Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-11-20
EGRO ACQUITTED
OF CRIMINAL ASSAULT
Arrest Of Anoter Negro During
Trial Saves Accused.
soNvIcrION SEEMED CERTAIN

Mre. Camp Did Doubt Of ldentlfl-
sailon Arlss,-Arrest Of Another Ne.
gro Proved oienn's Innocence.
ATLANTA, Nov. 1o.-In just four and
half minutes after the jury had re-
1lred Joe Glenn, a negro, was found
POI guilty OF the charge OF crimin-
8lly assauitlng Mrs J. N. Camp.
Thus was brought 10 close one
M the most remarkable cases OF rs
Ind ever tried - Falton--a case
#hich viii long stand as a precedent
sor other communities TO follow; a
sgccodent which will doubtless do
much TO save the unlawful and UNI
provoked shedding Of human blood.
o. Nov. 10 Mrs. Camp, an emf
~ohtly respectable white woman, was
-ssauited by negro who afterwards
sled leather thong around her
ghroat, almost choking her TO death.
fhe did not know the name ~ her
aasRilnnt. In few hours Joe Glenn.
negro farmer living some Q miles
dlEtant, was arrested
Mrs. Camp Identified him as the
man. although her hrst description
as not coincide with the general APP
QeaTance OF the negro. On Nov. 10
Glenn was Indicted By the grand Jury.
Luther Rossor, John MoClelland and
glhaflos Hopkins were appointed coun-
81 TO defend him. Just one day Ia
TER, after the faireat Of trials, he was
acquitted and the tolls began 20 fas-
SEQ themselves around another negro.
NIL Johnson, who was captured In
somote section OF the city while
tilehn's trial was In progress
N fact. up 10 the time OF the cap
zare 81 this Inter negro II looked
Fefy much a. II Glenn would be con-
siclod on a case OF mistaken identity.
n fact. up 10 ne time OF the cap
sure of this latter negro II looked
Eefy much ~ II Glenn would be con-
visited ON a case OF mistaken identity.
The case was nllod with every ele-
meni o. the dramatic, ON the one
aide was an ignorant negro. charged
with the most hoinous crime which
3 man can committ--a crime which
anvarlably arousos the hlttores, pas
nion and resentment OF the white race.
1hc victim az the assault had been
ooniruatod with him . few hours at
Ger he crime aud declared him 10 be
che man. Again. while on the stand
felhng her pitifui story. she had again
seen him suddenly brought into the
noon, With every nerve % her
oentiuye wOmah'a nature suffering the
exquisite torture which only woman
A. her position could feel, sho cried
oul;
"You are the one youl You low
aoNn rascal, on. ia like 20 Nil youl
nes pai on that old hat. You-yoa
s-9ca"
Az then, words falling, sho became
rooyulslye alta parouhm 90 vio-
asnt Weeping,
npflnF ~ dramatic recital the
neef0 bal remained mute and uioild
DC knev h6 peril Ignorant. uncoulh
without power uf nner feeling who
know The sEoay 20 terror that must
hayp posssstei his soull
Minds that had been AZ blank aAeels
4t paper The moment befOrr Ia ~
esfd % the ipnocebco o. guilt ~ The
prlaoueg we're suddenly elcctr.hed ana
Norchafxcd With TIE aEuineance %
the Nomans HiEtemeot
~OunW." vas me ihOurh, upper.
most n the mints % an
Thas the hofro stood, practically
convicted before Ne had been ufr1
eoayiclea and Powefless save iot ne
NuvnF arm ~ ne iaW asa the csat.
a. ~ hA lawyers
Aisognty Rosser requested TIA, tAs
3afg he retired, ana ga an inipassto1-
~ appeal esked thsg mir,rtl hs
crteFet Hs statet thai u Mn
Camps asnuncialion b. Allowed hit
Etefaiaca ia the case uas sf &C. END
ss1o case nou1 D. hei a tfayuty
~ Mo-. canp uss ne rrsi uileest
&he tgssllhot tae assault Wtict ftt
aeken place, snt iait oi ths nsraef
NJ Nhirh nee HeFro haa aNenpfet ~
atags hw wilh letisef faeE