The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-07-27

but was not responsible. The police
asked me about Il. and they mistreat-
ed me so much that | did not care
what they did Wednesday afternoon
| started out into the woods. l had
been sleeping in the woods. having no
other place to go, and saw the white
girl. ! felt that I did not care what
! did and seized her. First l asked IL
She had any money and she replied
that she did not. seized her and ac-
complished my purpose. did not
repeat the act and did not run. The
girl walked up the hill and secured
negro man to return to me with her.
went into the woods when they APP
peared. I did not run at at, but did
hide at Clay Switch when learned
that was wanted. simp1y<was mis-
treated about my money and did not
care what | did,"
Mathis talked coolly and did not
seem to care IL his life was in imme-
date danger He was pretty much
fatigued from the excitement q the
day and seemed glad TO secure an o.
portunlty to sleep.
Before the negro admitted his guilt
he told several different stories. He
claimed he did not force her to the
ground. When buckled down to the
truth and made to feel that lie
would be of no service to him. he adj
mitted his act, claiming that the wo-
man fought him and seemed to have
great strength. He alleges he did not
bruise her or beat her.
"My mind comes and goes" the
negro declared. ''and hardly know
what l am doing at times
This was another OF Mathis dodges,
He has never been tried for lunacy.
Had Mathis In Country.
Mathis did not spend all Of last
night in the county Jail but was taken
away from the place shortly after his
arrival and guarded by Deputy Jailer
Murray HOWE and Mr.. Charles Hart.
the blacksmith. Howle and Hart took
Mathis to the Roberts farm In the
Barracks" west of Paducah. They
returned the prisoner at O'Clock this
morning and at that time all excite
ment had died down and the Jail was
not guarded when Howle and Hart re-
turned. The GOODNESS displayed by the
prisoner at all times was astonishing
to the guards. He did not realize OF
care, it seemed. whether he eluded the
mob or was taken by 1t.
Chief McNutt's Story.
c. II. McNutt. chief OF police Of
Msyfeld. who captured Allen Mathis.
was in the city this morning on BUSH
ness, and said:
After | had captured Mathis near
Clay Switch and was coming back to
town, crowd Of men, about so I
should say. stopped us and It was only
after | had talked to them several
minutes and told them that did not
think the negro would be taken away
from Mayfield. that they would leave.
believe they would have hung him
there If they had thought he would be
carried away.
when we got to town, held the
negro in my Office for q few minutes.
In my ONCE was box of rope used for
hanging criminals. which had never
been opened. A crowd Of men came
into the office and broke open this box.
tied one end of the rope to the table
and we're determined to hang the ne
gro by throwing him out the window.
Some other officers came in then and
we managed to dissuads them. There
we're two things that saved the negro
from Immediate lynching. One was
nobody was drunk. The other was
the fact that 1t was daylight.
"The Cumberland Telephone CON-
pany. for whom the young woman'
worked, Immediately threw open its
lines to anybody who could give In
formation concerning the where