The Hattiesburg news., 1909-08-24
Three COMPANIES ARE
RUSHED TO The Scene
Attempted Assassination of E. w. New
man at MeadviIle Sunday Night is
Expected to Cause Serious Trouble
Which Sheriff Tries to Anticipate.

JACKSON, Miss, August 24.-Act-
ing Governor Luther Manship, who
arrived in the city yesterday fro,, the
Northwest, was just in time to take
part il the Wa. .hat has oL~5 .-o:c
broken out in Franklin county, and
his first official act was to order
troops to Meadville from two direc-
tions.
The governors office had been in
almost continuous communication with
Sheriff Jones at Meadville duiIns tAe
day, and was kept fully advised as to
what was going on. 1t was feared on
account Of the attempted assassination
of Chancery Clerk e. w. Newman and
d ing te "f-J.nCcu the eE-..L tole
phoned the governors office that the
country people were riding in, and
that they were threatening to tear up
the town" He asked that troops be
.s fc.tAWitn ,.-ld every posaIi,e el-
lclt was made to get them ttc.o be-
fore night.
However, all trains had gone out
lIo,u BON enGs OF ne Mss ssil u, Cen.
..al, ana it is possible that Captain
Sto~r7 OF the BIookh8vcn cc~1r-;.4y,
arA Captain Patterson Of the Nn.'a .'
company, were bo.h compelled to So
cure special trains to reach Mes5yillo
in time to prevent trouble, Captain
Paterson was ordered to taAo ootr
Natchez companies along With Nm. I;
uossiple, and promised TO do 81, a.
well nc 70 get there even if he he'd to
walk the entire distance.
Meadville is or the line OF the Mis-
sissipni Central Railroad ab0ui half
way between Rcookhaven and Natchez
ard about 35 or 40 miles from each, so
that the distance could be run in an
hour or little more, il necessary, and
the three National Guard CON yaI.ies
shou1d have bcan there by dark.
= lew of 10 fast that Co7o....9
Noel and Adiutant-General Fridge
vcte both OUT VI fe city and the 3'9'9
MAJOR Walthall Nall was called on to
in the hands OF each of the compa-
It, ID ct"'o1 +tc+ re I'D -c+ .--~
pose they had much, if any, as they
had been over to NicksbuTS shooting
in the rifle range and their ammuni-
+.0u ~a5 HI '~ have hccn o-'----'
ea. lie was ordered TO eaten the first
quickest route to Meadville, carrying
with him coo to 1900 rounds of cart
ridges, but it is hardly probable that
he can reach the scene before today
some time, as a very limited number
of nasseuser trains are run o9el inc
Mississippi Central, and the messen-
se. mey be delag-l at Natche1 or
Brookahven.
The acting governor and Private |
Secretary Buck both did everything |
possible to get out of sending troops |
to Meadville. They questioned the |
sheriff closely as to his ability to cope |
with the situation and suggested that |
he should summons every able-bodied
man in the community to help him |
maintain the peace and dignity Of the |
community. However, Sheriff Jones
was very decidedly Of the opinion that
he would not he able to hold down the
mob, once trouble was inaugurated,
and insisted on the troops being sent.
lie believed tnat ii the troops We're
there in sufficient numbers to awe
the populace there would be no rou-
BILE, and for that reason three COM
lpanies of the National Guard were
sent.
This is a trouble that was not un-
expected-in fact, it has been predict
"a that the Newman and PritchaId