The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02
POSSE ON FULLER
L0NGLEY'S TRAIL
IN MISSISSIPPI
Last of Trio of Girls ASsaiI-
ants Is Reported Near
Charleston --McNamara and
Frey Indicted.

posse OF officers Of the sheriff's
stair of Tallahatchie county, Miss,
IueSday afternoon. was securing the
neighborhood OF Charleston, In search
Of Fuller Longley, last of the trio OF
ruftians who assaulted and wronged
three young girls in Wolf river bottom
last Friday night,
People in a community ten miles
south of Charleston, reported that a
man answering Longleys description
had been seen Monday In the neighbor-
hood, Immediately officers were dis
patched to the scene AS the COM
rnunity is remote and difficult of access,
a report may not be received in the
snerltfs office, at Charleston before
nightfall Tuesday.
A woman arriving IN Memphis sIon-
Day night gave the rumor. Of Longley
having been seen In The Mississippi
community. Hulet Smith, detective
chief, withheld the name OF the woman
a. her request and immediately got in
Late Tuesday he had received no re-
port.
Indictments charging criminal assault,
which carries the death penalty upon
conviction, were returned Tuesday Just
John S. Frey ana fGler Ecngey z, fSi1i By the Z,
: Shelby county grand jury
The trto.Is charged with having GRIM
inally assaulted three young girls on
last Friday night at the junction of the
new Raleigh road and Wolf river. Med
ical examination established that all
three of the girls had been assaulted.
In addition, II is understood that the
case against Mcnamara was made even
blacker when related TO the grand Jury.
The girl battled, successfully against
this futher outrage, it is understood.
Trial Of the men In custody probably
hi
nal court cases. Conft Is due to- con-
yenc for the fall, session on Monday,
Sept. 15, It viii take probably two days
for Judge J. Ed. Richards TO give the
new grand jury the instructions which
he wishes them 10 follow. This will
trial up to Wednesday. Sept II.
Hot After Longley;
O. II. Perry, the sheriff, is pursuing
every possible means 10 apprehend Full
ssfav as Holly Springs. Miss fhe al.
a M end of the. case lcnlSs to be. ths
n best IeAd the sheriff has. lsongieyss
parents 1t is understood. recently
moved to the Georgia metropolis. They
r,,g formerly N,l,a. LIVED AZ 22s4 Madison ave
The law enforcement committee oi
tho Chamber of Commerce has offered
to the states attorney office, for
use n apprehending Longiey. a reward
OF $3.50. However, practically every
loose end of the ease has been gath
cred up byaI Theodore HUM, county
detective, working under the direction
of the state attorneys office Witnesses
before the grand jury Tuesday will bt
the three girls who we're subjected t
the brutal assaults the three physicians
who examined the girls and pronounced
that the three had been criminally as
saulted. and Theodore Hum.
Women Aroused.
The two local suffrage organizations
as well as representatives Of the won.
ems clubs of the city, viii meet Wednes
day evening at the war camp com
munity center to protest against tn,
improper police conditions which per
NIT in the city the things which lead
to~assaults similar to those perpetrateC
on the three girls Friday night, at New
Raleigh road and Wolf river
The women will adopt resolutions
copies of which probably will be givel
officially to the mayor and police com
missioner. The women are thorough,
aroused. 1t is understood that they will
take fling at the public dance hall
and Jelly bean" monopoly Of down
town street corners.
nne soft drink establishment said {,
be operated by Workman & Ruth, a
Monroe avenue and Wellington street
was closed Saturday by police order
1t Is understood. The girls told w. I
McLain, acting states attorney, tina
: the three men who Ater assaulted then
got whisky at Monroe avenue and Wei
lington street. They did not know VIII,
operated the place. But as automobil
tire concerns occupy two of the corners
and an automobile agency third cor
ner, the cops took a chance that
was Worthams soft drink stand an,
the order to close. No arrest has beel
made, though.