The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-10-04
GULF CITY ON POWDER BOX
AND GRAVE FEARS ARE ENTERTAINED

ed by the one spirit a determination
that rape must be stopped and that the
| rapist who touches a white woman,
must he punished.
If this feeling should continue until
| the negroes Robson and Thompson are
brought back to Mobile at the end of
this week or the beginning Of next,
there is more than a possibility that
there will be another clash between
the people. and the law.
The temper of Mobile is reused. Dang
or may be averted, but the authorities
feel they are over Il mine which any un-
toward event may ignite. II announcer
instance. such as occurred here yester-
day We've 20 happen. now. the conse-
quences are beyond calculation.
Governor COnfers With Judge.
The events of today have been rapid
and prompt Early in the morning
Governor Jelks, who arrived in Mobile
| last night. hold a conference Will
Judge Semmes over the SITUATION anu
afterword. issued statement in wnlch
he said felt assured the accused RI"
Wished would be tried within week
Although his conversation with the
Mobile Judge was behind closed doors.
| it is inferred from the events when
| followed the trial for Tuesday was
| practically decided upon at that time
provided the grand jury should return
an indictment The statement of Gov
| ernor Jelks in full follows
II came to Mobile, called here by the
great disaster which has befallen the
coast. had hoped to be of some slight
assistance to the homeless by stating
their cause frankly to other Alabamians
| looking to some quick relief from the
big hearted people Of the State.
II have an announcement of the sit
| uation in the leading papers OF the
State this morning. The condition OF
| those who have lost their all appeals
| strongly to me. l leave at noon for
| Coden and other points on the coast.
| On my arrival here l heard of the re-
| cent terrible crime committed against
| an innocent girl and the excitement
| arising out of it. l cannot tell you how
| outraged l personally feel at this in
humane conduct and other like out
| RACES which have occurred in this vi
| cfnity. I have been in consultation
with some of the city's leading citizens
today, and will have other conferences
on my return from Coden this evening.
Must Punish Rapist.
I'VE are all like minded--these crimes
must be punished. We are further like
minded in demanding that they be pun
session. l believe this last case can
be put on trial in one week, and II the
accused party Is guilty, the execution
| of the law. and in legal form-we can
| not afford anarchy-will speedily fol-
low.
II shall be in Mobile today and in
all probability tomorrow.
(Signed..
william D. Jelks.
Governor"
After his talk with Judge Semmes,
Governor Jelks left at noon as the
guest of G. H. MCGEE. Superintendent
OF motive power of the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad. for a trip to Coden,
| Bayou LaBatre and Alabama Port and
other points which were most severely
damaged by the hurricane of last
| Thursday.
| Before noon the grand jury in ses-
| sion heard the testimony of little Ruth
Sossoman which yesterday gave an al
most positive Identification of Robin
son as the negro who assaulted her
| near home west OF the city. The testi-
mony was, of course, not given out,
but when she had completed her re-
cital. the true bill against Robinson
was returned. Following the Season.
an girl testimony was heard from
Lillian Savelle. and Edna May Fowler,
against the negro Thompson and true
bills were returned against him In
both cases.
Excitement mt Fever Heat.
Following the events of last night
the excitement here is still at fever
heat. The facts of the crime which
led to the killing of Roy Hoyle at the
Jail last night are simply these. The
little girl. who is the daughter of
Bloun E. Sossoman. while returning
to her home near the Intersection of
Florida street and the Mobile. Jack
| son and Kansas City tracks, about II
o'clock in the morning. was bounced
| upon by negro who she described
az about ~ years old. and assaulted
her. The crime was committed in
broad daylight in the public road, not
Tar from the home of the victim.
That 1t was committed is vouched
for by two physicians. To the off,
GERS. the little girl gave a description
of the man who had assaulted her.
Several hours later the negro Robin
son was arrested and taken before
the victim for Identification. The of
ficials declare the Identification was
not positive. that she said she thought
| the negro was the same man who had
attacked her.
A prominent gentleman who was
present at the time of the identifica-
| ton declares she pronounced Robin
son without hesitation as being post
lively the man.
Armed Men Gather.
When the news of the assault was
given out, armed men began to gather
| in the streets. Fearing mob violence
several of the citizens appointed q
committee to visit the jail and report
to the gathering crowds whether the
prisoner were still there.
| A thorough Investigation of the old
prison failed to reveal his whereabouts
| Meanwhile a crowd of some 500 men
| and bows had gone 10 the Jail They
| oil dered the sheriff to produce Robinson.
| Sheriff Powers refused. The report o.
| the committee that the man was not
within the jail did not satisfy the
crowd, which insisted that another
search be made.
| During the time tn, leaders of the
mob were parlcying with the Sheriff
and his deputies the door Of the pris-
! was no, closed. When the excitement
| was at its height without an instants
warning a shot was fled
1t was followed by a score of others
Roy Hoyle, a special officer of the Mo-
bile and Ohio Railroad Company, who
WAS acting as deputy with sheriff Fow-
ers, fell mortally wounded. and AL
dcrman \. :, Lyons. who had nean Il
member of the first investigating cola
mittee. was grazcd slightly in his left
| hand.
Hoyle died at 20 o'clock this morn
Ing.
Call for Troops Requisite
1t was during the height of the ex-
citemcnt on the streets that Governor
felix's arrived in Mobile. am in
formed by an apparently reliable au-
thority that he was requested by Mayor
Fat ]. Lyons to call for troops y
telegram was dispatched to Hon j. IL
Jackson. the Governors private score
tary. in Mont omnrY. ordering that the
| two Montgomery companies and III.
| companies from Evergreen, Fort De
csit he