The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-27

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guns were thrown on them ana they |
were helpless. He made an independ-
emit Investigation. he said. and found |
that the deputies had had no intfms-
tion or the prospective iynching. The
deed had been done In q very few-nin-
utes. The witness. with smile de-
MED that he had told Dan Young. one
Of the deputies. Ito take care Of your
self"
On cross examination the Sheriff said
he had examined all the deputies about
the .lynching. He made inquiry for two
or three days thereafter.
The warrant for the woman about
the hands Of Deputy ellis. 1t was
Webb who telephoned. and not the
sheri5 about the coiored woman.
The ONCE Of the witness was de-
scrfbed as being at the end OF the
lobby. He knew Of the relative loca-
ton Of the furniture In the once OK
the guards. He did not tell the depu-N
ties TO lock the door of the outer guard.
such not being the custom. He did
mot tell his deputies TO take any extra
precautions on the evening preceding
the lynching. which took place In the
early morning. He never heard Of the
innsr guards door being left unlocked
except about six months ago. when
Giliis did such o thing, for which re-
proof strong was administered. al
though that oficer was retained by the
Sheriff afterwards. &|
II was about thirty minutes after the
arrest that the four or i've parties
were taken to the cell OF Robertson to
see the latter. He didn't see on the
day prior to the iynching any unusual
crowds packing the elevator OF the
fail. nor did he inquire among citisens
generally about o prospective lynching
after Mr.. Webb had told OF runor TO
that effect.
On redirect examination the sher-
liz told Of how he defended the old jail
against the onsiaushts Of q mob that
fynched q negro prior TO the lynching
Of 1908, which is the subject Of the
impeachment proceedings. -. The de-
fense's lawyers Lad just before Mr..
Cazaias went on. the stand. submitted
what was termed an agreement"
which recited the conditions surround
ing the previous iynchings In Mobile
ana near Mobile while he was either
show by comparison the excitement
that preceded one lynching when the
rumors were rife and the mobs gath
cred in thousands. The circumstances
contracted with the quiet that preced-
ed the @ynching on trial
The defense announced their case
closed Attorney General CARRIER said
that he would ask for adjournment,
as he was not certain whether rebuff
tai testimony would be introduced by
the Stats. Adjournment was taken to
Afterneon Session.
y. o. Rich was the FIRST witness
called ~ the afternoon session by the
defense In rabuttai. He denied thaths
paid John Burgess or any one to testi-
fy for the State In the proceedings He
said that he was one Of a committee
Of citizens appointed to Investigate the
iynching
Mr.. inse. Of yCaxalas's counsel. was
member of the committee.
Mr.. Rfch's relations with Burgess
began january ~. when man named
Mexican was employed by Mr.. Rich. to
ind Witnesses to the lynching. Me-
Kean appeared subsequently with Bur-
CESS. whose statement describing the
lynching and revealing names of those
participating therein. It was the pur-
pose OF Mr.. Rich TO use Burgess before
the grand Jury. After the statement or
Burgess was taken down, he. called on
Mr.. Rich for loan Of $3.50 to go to
Laurel. Miss. On leaving his presence
on that occasion. Mr.. Rich told Bur-
CESS to advise him of his whereabouts
30 that he could be reached for use In
the further Investigation OF the lynch
Ina.
the Witness denied that at any tim q
he had given Burgess money to testify.
but admitted having given the medi-
airy. Mr.. Mexican. $40 and $2S at differ
ent times. The money came from the
citizens committee to reimburse Mr..
Mexican e
A. b. Gaston was called to testify
that the reputation of Dan Young was
bad I'm the community. In which he
lived. .t
tn so.,r@ aAtourn~A ,,ntit IN so,c,ootr
this morning to hear arguments -
Heard the iafestr Our Brunswick
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