The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-22
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Virginia Jail StOrmed by a
Mob of MOuntaineerS.
HE THOUGHT THEM LYNCHERS
Jshn Moore, Who Was Sentenced
to BE EIectroeuted for Murder of
Frank Howl, Spirited Away-GON-
ernor Mann Offers Reward for
Capture of the Condemned Man.

Loylngston, Va, Oct. 4.-John Moore
the condemned muruerer who was sen
fenced last Saturday TO pay the extreme
penalty of the law on November % for tee
murder of Frank Howl on May "a last
was rescued from jail early this morning
by mob of about seventy-fve men, who
took the prisoner away from jail with
them as they disappeared In the darkness.
The Jail attaches were overpowered at
the point Of firearms and the two doors
between Moore and liberty We're opened
by means Of crowbars and hammers,
which were brought in goodly numbers
by the members OF the friendly mob
JaiIer Perry and Deputy SHERIFF Glea-
son. who was summoned soon after the
prisoner had been liberated, started in
hot pursuit IN the hope of rearresting
Moore While opinion seems TO be dl-
vided in Loviugston as 10 what section
the mob came from, there is little doubt
that 10 was made up OF desperate men
from the section iu which the crime &c
CURED and that they are men who once
started on "a project would not stop at
ai4N l-a-itA- GOT TINS lNtl5hA4 II ~ tNt+i' ~
that should the deputy sherins oveTJake
the mob there viii De bloodshed
Ignorant of Niob'S Movements.
one reason for the belief that the mob
came from the western and mountain
section OF the county lies in the fact that
the telephone line al Colleen. which leads
10 tie LowesvtllC section. was cut This
prevented the deputy sheriffs from ascer-
tanning anything about the movements Of
the mob. The telephone line was out in
q number OF places. and was So mutIlatet
that il would be impossible for ii 10 DE
prepared for use before the members OF
the mob could return 10 their homes, thus
preventing the county officers from as
certaiuiug early information as To its
members. Al 10 O'Clock these deputies
returned, after following the mob for a
distance of ten miles. but never Getting
within sight of H. and il now seems Ger
tain tAat Moore viii be spirited out OF the
county.
John Stevens. the death watch. who had
been stationed outside Moore $ cell when
he was sentenced 90 death last saturday
was sitting outside the death cell at !
o clock, when there was "a gentle knock
o'' ''.e ''','" .''' '.''s''' o-''''''H -
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7-5"' "11 prisoner io' '"e0i' Grafton
stevens houhed JaIef FeII3' VINO was
s'7'p'"h ABOVE t'' J"iI' ana as ne opened
lHg ''o. 5''e 'i''' I"N',su 'ii' "4Nai tilto 'i''
,'-''l ,''.1 7'"-"' anu men. "''- ,''"
''i9 anu Ao'l'''-1-7, fIie" OH '-' -o'Hs OF
two other doors between Moore and lo-
erty.
l'''e' u"o'y i''sile"en' lot ne HIu "o'
ALo" oN- ll"l NE was doo"O 90 Dl
'l','' "@9 ca 5''"' ne va IL! ' S'ie
pIared i'm a h,,ge, The mob mon drove
quietly though hurriedIy away. So order
ly and so quiet was the work of the mob
that no one IN the little village 81 oy
p'''O-'' seer" u nave "'''' us '''' '1''
woman Il Acquitted
Moore WAS convicted in September or
the murder Of Howl At the October term
AIRS Roye Howl, widow of the murdered
ma, indicted as an acco1pIfca was ac-
r.,frra4 puhli, sentiment Was strong
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Al htI lflal ne ADMITTED ms relations
Win MIS- HOWL acAho"i'dslAE tHal heF
Youngest child thirteen months Old was
ms OFFSPRING she ana not deny TINS.
The case mas bren attended by JA'lliIag
sensations since us hcipieAc}. Howl
was poisoned Win slryohhlhr placed li
liquor by Moore ana gwen 10 MN 10
drink as beverage. Dealh ensued III
three hours but HOW was buried
/ week before The authorities TOOK the mat
ter up. An examination or the body dis
crossed laIse guam lle9 OF SlLy '.'Iiil' III