The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-17
Judge Shaw Deals With !. u
Twenty 5LynChe'r.s e s. With tn,
uJnglOVed. Hands. u.
ONLY ESQ APE
B Y PlERJUR 4
Warns the Jury "a ain1s'tS y I Undlule =: e
Influenc G Goxsr rnor Glenn
Has Been Very Active tto
Secure Proper Pun ,sst
~ ishment for the
Crime. s5
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Especial to Tho Times ispatclL) ID
CHARLOTTE, n. c.. July II Tho
trial OF twenty. citizens Of Anson county,
d charged with lynchtnga y. ". Johnson was
called In d special term OF the Superior
Court OF Union county at Monroe this,
4 morning before Judge T. J. Shaw, OF
Greensboro Little time was lost in
choosing d grand jury, only two being
excused for cause Judge shaw's charge
I was bold and In degree aensa sational and
y tho crowd that filled the courtroom and
4 tho streets outside, listened with rapti
attention. III
There is no reason why We should
B deal with this question S with Is gloYedi
N hands, no charged, referring to the;
4 lynchers. II had just as we'll face Il
squarely. Tho charge against these men
!. oyershadows all other charges q on the
4 docket, and I don't know what else Is on
# the docket. S 5
Perjury Only Escape.
He emphasized then the ath they had
$t taken and elucidated tho crime of per-.
Il Jury. Tho only escape for the guilty
men Is through perjury. So held him God. !.
4 he declared to the Jury. II justice should
z 1nlscarry In this case he (the judge).
would not be responsible for It. He do
II scribed the lynchers OF Johnson as q
mob OF co wards and satir!zed their claim
u 10 good citizenship.
{ He warned the Jury against Improper
4 Influences, and said that the Issues here
4 were clearly drawn between laWsa and law \
lessness, and that the men who partlc!-
pntod- In the mob ''are guilty OF murder
in the flrst degree & 5i{3
The defendants. who have been out
on bonds OF $4,000, came to Monroe this
morning. and 80 dd crowds that have
taxed tho capacity Of the little town.
The Defendants,
The defendants are John AIcLaurIn,
4 Tom Adams, Geek Lewis. Joe T. Meachum,
clyde c. Bowman, John Jones, Elmer
4 Dunn Lcster Johnson. John w. NeYins.
y B. B. Timmons, Otis Martin, Fred Duns,
I May Gulledge, Lewis Adams. Jim sWini.
Frank Graham. WIN =, Dunn, WIZ a..
! Neyins and WIN Dew,
on May 9th 1t Ia alleged they broke
and entersd the county jail at Wndes-
boro and took therefronl one j. Y. john,
u son (white), whom they hanged to- q
tree, Johnson's crime was the slaying.
Z OF a relative, Quinn Johnson on Deceln-
4 ber 2sth last. on q public road N AhsoN
county. 81 "A 4. & d /. 4.
The lynehlng followed a fmistFial of the tho
homicide M rs b
Governor Glenn has left no stone un,i
n turned in the prosecution OF the a!leged
+ lynchers. and able counsel are assisting
+ the solicitor In his fight against the fpur-
teen lawyers employed by tho defense
-Four Indicted,
The grand Jury this afternoon reported
Il true bills against four Of the tWentyTone'
lynchers. The indictments are being taken
up separately, and In the case Of one OF
the mon. swtnk, not IA true bill was re-
{ turned, 5s3 IS a. 4.
IN the afternoon motion te quash Ne, =
z the indictments was argued, and II ndge
Shaw win deliver his opinion on this
point when court opens IN the morn; y;
i Ing, q a ii33 ID, sssa I, i
Il the motion Is not sustained, the
court will proceed at once With the
trial Of Neke Il Lewis, one Il OF the four
against whom true bills were returned
\ this afternoon. n g M 5il6
Should the motion TO quash tho In
diotments be snstained this special term
ot court win probably adtouFa q Fo-Wor' ":
Il, SSWy t5t fsi a sss