The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-11-24
MAKE HEROES OF THEM
THE SUPREME COURT TAKES
UNPRECEDENTED ACTION.
Impri>on an Ex-Sheriff and Others
for Allowing a Prisoner in Their
Custody 20 be Lynchcd.

Fer The frs: time in American
history. six iNcn are in prison !or
contempt OF The Supreme Court OF
he United States 20. the first time.
80. tn Federal Government; has
placed men behind the oa.s as an
outcome o! the lynching o: I negro.
a: th. United States jail Il Wash
ngtcn. Capt Josenh F. Shipp. form
,r sheriff /: Chattanooga. Tenc.: Jsr-
,miah Gibson. his Jaile-. and Luther
Williams. Nick Nolan. Henry PadS-
Il; and Nm. MaycS. OF the same city.
have begun serving terms ot i'm
o.iSonmeat imposed few hours be-
'orc by the Supreme Court OF th:
Cai,ed States
Ship and Gibson had been found
guilty OF falling 70 protect from
mob Ed Johnson. whose legal exc
,u,ion :o- rape had been STAYED by
the Supreme Court Until x coulc
review the case The others had
been found guilty OF participation
il the iynching OF Federal priso-
Ter. Shipp. Williams and Nolan
we're given sentences OF ninety days
Imprisonment each. while Padsett.
Gibson and Mayes each received six
x days.
| AS the big barred doors Of the
Isl! swung open 20 receive the pT:so-
7ers. Immediately after sentence had
been imposed. Warden Mckee stood
before them.
AS least We are IN the hands G:
soldier" exclaimed Capt. Ship
who had been in many fight So'
| he Confedecacy. as he espied a C
\. R. button on the lape! OF Warden
Nckee.s cost. Then turning 20 his
ave fellow prisoners. he said:
Boys. il will De al! right"
| Warden Mckee has inaugura:et
methods OF punishment {: the ja!
IS Humanitarian as the various class
as o. prisoners vii! allow. and b
was prepared for the reception O.
he six men flom Tennessee.
Abouc 4 year ago. during the I'm
p-!sonment OF OF unusually !are'
number cs woE.en. the warden hat
fitted up store room OF the fou.t!
door o. the jail as quarters for fe
male prisoners. II WIS in this larG
room. perhaps twenty by ,h!cty-fir
.eet. ,ha, he locked the six prisoners
In the room were beds for eac1
Of the prisoners. while al one en-
was . table upon which TRUSTEES
will set their meals three times
Gay. 4 bath room. adjoining n
room. vii! be used by the prison
ers exclusively. Four large circula
widows open TO the south and west
giving excellent views Of the fron
81 the buildings. In fact. so pleas
an; &c the prisoners fod the qua!
.e-s tha: Capt. Ship sen, his al
,oraey. Major Cliff. &c the Office o
he Supreme Court 70 withdraw
-eoues; be had made when sen,ene
was imposed to De sen, 10 the Fed
eraI prison al Atlanta. Ga. :astea
OF the jail in Washington.
During the afternoon. the six me-
received calls from Tennesseeans al
others. Sitting on his straw bee
aaIf reclining on his pillow Of straw
Capt. Shipp made this statement:
I'VE are very we'll pleased wit
i,he treatment given US by Wa.de
Mckee. and are delighted With n
quarters assigned US.
4 few hours in jail made G!oso'
reminiscent. lie told dis compan
ions that this was not the first tim
9e had been in prison in Washing
Ton.
But the other time was o!oush
ae-e as Confederate prisoner. .
sa;d.