The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-05-15
CALLED
OU1 TO STOP
A MOB
was Reported to
I'D Towards
MURDERER
ought to Brunswick
n for Safe Keeping
sacked the Jail at
len Yesterday.

TX was pTdCLCally unuef
Jaw from $50 o'clock yester
9ternoon up to the present time.
That time, probably for the first
re in her history, the fire alarm
Well sounded eleven taps, the riot call
A great many of the people did no
know it's significance In fact the
first call was not promptly answered
and for the second time the eleve
strokes pealed out clear and distinct
ly. 1t had it's effect.
The Brunswick Riflemen with theii
usual promptness, hurried to Their
armory, the police detail all over IL
city sought the barracks and official
and citizens generally hurried to po
lice headquarters and the sheriff t,
find out the cause.
About o'clock in the afternoon
Shernn Berrie received a Telegram
from officials at Darien announcing
that a heavily armed mob estimate,
at more than three hundred men, al
ter ransacking the Mcintosh county
jail and threatening to assume com
mand of the characterization steam
er Hessie were enroute to Brunswick
to lynch the perpetrator of murder
which occurred at Darien Junction
Saturday afternoon. incidentally it
ought to be stated that in the mean
time Sheriff Alexander Bailey of Nc
Intosh county, had arrived in Bruins
wick at daylight yesterday morning
IN a gasoline launch having in Gus
tody Lee Holmes. the object of the
Tatnall county mob. together with
four other negroes who were confined
in the Mcintosh county jail.
Sheriff Bailey says that Holmes
was in a personal difficulty with an
other negro late Saturday afternoon,
and without provocation deliberately
fired upon and killed S. A. Sands. a
young white man OF Tatnall county
connected with one OF The most prom
inert families of that section and
who had just graduated from one O
the colleges Of the state. The mur
der incensed the people of the com
munity and a well known physician
Dr. J. w. Tootle, of Glenviile. in Tat
nall county, the home of young
Sands, promptly offered reward OF
5000 for the capture of the negro.
AS soon as Sheriff Bailey was ad-
yised of the killing. which occurred
some 20 miles from Darien. he final
ly captured him and placed him in
the Mcintosh county jail. The feel
ing against Holmes ran high all Sun
day and Monday night and Sheriff
Bailey decided to remove him to
Brunswick for safe keeping. He also
concluded to bring along with HOl-
mes all of the negroes confined in the
Mcintosh county jail and together
with Ace Anderson, charged with
murder, William Stevens. convicted
of arson, Frank McKenna, charged
with car breaking. and Cauley Hill,
charged with burglary, and Holmes,
the sheriff left Darien In launch
Monday night for Brunswick. He
was accompanied to the city on the
ssmSip by Marshal VIM. Sinclair, Capt
Winn, a well known steamboat
Iendon Cain, well known Dar-
wy arrived in the city early
morning and Sheriff Bail
his man over to Sheriff
nothing else was thought
Ment until the telegram
by Sheriff Berrie an
formation of mob
ected promptly by call
Answick Rihemen and
Mayor Symons, who
.the time and has
Ne acted in con
NJ Of the sher
mmunicatior
er the Ions
roved the
the may