The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-11-18
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SHERIFF. sHIPP AND. HIS AssO-
., :. ~ >OATEs y SENTENCED BY. ~ : -
). ss1 II. HIGH COURT. ~,
Tennesseeapss Failed to Protect Ne
:. gro Who Had Attacked Woman,
From q Mob. Though Federal
Bench Had Issued Writ, TX .. !

Bench Had Issued a Writ. ;, =. Il.
X Washington, p c., Nov. 15,--six
mon are in prison here tonight for
contempt OF the Supreme Court Of the
United States. This Is the fret time
In; THE; history OF the nation that such
sentence for; such an offence has
been begun. ~ .t - s.. 49,. 81, ,'..ta-
Adding to the rarity OF the case.
these six men are placed behind the
bars as the outcome of the lynching
of q Negro. This Is the first time that
the Federal Government has taken
such. action In the case Of a lynch
ing; .~->~' ,..t. -. =, =, - '
, AT the United States jail in this
city Captain Jbseph Ship, former
sheriff at Chattanooga; jeremiah
Gibson, his jailer; Luther Williams;
Nick Nolan, Henry Padgett and Will
liam Mayes, all OF the Same city, De
gan today to. serve terms of impris-
onment Imposed few hours before.
Shipp and Gibson had been found
guilty of failure to protect from a
mob Ed. Johnson5 whose legal ,exeeu-
tion from criminal assault had been
stayed by the supreme court until
that tribunal could review the case!
:. The others had been found guilty of
participation in the lynching. -, +
Shipp, Williams and. Nolan were
given sentences Of 80 days impris-
.onment each, while Gibson Padgett
and Males received, so days each. E =
- I'm Hands of q Soldier. II
AS the, doors Of the jail swung
open to receive, the prisoners this
afternoon tsua med iately: after sentence
had been imposed, j Warden Mckee
: stood Shefope them r ;r. IN e.SIsts :.
~, ~ { AT least s4ara In the, hands Of
soldiers.
who had BEEN In many fight for the
Confederaey, az hesespied q g., a.. e.
button, on the lapel of Warden NC
KEGS coat. 2 t.s = III: .G;N
Then, turning to his five fellow
prisoners, he said; ; .ue...-,2 u
Boys; 1t WIN be, all right. ~;
Warden Mckee has inaugnrated
methods of punishment at the Jail as
humanitarian as the various classes Of
prisoners will allow, and he was pre-.
pared for the reception of the six
men. ->-------~c. w.. ~
ABOUT year ago during the i'm
prisonment OF, an unusually large
number Of women, the Warden had
fitted up store room on the fourth
floor Of the Jail as quarters for female
prisoners. 1t was in this large room,
20 35 feet, that he locked the six
Tennessee prisoners.
In the room were beds, one for
each prisoner, while at one end Of
the room was a table upon which
TRUSTEES WALL place the prisoners
meals. -.
e. -. Room Is Well Lighted.
A bathroom adjoining will be u.s.
ed by the prisoners exclusively. Four
large circular windows open to the
south and west, giving excellent views
of the front of the buildings.
In fact, SO pleasant are the quar-
tiers, that Captain Shipp sent his at
torney to the Office Of the Supreme
Court to withdraw request made,
when sentence was imposed, to be
sent to the Federal Prison at Atlanta
Ca, instead Of the jail in this city.
During the afternoon the six mon
received calls from Tennesseeans
and others. Sitting on his straw bed,
half reclining on his pillow Of straw,
Captain Ship made this statement:
1--WE are very well pleased with the
treatment given us by Warden Nc,
Kee, and are delighted with the quar-
tiers assigned u.s."
A few hours in Jail made Gibson
reminiscent. He told his companions
that this was not the first time he
had been In prison in Washington.
But the other time" he said, Il
was brought here as q Confederate
p''0""0'. L.- - Ja&IS&
Called Before the bar. -
The contempt case was taken up
as soon as the Justices took their
places In the courtroom, Chief JUS.
tice Fuller directed Clerk Mckinney
to call the defendants before the
bar. The six men stood up for sen.
tence. " ..-. 1~..~.- --
Reading from a memorandum
Chief Justice Fuller began.
"You, Joseph F. Shipp, jeremiah
Gibson, Luther Williams, Nick Nolan
Henry Padgett and Vim. Mayes, are
before this court on attachment for
contempt. .i.E... .....
"On return to a rule to show cause
you have presented evidence as you
were advised, and have been fully
heard orally sanl Il r,rinntoa hrinfn