The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-11-12
LINDSAY ESCAPED
THE COLFAX MOB
OFFICERS CONCEAL ALLEGED
"a DEsPolLER OF GIRL.
. CHILD IDENTIFIES THE MAN
Fearing Violence Officers in Charge
Spirit the Prisoner Away-His
Whereabouts Ere Now -.
Unknown.

Colfax, Ia, Nov 10.--Where is Earl
E. Lindsey, under arrest for assault
Ing little 10-year-old Grace Hopkins
near Colfax Sunday evening?
There are hundreds of determined
men in Colfax and vicinity VINO are
anxious to find the answer to both
questions. Enthusiastically the mob
spirit is strong here and if Lindsey
We're within reach the crime of lynch,
ing might be added to that other black
crime of Sunday evening.
But the mob doesn't know where
Lindsey is. The officers have spirited
him away, and they have done it so
successfully that only a very neces.
sary few know where he is and they
are maintaining absolute silence.
With like secrecy, the authorities are
guarding the time and place of the
preliminary hearing. These will not
*. be announced until the very last min
q ute, and then only to, those who are
directly interested.
rJ., CoIfax Sees Lindsey Again.
Colfax saw Lindsey again this morn
ing, but only for few minutes. He
+ was, brought here from the Newton
.jaH by Sheriff Russell for the purpose
of Identification. After the sheriff and
his prisoner arrived under strong
guard he hurried Lindsey to the Hop
kins home, where the little girl posi-
lively declared that he was the man
who assaulted her.
OIL &c OF
ing the Identification. AS Lindsey was
taken into the home that he had des
pOiled, and brought face to face, first
with the father, the Indifference and
GOODNESS that had characterized his
attitude up until then, deserted him.
You dirty dog" exclaimed the
father as he stepped menacingly to-
ward Lindsey, pent-up anger and out
ragged feelings venting themselves in
his words.
Lindsey paled preceptibly; he shrank
back and he trembled. F'
But no hands were laid upon him
and he soon regained some OF his
composure. ..
When Lindsey was taken into the
little girls bedroom a pitiful scene
followed. She was held up to pick
out her brutal assailant from the
group of men who stood about her.
She pointed to Lindsey at once, with
out hesitation, and declared that heI
was the man. The child was highly
nervous, her words were excited and
when the ordeal was ended she sank
back exhausted. Lindsey again paled
when he heard the child's words and
saw the black looks of those around
him.
Spirit the Prisoner Away.
Sheriff Russell took Lindsey to the
Office of Mayor Hall, presumably for
the preliminary hearing. A crowd
had gathered by that time and there
was quiet talk of dealing summarily
with the prisoner. But while Mayor
Hall was announcing to the crowd
that the hearing would be held at 2:0OI
O'Clock in the afternoon Sheriff Rus
sell quietly slipped out of the back
door and disappeared from ColfaX.
Nobody knows where Lindsey is inl
Custody. he was not taken 10 New ION,
nor to Des Moines, il is believed, for
both places are readily accessible tol
Colfax. 1t is believed that he has
been taken further away The place
of the preliminary hearing has alsoI
been kept secret. but it will be held
somewhere within the county next
Thursday. $780,.
f. The little girl is not as badly in
jured as at first feared. She rested
very well after the Identification or
deal was over and it is expected that
she will recover promptly.
Lindsey is but young man, about
% years of age He came here from
ST. Paul something over a year agoI
to take a position as manager of the
Jasper County Telephone Co. He was
let out of this position for some cause,
which his former employers would not
state today. That was several weeks;
ago and later he took a place with
the Iowa Telephone Co. at Prairie
City and removed from Colfax to that
place.