Evening star., 1920-02-09
Prisoner Had Con
feSSed Numbering
Girl of Ten.
CROWD CHARGES
ON COURTHOUSE
More Soldiers Sum-
moned to Quell
Rioting.

! By the Associated Pa
! LEXINGTON. Ky. i'cir..;l - ...-!'o.l
persons we've !,iiled and fifte. n " vuaa-
ed here today when - mob intent upvl.
! lynching William otk.tt, a negro.
who conf. ssad u the murder O. ten
, year-old Geneva lar rlman. charged
/ the courthouse during 10, llett's tri..
and was fired ap":. i.y police and
! state troops.
i While the mob. tic ri-g leaders OF
| which carried rope. WAS lttempt-
; ing to get into the courthouse 10 get
! Lockctt. a jury found him guilty OF
! irSt-Gsere.A MT rcer and Il minute
! .Wc later the negro Was sentenced to
! die liz the electric chair March IL.
Dead and " ounn~si.
| Authorities announced the follow
/ ing revised list of dead: +. r. Carrier,
! Lexington; Jonn Thomas. Versailles;
l William Ellington. Versailles: l.. NJ
1 hIng, Lexington.
| Among those wounded were: ]. W.
/, Stanscl, w. j. Ke.s. OTIS Sharp. En-
| NETT DoZler. Irwin Gwynn. Emmett
! Danziger, Fred Sowders, ii. &. Wealth
| ers, Mrs. T.. T. Cross, James Massey
| gall.
| Several of the wounded are expected
! to die.
Imo women also were reported to
>, among those shot by the state
| -roops. The clash with the soldiers
leld off the mob while the authori-
les managed to get the negro away
| o "A place of safety.
Great excitement was caused by
he shooting. and there were mutter-
! .lgs of further trouble.
-Four hundred troops from Camp
Taylor. Ky, have been ordered to
| Lexington to prevent any further
trouble. and are now en- route here.
ollici ais announced. Thi: additional
| troopS were requested. as il WAS
feared that the 300 militiamen could
not handle the situation.
shops Looted for Firearms.
The mob then began to loot pawn
shops. Sixty-two revolvers We're taken
at one place. An attack on the TROOPS
was feared by the authorities.
Soldiers and policemen continued o..
guard near the courthouse following
the shooting. Offcia1s feared that an
other attempt might be made to lynch
Lockett should the crowd discover his
| whereabouts.
Trouble was feared 10y the author
tiles as soon as Lockett was captured
and confessed to the assault and mur-
| ler Of the little hardInan girl last
| Tuesday. At first the prisoner WAS
lodged in the state penitentiary at
| L fTdHhlOIl
When Lockett was indicted late last
| week and il was decided to hold his
! trial here today. approximately 800
state troops We're ordered here to
| guard him.
The prisoner was brought here early
this morning from Frankfort on a
| special train.
Crowds Line streets.
| LeXington's streets were packed
\ with OplOOkerS when the
rounded by the troops marched TO
the courthouse. Heavy wires and
ropes had been stretched on either
side of each street through which
orders to shoot to kilI' if an attempt
was made to reach the prisoner.
Fifty extra police and "A sherin's
posse patrolled the streets to keep the
crowds behind the ropes.
Long before the hour set for the
opening of the trial the courthouse
was filed. No one was permitted to
enter without first being searched for
j weapons.
Crime Charged To LOrkett.
The crime for which Lockett was
convicted occurred near the Hardman
home. The child was stopped while on
her way to school. attacked and
beaten to death with "A large rock.
Nefghbors of the Hardmans quickly
gathered. Spriting away of the negro.
|
the penitentiary followed. The same
neighbors were seen in the crowd
here this morning
| The little Hartman girl was found
murdered by schoolmateS a short dis
tance from her home last Tuesday morn,
ing, just 4 few minutes after she had
|. :. .on'c for "a prarhv :chnO'hora".
The girls body had been dragged
into corn fieiu and lcr h.ah- hui D1>n
crushed with a stone. The body hal
been partly covered up with corn stalks.
/ Within a few minutes posses were
| formed by residents of the neighbor-
hood and a search was Instituted 1or
! the murderer. Jockett was suspected
and finally was found late that night
| at a friends house, about six miles
| from the scene. He was taken into
| custody by "A Lexington physicia, and
| his friend to whom he denied having
murdered the girl.
| Later. policemen announced, the negro
| confessed to the murder. adding that he
| didn't know why he had killed the
girl.
More Soldiers Ordered Out.
! LOUISVILLE. KY. February o.
| Reports received here by telephone
, during the forenoon. said mobs then
! were looting pawn shops and hard
ware stores at Lexington in an eHort
! to obtain firearms and had declared
| the intention of securing the negro
| by any means.
; made at Camp Zachary Taylor to
| form two provisional battalions OF
| 100 men each and send them to Lex
| ington The troops were to be COM
: manded by Gen. +. c. Marshall ana
, were to go by special train. II one
(. could he secured. Lacking railroad
| facilities. it was said. the troops
would be sent by truck. Lexington
i is nearly 100 miles from Louisville.
On the heels of the report came an
appeal from Gov. Morrow for troops
to protect the negro and quiet the
situation.