The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-20

IN ! NNA/MxGN ! All G Sheriff Waller < spent the night In son. Deputy sherins s. s. 6eissr and George Wison are believed to O., Se.n S,.a sasrr Weller as te Lave rHt
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 nns s1ssa no~ n 5srs ooR Sp sns case of Thompson yesterday aftec. to the Cain residence in 2 buggy and with him to the court house: Both , the child and Mrs. Cook testined be- fore thh grane jury.
 what the grand jury had done, bu: h: Ss.,,ds,nS admitted the case was being in 6sns Sn, sas D: Eyss Fsra., 0Sss Ss. ss. S be done tomorrow morning. will say. say that at the case has not 'e"n dis MT: Cain. father of the little girl. is well known cattle dealer. He has resided in Montgomery a number t southern part of Montgomery county The .sg negro Is yellow boy oiH ana .. i. employed at the 0. K. Grocery one week. His employers know nothing G1 his Pass Ais n,nap home es11oss according sS in. Alabama. and he has no immediate relatives in this city.
 Mob Organized at Square. As early as 6 o'cuock list night crowd of men and boys began gather ing on Court Square. and by o'clock mob. Fully 300 persons stood around I and discussed the attempted assault The crowd was composed mostly of young men and few were there VITO are | well known. The whereabouts of Thompson was the subject of much had been taken by Sheriff Waller to Birmingham. Others formed the con- clusion that the negro was taken over- land to Mt. Meigs from Wetumpka and thence to Opelika over the Western | Railway. Several members of the mob. however infiamed the minds of others ydeclaring the negro hadnever been taken from Montgomery. but was in Finally 1t was decided to ascertain if the negro was in Montgomery and to this end. 1t was agreed with the au- thorities that committee of two reput- ! able citizens should be appointed to search the jail and report whether Thompson was here. The mob promis- ed to wait at Court Square for the re- port
 CT, and John M. Burch, a member of the o. K Grocery firm. where Thomp- son was employed, were designated by committee proceeded to the jail and had started on their work of inspec- | tion only few minutes before the mob surged in the direction of the tn jail, drad and l that had been at Court Square sur rounded the front entrance of the jail. State and municipal officers agred to allowing the jail to be searched. but they were equally as determined to prevent a disorderly scene. Inside the 1 jail were jailers McLemore and Fabel. Nat Waller. Constable George Lamar. tousvie Haepan and NasRSS1e sRsdif % lice Chief Taylor. Police Captain Miles Smith and squad of six patrolumen. all pTepared for any emergency g tS. cad sn1 Court. Berto H. Johnson and A. L.. Bayne. and number of other reputable | citizens. in the county jail and 1t took the com | mittee some time to make thorough search. During the suspense few members of the mob uttered infamma-
 Nat Waller and George Lamar sta toned themselves on the stone walk leading to the doorway of the jail and allowed no one to pass into the yara; ;h Thompson was not in the jail and urged the men to cease their incendiary | remarks and stand by whatever report l the committee made.
 Bold Atlanta Man.
 l One man, stationed in the front ranks | of the mob, persisted in firing the mass of people. He declared that If half l of Atlanta's population was in Mont gomery they would show the people here how to deal with negroes. He even declared that the negro was in the Jail and that the citizens Of Mont, gomery would be scoundrels if they did l not take immediate action.
 This man was warned several times that he must stop his harangue, but he persisted and clash resulted Few seconds later.
 Constable George Lamar walked up to the unknown man and in positive language told him to put an end to his remarks or move on.
 Who in the h-l are you?' curtiy demanded the stranger.
 l In a flash the constable struck the stranger a terrific blow and he Tell Lamar grabbed him by the collar ana dragged him into the jail and in less than two minutes quiet was restored. II,
 The stranger was placed m cei. his name as D. c. Black of Atlanta. It was decided to hold him at the jail pending the outcome Of the demon stration made at the jail.
 1 Following this incident, Berto Ii |. Johnson advanced a pace or two from the doorway and announced to the | mob that they would nave 10 dlsperse. In d few minutes the request was complied with The front entrance of the jail was cleared. there was sigh of relief, but great number or the mob still hung around; 1;, the middle or the street facing the jail.
 Searching Committee Reports.
 The searching committee comple- ted it's task at 1o.45 o'clock and an nounced that the negro could not ns foundff The crowd that till loitered around the prison was advised of the results of the investigation and they were directed to disperse. t,elng warn, ed at the same time that they would be arrested if they did not comply
 The members, of the, committee went to Court Square and 1T HOLD walk near the big fountain. declared that after thorough search of the jail. the committee had failed to tnd ] the negro. He said he |; d Mir Burch i examined every cell with the greatest care. even going into the unoccupied