The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
MOBILE HAS
 A LYNCHING Slayer of Deputy Patch
 Hanged. SMALL MOB WORKS QUIETLY Qverpowersd Deputy Sheriffs al County Jail. p.-sI.s Reser~e.. Negro, ws. Bound Ana Gssxed Ana Then strung
 Up On Lims In Resi-
 denee Section.
'MALl MOB WORKS QUIETLY

Mobile, Jan., 2s--A lynehing. doubt less, one of the. most orderly ever recorded, occurred here at 1:15 this morning by handfuif of determined men.
 They did not exceed twenty-five in all. The victim. mulatto negro. powerful of build. named Douglas Roberson. who on Thursday shot and killed Deputy sheriff Patch. was led bound and EaEged from the county lfail, one of the nioat modern and inn lpreknable in the south. The mob had lintended to take Roherson to the scene lof his crime. but on account of his cries in spite of an. effort to sag him. his captors hanged him to tree on the Southeast corner of St. Emanuel and Church streets, just one block removed from Government, Mobiles most promi- nent resident street.
 | According to one authority, two men walked into the jail and covered Depu- lty Sheriffs Hugh Giilis and l. Krouse with revolvara and commanded them to throw up their hands. accompanying ltheir command with a demand that they open the door. The deputies, lpowerless and caught unawares. obey ed without resistance. Probably twen- lty other members, in the meantime had gone up stairs, leaving the two men to guard the deputies. Later. two
 others came back and demanded the
 paddock keys which were given them Gillis and Kraus were then left alone and ordered not to c ve their seats or use the telephone under penalty oi death. The mob securing their man. quietly left the jail and started with their captive to the scene of his crime The negro was not heard to utter a word. There was not the least dis order connected with the lynching However, before they had gone more
 than three blocks, the murderer in
 some way, extricated the gag from his mouth and, like a flash. three revolver shots disturbed the quiet of the night and in a moment. large threerquarter inch rope was thrown across 8 limb and Douglas Roberson was jerked into
 fseture In eonts Sion with the l lyncIing Is that in spite of the fact 1 thak 1t Was freely Mhispered about the 1 city that perhaps q dozen men would
 Lynch RObeFson early this. morning after the sfreet cars had disappeared from the streets and few people would | be stirring, such remarks were receiv-
 ed with a smile and no one believed they had any foundation. However. as the hour of o'clock approached,
 rumors became very frequent, but no one thought the prisoner could be se-
 cured. At 12:30 there was no gather ing around the jail and at that time
 little credence was placed in reports
 that the mob would really accomplish | It's purpose | At 2:15 o'clock the Coroner arrived | on the scene and viewed the remains. Selecting a jury which adjourned to
 the police station. the following. yer dict was rendered:
 --.At an inquisitiOn taken and held
 this 23rd day of January upon the | body of Douglass Roberson. we. the
 jury. find that he came to his death
 by being hanged by parties unknown
 to this jury"
 l After hanging about one hour, the body was cut down py the police and
 taken to the guardhOuse. The remains 1 will be turned over to the city sexton | later on this morning.
 | Roberson was clad in his under
 clothing and his hands were tied with
 a piece of what appeared to be ban
 dana handkerchief, but 1t later proved
 to be a piece of sheeting saturated
 with the negro's blood.