the
mob, determined to have him. ap-
preached the building.
There have been several assaults
upon white women lately and the
news of this latest outrage caused
intense wrath and excitement. AS ear
ly as 6 o'clock in the evening, crowds
~Of men commenced to gather in the
down town streets and b. $50 five
hundred men had formed at the inter-
section of Royal and Dauphin streets.
The crowds were harangued by sew
eral speakers, who urged them to take
the life Of the negro if he could be
found, and in a short time the entire
crowd was on the march for the Jail.
Sheriff Powers met the leaders OF
the mob and Informed them that the
man they were seeking was not i'm
the Jail and had never been brought
there. He offered to let anybody
whom. he personally knew pass
through the Jail to satisfy the crowd
of the truth of his statement. About
forty men walked through the corri-
dors some of them returning ano
averring to the members Of the mob
that the man was not there. While
several men, including Hoyle and Ly-
ons, were still in the jail. a portion
of the crowd, led by a tall, rawboned
man, whose name is not known, seiz-
ed a telephone pole, which had been
blown down in the recent storm, and
dashed it against the closed part of a
double door one-ha!f Of which was
FOL nj
almost instantly a shot came from re-
volver in the hands of man standing
in the gate At once the members Of
the mob commenced fusillade of re-
volver shots: then came several shots
from a rifle held in the hands of a
man who leveled it above his head and
worked 1t vigorously, while holding
II in that position. Not more than q
dozen men took part in the firing and
as the shots rang out there was a
| stampede of the crowd for shelter.
The mob was widely scattered, and in
a few seconds Alderman Lyons, who
had been outside of the Jail. came
out holding uD his hands. from which
blood was streaming, announced tha,
he had been shot and that Roy Hoylc
had received bullet through the left
! lung. The fact that Hoyle had been
shot while looking through the Jail in
order to ascertain If the negro was
there. took all the fight out of the
mob. and for the most part 1t dlspers-
ed quietly
/ The man who led the gang with the
/ telephone pole. however. was anxious
for further vengeance on the negro,
and passionately urged the crowd to
/ follow him to The colored section OF
the city, declaring that I'VE will give
them what they got in Atlanta"
/ The crowd later received lnforma-
| tion that Robinson had been taken
/ from the city to Eight Mile point, on
the Mobile & Ohio railroad, where
he was to be placed upon the train
! and carried still further. As soon as
| this was known fully 800 men boarded
| the Mobile e. Ohio passenger train
/ leaving here at $3.50 p. m, with the
EXPRESSED intention of lynching the
negro If they could get him. Govern
or Jelks, who was In the city tonight at
once took active steps to prevent any
| further disorder and ordered that
three companies of the militia be
| brought to the city as quickly as pos
sible. He called uDon the Louisville
/ e. Nashville railroad for a special
train and directed, that the companies
from Brownton. Evergreen and Fort
/ Deposit pc DfOuRnt mere. ne cIoWu
which went II search OF the negro
returned on the Mobile & Ohio train
at a. m. They did not find the
negro.
shortly after 10 o'clock a second
mob gathered in the business section
OF the city, and went to the jail con-
vlnced that Robinson was there and
bound to have him at any cost. Sher-
ih Powers declared to the crowd as
he had to the first one. that Robinson
was not in the Jail and had not been
there. The mob demanded that they
be allowed to send men through the
iall To make another search. and this
was permitted by the sheriff. Eight