The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-21
THOMPSON INDICTED
~reRo BOY WHO SEIZED YOUNG WHITE GIRL.
s.... Waller Has Prisoner Hid and Ills whereabouts Arc Unknown-D. G. Black Released From
 Custody.

u.rr,an Thompson. the young negro "no attempted to assault little Cailie oehe Cain Friday morning. was indicted A true biu. charging an attempt to rape. was re .urn.d against Thompson when the grand iurv of Montgomery County submitted "s final report to Judge W. H. Thomas yes'eT- day afternoon. ~ s ,,,r took up the Thompson case ana oisposeo ol it was & subject of commentator U! LUG mssses of Montgomery's population. ihe ca.. was brought to the notice of the grand iury early Friday afternoon and the HUI" girl and Mrs. William Cook. were suuiino" ed as witnesses The body Is oeheVeo 10 have taken vote on the caso ona morning, shortly before adjournment an" ,t ia said the eighteen jurors were unan'' nous in finding bill
 At a late hour last night. the "nere- abouts of Thompson were still yelled Tn s~- crecy and no positive information was oo- ,atnohI. fron, any source. At the taii. the officers in charge declared they hne" nothing regarding the location of Thompson and 1t was given out from there last night that Sheriff W. R. Waller. who returned 10 MontgomArv early yesterday morning 'e1t the city again yesterday afternoon TOT sprague Junction. Why the sherHf "sn' to Sprague's one knew
 No trace was left in Montgomery yester- day of the mob spirit. winch manifested i- self at the county Jail on Friday hignt' Throughout yesterday. Montgomery was quiet and although the Thompson case was discussed freely on the streets. all indica- tions of violence had apparently died away. Last night was unusually serene in the Vi- cinity of the county jail and there were less than the normal number of visitors there during the evening.
 D. c. Black. the Atlanta man who was arrested in Friday nights mob and placed in the county jail by Constable George La mar, was released yesterday morning after receiving a severe lecture from Judge w.. H Thomas of the City Court.
 where has Sheriff Waller taken Thomp- son?" is a question that was asked less than one thousand times yesterday. Everv- one was anxious to know what had become of the negro. It was known that Sherite Waller went to Wetumpka Friday after . noon and took the negro from the Elmore County Jail. He was accompanied by Dep uty Sheriff George Wilson and it was said that Deputy Sheriff S s. Beiser was also with the sheriff. but Mir. Belser denied yes terday that he accompanied MT, Waller
 Where Thompson taken from We turpka. where he kept Friday nigh. and where he located at sunset yester- day were problems to unsoved.
 Sheriff Waller. who returned to Mont. sonerv yesterday morning, declined to give out any information Questions propound- ed to Deputies Belser and Wilson also mot with a mute response Nobody knew any ,btpp of A definite nature, nobody would talk The Sheriff. 1t was learned. did de- clare that he would have Thompson in Nonteomery when Judge Thomas ordered him here off trial
 An Advertiser representative called up the residence of Sheriff Waller last night by telephone, and was informed that he left his residence about noon yesterday and would be gone through the night.
 Hon. j. K Jackson. private secretary to Governor Jelks. said yesterday that he had received no information from Sheriff Waller as to the whereabouts of Thompson. The Sheriff. he said. was responsible for the negro.