Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-27
MAN WHO SAYS
He DEFENDED
GIRL HELD
Police Declare |. C, Haynes, Who
Reported Attack yb Negroes,
Put Up Fake.

The next time l.. G. Haynes, Of No.
100 Echo street sees a white girl
struggling and screaming In the grasp
ST two negroes he probably Will take
tO his heels and run, or else adver-
giSe for eyewitnesses, instead Of chas-
ing the blacks away which he says ne
lid Wednesday afternoon when ne
saw two negroes attack girl near
She Brookwood bridge, on the South
afn Railway.
For Friday instead OF being ac-
elaimed a hero for his work IN ehas-
Ing the blacks and saving the girl,
and later identifying negro named
VIII Johnson az one Of the assallants,
Haynes IS locked up az police head
quarters Detectives, unable TO ma
any trace OF the girl Haynes said was
the victim Of the attack, arrested
Haynes and charged him with put
ting M a fake on them.
Mystery TO Police.
No definite charge has been dock
nfed against Haynes He is held for
Investigation. The police declare that
the whole affair Is shrouded in mys-
Terry, because they can not locate the
kirl and do not take much stock In
HAYNES Identification of the negro
johnson, who was pointed out to the
county police by Haynes at grad
sne camp near Armour's Station,
where he had been working. Haynes
was arrested Thursday night at the
home OF his brother -in-law, William
Putnam. Of No. li3 Jefferson street
The police declare that they are
going 10 probe the mystery to thu
Bottom. They said Friday that they
bad heard several stories Of Haynes
actions on the day he said he saw
4he negroes try 10 attack the white
alrl, and inasmuch as they can find
nobody else who saw the attack or
heard anything about II, they are
Ending 1t hard TO believe Haynes
story
Detectives are investigating rue
NOR that HAYNES and another man
we're seen sitting with a white girl
81 the Brookwood bridge, and they
are trying to find out II this occur
renee had any connection with his
story az the attack
Can Not Find Girl.
Both the county and city police
have been working on the case since
"Wednesday, and declare that they
IAN md no trace OF the girl
HAYNES admitted Friday that he
Was with another man when he saw
4he girl struggling with the negroes,
#nd SAYS he doesn't know what be-
fame Of his friend.
II met up with this man in town
8hat day. Haynes said. He said
hss name was Wilson. Both Of ~
Nere out ar work. but a cousin OF
mine named Jules Bedford who
works al a dairy out on the Southern
near where the attack occurred, had
told me that ! probably could get
work there. ! was going out there
nhen met Wilson, and he went
along
we we're walking along the rail-
HoRd tracks when we heard the
creams Of the girl and saw her
Nlrugglinp with the negroes ] start
Ia toward them, and supposed that
Wilson would follow, ! don't know
whether he did or not.
Girl Disappeared. He Said.
aThe blacks started TO run when
4hey saw me coming. but twice they
4urned and started back. kept
chasing them and yelling that ! was
going to shoot, and they kept on
Tanning.
n don't know what became of the
girl didn't pay any attention to
her. but tried to catch the negroes.
tNhen 4 got back she was gone.
aish she would come down here 20
headquarters and tell the police all
Rhout It.
eIte pretty hard 10 be arrested for
IRVING TO help white girl who was
struggling with negroes. I'll bet the
next time I see anybody getting
robbed or murdered | will turn and
run the other way