The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-10-04
Baked BY the MOBILE oFFIolas
WAS the ENRAeEo MOB BENT ON
lVNcHINo the NEGRO,
But a Special Policeman Was Fatally
sho, and An Alderman injured
IN the Ensuing Riot.

Mobile. Ala. Oct 3.--Roy Hoyle,
special officer of the Mobile & Ohio
railroad. and one OF the most widely
known ana best-liked men In this VI
entity. was fatally shot. and Alder
man Sidney Lyons. chairman OF the
city council of Mobile, was slightly
wounded In the head during a fight at
the county Jail between deputy sheriis
and crowd OF men. determined 10
capture Dick Robinson, a young negro.
The mob is still hunting the negro.
and will lynch him II captured. He Is
only IL years OF age, and was said to
be wearing his first long trousers. He
attacked Ruth. the 12-year-old daugh-
ter of Blount Sosssman. who lives
about three miles from here The girl
was passing a secluded spot not far
from her home when the assault took
place. Later she was found lying IN
conscious by the roadside. and was tar
ken TO her home.
Detectives were placed on the track
OF the negro and within three hours he
was captured. when found he had
substituted his short pants for the
trousers he had on earlier In the day.
He was taken before the Sossanan
girl. who at once identified him Dep
uty Sheriff Fatch. knowing that the
life OF the negro would be taken by q
mob II he brought him into the city.
caused him TO be conveyed to a station
several miles up the Mobile 4 Ohio
railroad. He was not taken 10 the jail
at all and was at least eight miles
from the city when the mob. bent on
lynchinE him. approached the bu!ldips.
Epidemic Of Assaults.
There have been several assaults
upon white women within the last fow
weeks. and the news OF this latest out.
rage caused intense wrath and sxolte.
ment.
Sheriff Powers met the leaders OF
the mob and informed them that the
man they were seeking was not in the
Jail and had never been brought there.
He offered to lot anybody whom he
personally know pass through the jail
TO satisfy the crowd OF the truth of his
statement. About 40 men walked
through the corridors. some Of them
returning and assured the members OF
the mob that the man was not there.
while several men. including Hoyle
and Lyons. were still In the Jail. . por
ton OF the crowd. led by tall. raw
boned man, whose name Is not known.
seized a telephone pole and dashed It
against the closed part OF q double
door. one half Of which was open. The
door fell with a crash and almost In
stantly a shot came from q revolver In
the hands of man standing In the
gate. At once the members OF the mob
commenced a fusillade. and about
dozen revolver shots were fred. and
then came several shots from . riAe
held IN the hands OF q man who lev
eled II above his head and worked II
vigorously while holding " In that po-
sition.
Not more than a dozen men took
part In the firing. and as the shot rang
out there was a stampede on the part
OF the crowd. The mob was widely
scattered and in a few seconds Alder
man Lyons. who had been on the In
side of the jail. came out. and holding
up his hands from which the blood was
streaming. announced that he had been
shot and that Roy Hoyle had received
q bullet through the left lung
Roy Hoyle. the special policeman
who was shot during an assault Of the
mob on the jail in search OF negro
Send, Is dead. The mob fs'lee . drd
4he negro,