The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-06-30
Under Martial LAW
SLAT0N CALLS OUT MILITIA TO
PROTECT MANSION
SOLDIERS KEEP ORDER
Protests Against Communication of
Franks Sentence eliminates in
Visit to Governors Residence by
Mob of Several Hundred
Remains on Guard Tuesday.


State troops Tuesday night con-
tinued to guard the suburban home
of Gov. Slaton, but all was quiet both
there and in the city of Atlanta after
the demonstrations made Monday
night in opposition to the commuta-
ton of Leo NJ. Franks death SEN
tence by Gov Slaton.
Both state and city officials said
they anticipated 10 further trouble,
but as precautionary measure addi-
tional militiamen we're held under
arms at the Fifth regiment armory
and extra policemen were available.
Gov. Slaton spent several hours at
his office in the capitol attending to
official business. A policeman ac-
companied him to and from his home
in an automobile There was no
demonstration. The governor said
that the guard of soldiers at his home
was continued to prevent any pos
sible attempts to damage the prop
erty. He could not say when the
guard would be removed.
The militia was called out by Gov.
Slaton late Monday night after sew
eral hundred men and boys had at
tempted to enter the estate through
the front gates, which had been bar
ricaded by barbed-wire entangle-
ments, and had threatened to over
power the twenty county policemen,
armed with riot guns, who were. on
guard. The demonstration was a
protest against the governors deci-
sion in committing the sentence of
Leo NJ. Frank to life Imprisonment.
Upon arrival of sixty militiamen
from Atlanta, who had been held un-
der arms for emergencies, the gov
ernor proclaimed martial law in a dis
trict extending half a mile in the
front and rear of his residence and
about a quarter of a mile on either
side
When the militiamen lined up with
fixed bayonets to disperse the crowd,
stones, bricks and bottles were
thrown at them A brick struck
Lieut.. Arnold Parker in the stomach
and rendered him unconscious for a
short time. A bottle, thrown at ;Pri-
vate W. W. Foope, struck his gun
and cut his hand. The commanding
officer, Major Cheron, was struck by
stone, as were several Of the men.
The governor proclaimed martial
law at eleven o'clock and by mid
night the crowd had practically been
dispersed. There was nc firing.
The governor was surrounded IN
his home by about a dozen friends,
nearly every one of whom was armed
with a rifle or pistol. The unexpect-
ed arrival of a member of the family
at dark corner of the front porch
caused the governor himself to has
tily pick up large pistol.
In front of the governors house
were more than one hundred auto
mobiles filed with persons evidently
there to see what the crowd would
do. The troops had great difficulty
in clearing the road of these ma
chimes and many of their orders were
met with the retort of "shoot."
Early Monday night the principal
streets were crowded with men and
boys and crowds. gathered on many
corners. - ldl So 1Sl SO VI PSeA SAAASN
paced back and forth along Marietta
street, which WAS centre for the
throngs. There was no indication,
however, of serious trouble.
About eight-thirty several hundred
men started a march through the
streets and finally halted at Peach
tree and Pine streets. The police
then started to break up the gather
ing.
Come on, let's go out to Gov.
Slaton's," shouted several members
of the crowd, and large number OF
men marched north, on Peachtree
street, in the direction of the gov
ernor's country home, which is sew
eral miles from the centre of the city.
Members of the party declared they
intended to make a call upon the
governor. A number of county po-
Iicenen were on guard at the gov
ernor's home.
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