The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-10-03
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Mobile Oct 3--R-y Ho'ya. .spe
clal officer OF the Mobile ana oaf
railroad, and one of the most widely
known and best liked men in this ri
entity, was shot and fatally wounded
and Alderman Sidney Lyons chairman
OF the city council was slightly injured
in the hand Tuesday night during a
Tight at the county Jail between den.
uty sheriffs and crowd of men do.
termined to capture Dick Robinson. a
negro
The negro, who is only seventeen
years OF age. Tuesday attacked Ruth
Scotsman, the twelYe-year.old dgueh
ter OF Blount Scotsman. who lives three
miles from this city The girl was
passing a secluded spot not far from
her home when she was attacked
Later she was found living uncon.
scious by the roadside. and was taken
TO her home. Detectives were placed
on the track of the negro and within
three hours he was captured. When
round he had substituted short pants
Tor the trousers he had on earlier in
the day. He was taken before the
girl, who at once identified him. Den
uty Sheriff Falch, knowing that the
negro would be lynched if brought to
the city, caused him to be conveyed to
4 station several miles up the Mobile
and Ohio railroad
Several assaults upon white women
have occurred within the last few
weeks and the news of this latest
outrage caused intense excitement AS
early as O'Clock in the evening
crowds began to gather in the down
town streets, and by 80 O'Clock 500
men had formed at the intersection
OF Royal and Dauphin streets The
crowd was harrangued by several
speakers, who urged them to take the
life OF the negro if he We're found, and
in short time the crowd was on the
march for the Jail. Sheriff Powers
met the leaders of the mob and in
formed them that the man they were
seeking was not in all ard had not
been brought here He offered to let
pass through the Jail to satisfy the
About forty men walked through the
corridors, and some of them returned
and assured the mob that the man was
not there.
While several of the party, includ-
ing Hoyle and Lyons, We're still in
the jail, a portion of the crowd, led
by a man unknown, secured a tele-
phone pole, blown down in recent storm,
n ipS al nor y
OF the double door, one-half of which
was open The door fell with a crash,
and almost instantly a shot came from
a revolver in the hands of man
standing in the gate At once the
members Of the mob began fusil-
lade. Not more than a dozen men
took part in the firing, and there was
q stampede. The mob was widely scat
tered. and in a few seconds Alderman
Lyons, who had been inside the Jail,
came out announcing that he had been
shot and HOy1e desperately wounded
Following this announcement large
part of the crowd dispersed. notwith-
standing the appeals of the men who
led the crowd which fired on the
building that the negro section of the
city be visited and vengeance wreaked
Later about 800 men boarded an out
going Mobile and Ohio train, having
received information that the negro
had been taken to Eight Mile Point
determined to lynch the negro
Governor Jelks took active steps
to prevent any further disorder, and
ordered that thee companies of mi
litia be brought to the city as QUeck-
ly AS possible.
Shortly after 10 o'clock a second
mob gathered In the business section,
and went to the Jail. convinced that
Robinson was there and expressed
themselves as determined 10 secure
him at any cost Sheriff Powers de
clared that Powers was not in the Jail
The mob demanded that they bc allow.
ed to send men through 10 make an
other search. and this was permitted
BY the sheriff Eight men entered
and reported that he was not ju the
building. The announcement was re
ceived with iucrcdulity and there Was
4 demand that the negro by brought
out at once Excitement wa tt high
pitch when Captain Frank umsdeu
addressed the crowd assuring them
that Robinson was not there This
speech satisfied the crowd and 10 soon
dispersed
Roy Huylr died at l.2u o'clock Wed
n~sdsy morning The crowd lui hlUk
on Mobile aud Ohio trir IIry I'D
Rot find the negro.
lscENsEo AT BLACKS