The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-20

was IOCktu up III O Scii. 1lC oPCut the night at he jail.
 Attacked the Child.
 representative of The Advertiser visited the Cain residence yesterday af- ternoon and Mrs. Cain talked. without reserve, of the incident.
 MT. Cain left his residence about S. 45 o'clock yesterday morning to go to his stock pens in North Montgom. cry. Mrs Cain went to town about s o'clock to do some shopping. She left her 11-year old daughter. Callie Belle
 'an, and her two-year-old baby girl. Bertha May Cain, at home. Before
 eaving she directed the elder child to
 Ike the baby to the residence of Mrs:
 Iaxwell nearby and remain there until
 CT return.
 On his way to the stock pens. MT. tore on Monroe Street and ordered some groceries sent to his residence.
 While the children were preparing to go to the Maxwell residence, Thomp- about S:45 clock. He, went through the front gate and to the back porch. where he deposited the groceries on a table. The little girl advanced to take if her mother was at home. Receiving negative answer. he asked If her fa- ther was there. to which question the little girl replied that he was not.
 Being certain that no one was on the premises except the children, the ne- gro advanced into the bedroom and asked the child for match. She re ph,so the house. oe 'n Thompson @ "I insisted that there were matches there and told her there were matches on the dresser in the bed room. The child turned and started through the door to the dres- ser. Suddenly the hands of the negro were raised to the throat of the little girl and the negro was about to gras ? a firm hold on her when she darted downward, escaped from his hands and ran screaming through the house to the front porch and to the residence of William Cook, at ST Simpson Ave- nue adjoining the Cain residence.
 Mrs. Cook Immediately responded to the call for help and rushed to the Cain residence. A second or two later. the negro drove away in his delivery wag-
 The entire neighborhood was wrought up and telephone message was sent at once from the Maxwell res- idence to W. o. Cain in North Mont ther. He, in turn. informed the father and Mir. Cain hurried to his residence arriving there a half-hour after the Arrest of ThOmpson.
 The police station was notified ana Chief Taylor set his forces to work The Chief himself hurried to the Q. K: Grocery store and stationed himself son. The porter drove up about 10 o'clock and. as he stepped to the side walk. the Chief grabbed him ano placed him under arrest Without the nature of the crime with which he was charged having been explained. Thompson denied having injured that little girl"
 At the police station. he admitted but insisted that he had no evil de- signs. He was thrust into cell ana a charge of suspicion was entered op- posite his name on the record.
 Whom the arrest of Thompson pe% come known, several negroes who said | they represented Law and Order
 of their sas race fbev wen. had
 set to work to capture the culprit. one l of their number, C. c. Raneau. Editor 1 of The Negro Messenger published l in Montgomery. declared that the sev crest punishment under the law ou- hf 1 to be meted out to Thompson.
 1 The negro boy remained at the pc
 he was turned over to Deputy Sherin ! g. S Relser. warrant was speedily l sworn out before Justice B. C. Young charging assault with intent to rape. Before an hour had elapsed. Con | stable George Lamar had the negro in | a buggy ell route to WetumpHa fer | safe keeping. Thompson was received under protest at the Elmore county | gomery again by 1 o'clock. All of the of 1 ficers were reticent but it is known that l Constable Lamar was met at the TaI- i lapoosa river by Elmore county om- l cers who took charge of the prisoner. | Waller Goes to We.umoka. During the early afternoon. the Gov | ernors Private Secretary. Hon. J. K. | Jackson was in conference with Sheriff l Waller and later in the afternoon the | sheriff left for Wetumpka It Is un- derstood that the sheriff and MT. Jack son concluded that the Wetumpka jail /! was not the proper place to keep the | negro.
 Mir. Jackson declined to talk about his conference with Sheriff Walle' . He said the sheriff was responsib! (
 for the prisoner and would exercise | A telephone message from We I tumpka at 6 o'clock said that tn,
 negro had arrived at the county ia 1all
 Ter had arrived later in the afternoo II and had taken the negro .way.
 Telegrams received by The Adver.. | tiser at a late hour last night stated that the regro was not in Birming- | ham or in 'Opelika. It is believed that