The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-03
MISSISSIPPIANS
LOOK FOR LONGLEY;;
RUN DOWN CLEWS
Sept. II, Date Set for TriaIof
ASSaiIantS of Three Girls.
Death Penalty Is Urged
for Them.

Allen Mcnamara and John Frey.
charged with brutally aSsaulting young
girls, l6 and Il years old, will be tried
IN Judge Richards division OF the
criminal court on Sept. II.
The penalty for the crime charged
aaginst the men il guilt is fixed will
De death in the electric chair,
ruler Longley, another of the trio,
eXcaped and had not been apprehended
Wednesday afternoon.
., y posse of officers from the office Of
Henry Brown, sheriff of Tallahatchia
county, Miss, Wednesday stIli was
m search OF the man answering Fuller's
description said to have been near
Charleston, Miss, No report from the
deputies sent TO remote part of the
county had been made up to mid after
noon,
The two boys now in custody wers
not arralgned Wednesday, regular ar
rgnment day, due to the fact that there
II no jury at present They will be
arralgned' however, before the date Of
the trial
II is sul believed by the officials
that l4ongley is In hiding somewhere in
North Mississippi He was believed
ty by person whose name Is not d.
Nulged While Longley has not been
seen IN LeFlore county or In the
neighborhood Of Grenada, II IL believed
tnose heighhorhoods may be hts prob
able destination. Officials throughout
North mississippi have been asked to
be on the lookout for the young man.
A description OF him has been sent
to them.
Az this class Of assault is not bail
able, Mcnamara and Frey will not be
allowed bond, but instead will be kept
IN Jail and closely watched by Sheriff
Perry,
The latest protest against this last
outrage as well as against the Hazel
Bray tragedy was voiced at a mass
meeting OF citizens of Millington held
Wednesday night.
An urgent request to the Judge OF
the criminal court to hasten the trial
OF Mcnamara, Frey and Longley was
| passed, commendation was expressed In
| the action disallowing bail for the
young .rufftans. and sentiment was ex-
| pressed that IN times past mob spirit
was due directly to tardy action Of the
| courts. NJ.
lnfletion of the maximum penalty
upon the accused persons was also ad :
| vocated In the resolutions which were
signed by George w, Pryor, chairman,
and II. II. Mcdonald. secretary OF the
| meeting.
The Hazel Bray case has been set for
trial In Iidge Tom Harsh's division oi
the criminal court for Tuesday, Sept. rs,
one day preceding the trial Of MeNam
ara andA Frey In the First division OF
| the court
Judge Richards explains the reason for
| setting the Bray case a day ahead Of
| the other assault case He has to pick
| the jury on Monday and name and
charge the grand jury on Tuesday.
| Therefore his court would be unable
TO get to the assault case before
Wednesday.
The bray case Is another case of
brutal assault II the proof 10 hand
stands up, John Rogers, alias sleepy
John" Walter Patton, alias Patty
Mack" Red" Wells, Bennie South and
Eugene Martineli are charged with hav-
ing assaulted Hazel Bray and thrown
her from n running automobile, serious
| ly injuring her Wells and South have
not been caught Martnelll seems to
have quite Il good alib in this particu-
| lar case.