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suggested that the court impose SEN
tence.
The chief justice directed Clerk
McKenney TO call the defendants be-
fore the bar AS the names of the
six men. the sheriff, the jailer. the
four men charged with having been
members OF the mob that took John
sons life rang through the little court
room a stiffness as of death settled
over all
From each defendant came the
solitary word present" They then
stood up for sentence.
Chief Justice Fuller then read the
sentence.
Ship CaImest Of All.
Sheriff Ship took the sentence
more calmly than any of the others.
After the chief justice had concluded
he walked over to Marshal Wright
and asked him where this officer OF
the court wanted him to go.
Tears came to Padgett's eyes ana
he used his handkerchief freely. VII
liams sat down as If exhausted when
Attorney Chandler asked that his
client be sent 10 Atlanta.
He remained sitting until Attorneys
Cliff and Sheppard made similar re-
quests for the other defendants.
The marshal OF the court deputized
the marshal OF the District of Column
ba TO lake the men to jail and at
1889 O'Clock this afternoon they were
behind the bars.
This was the second time in the
history of the Supreme Court Of the
United States that that august 'body
had imposed a sentence upon citizens,
held guilty of disregsrding its man.
dates. The previous occasion was in
another generation.
Heading the little group Of six
men. found guilty of contempt, as they
took their places before the black
robed justices, was Captain Joseph
X. Ship. the sheriff of Chattanooga,
Tenn. when he offended the court.
His tall. straight figure. his scanned
face and his grayed streaked beard,
told of his long service In the army
of the Confederacy.
Bowed down under his rs years,
Jeremiah Gibson. the tailer, stood
with him. With bedimmed eyes on
looked upon the long white locks OF
the Chief Justice. himself rs years
OF age. who would soon pronounce
sentence upon him, perhaps send him
10 prison. He and Captain Ship had
been found guilty of failing to pro-
tect a negro. waiting to be hanged on
a charge Of a heinous crime against
white woman. after the Supreme
Court OF the United States had stay
ed his execution.
Luther Williams. Nick Folan, Henry
Padgett and william Mayes. residents
of Chattanooga. found guilty Of parlici-
patton in the lynching Of Ed John
son. formed the rest OF the group.
Before them all sat the officials OF
d. partment OF justice. Around about
them In the little court room. were
their attorneys and other lawyers,
while the three rows Of seats for
spectators were crowded
without Precedent
The proceedings we're practically
without precedent IN 1875, John
ChiIes. a business man Of Texas. was
brought before the court for con
tempt in connection with dealings IN
Texas indemnity bonds. contrary 10
an order Of the Supreme Court lie
was fnes s25e. But that instance
lacked the interest o. the case today.
In Il were involved no race question,
no iynchlng no interference With
state jurisdiction. only the majesty
% tho Law as interpreted BY the high
est court Of the land
The case today originated 20 the