The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-05-27
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" Washington. May !. aa4.---Foor,s the,
EfrRt time, In 80 aeytouH q case, tue. suy
tQSsme court ot .the Iited states Viii
On next Tuesday, undertake. IT'D ia eta
out punishment Tor ,thS criina;2 81 can,
tempt 81 the court ,sitssi and ths ina
poftahce OF the, oecaSien VIII b as On en-
HANGED BY q numbaF OF detends nts. !:
The proceeding VIII take splace In
connection with the, cases Iof, Sherin
Shipp and. DepItXS Sherint Gibson, s6f
Hamilton county, Tennessee and yof
four other residents OF; that cnunty,
named respectively. iliiams. Nolan.
Padgett. and May, Thase men to-day
were declared by the conrt. To no
guilty Of an act OF, contempt In eom-,
Dining, In laos. In "a conspiracy to
lynch a Negro named johnson, who
had been sentenced to death ~ the
local courts onh the char Ee or rape
and In whose case ithe<supreme court.
had interterred to the extent at'osf
granting an appeal which Had the or
feet of: supersedeas. T. II ~ ~ J.a,G:%,>%
{ On the night following tho an
nouncement or the courts action.
Johnson; was taken out or the lair ia
Chattanooga by d mob and lyyncheed.
There was no resistance ON the part
OF the Jail anthoritfes and Ship and
a number Of his deputies, as well as
about twenty citizens were proceeded
against on the charge Of contempt or
the Federal court. ''''S -E''~~' e5i.I|}7
1890. Six Convicted. T. %%'''. -.
The case has. been pending> ever
since and the number Of defendants
was from time to time reduced to
nine, or these nine three were to-
day found guiltIeas while the other
Six were ordered to be brought into
court next Tuesday, for sentence.
tThey VIII be taken into custody i'm
mediately and Will appear in court il.
charge Of Marshal Wright. The SEN
tence may be either fine or impris-
onment, or obth. ..'
Case OF Great interest.
! The case lis regarded aB Of excep-
t1onal interest because it fs practical
~ the first time that the highest
court in the United States haa ever
undertaken to assert Its dignity or to
resent acts or words rejecting upon
It. In one previous case, some years
ago, defendtn was fined for some
expressions OF contempt, bat the case
was so comparatively, insignificant az
to leave the present proceedings
standing alone. "-.'2,: =
IN the cases Of Sheriff Shipp and
deputy Gibson, the court In effect de.
clared that thew may hercontsSnpt In
fasfus& Or tAG 5fsfcars oF atKa YagES ia
prevent crime In contemp Of the
court and in taking eoghizanca OF an
oHense at so great distance. The
court for the first time asserts INV
action It's right to compel proper re-
/ spect for and treatment or it's YER
1 diets I'm all parts Of the union.
1 Many Threats OF Lynchihe.
Reviewing the PROCEEDINGS In the
case or Johnson, the Negro who was
lynehed. the chief justice pointed ou,
mat even before the case was
brought to the supreme court. there
mad been many threats Of lyuchinp
because of the serious character of
the Negroes offense. Continuing, he
said of the proceeding on the night
Of the lynching: 80 -. =.
The assertions that mob violence
was not expected and that there wss
no occasion for providing more than
the usual guard Of one man for the
jail in Chattanooga are quite nnrea-
sonable and inconsistent with the
statements made by Sheriff Shipp
and his deputies that. theye were
looking for a mob on the next day;
Jail Was Unguarded.
The chief Justice pointed out that
the jail had been left entirely un-
guarded and in charge Of Deputy Glib
son, when every precautton to guard
the prisoner should have been TAX en-.
The chief Justice. quoted literally
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