Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-10

Lexington, Ky, Feb. 9.--Martial law prevails in Lexington tonight. Six hundred federal and state troops are patrolling the streets to prevent fur ther rioting which today resulted in four deaths with 15 persons wounded, when a mob bent upon 1ynching William Lockett, negro, who con- fessed to the murder last week of 10 year old Geneva Hardman, was fired upon with rifles and machine guns by state militiamen as the mob was storming the court house to get the negro during his trial.
 The city was quiet early tonight, but authorities fear recurrence of violence. Four hundred additional United States troops are en route from Camp Taylor.
 Lexington and all of Fayette county was placed under martial law at 3 o'clock by Brig. Gen. F. c. Mar shal upon his arrival from Camp Taylor with 300 troops of the First division, which helped repulse the Germans at Chateau Thierry.
 The attempted lynching was made just after Lockett had confessed to the murder and as the jury found him guilty of first degree murder He was sentenced to die in the electric chair, March II.
 The shooting temporarily dispersed the mob and gave authorities time to rush Lockett to secret place of safety. The mob reformed. how ever, and footed pawn shops and hardware stores for firearms.
 Fearing an attack upon the hand full of national guardsmen on duty. appealed to Governor Morrow for aid. As result 300 troops. members of the Twenty sixth and Twentv-eighth infantry, arrived on special train from Camp Taylor
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 The federal troops immediately began patrolling the streets to keep crowds from congregating.
 Lockett. arrested last Tuesday night and held in the state Deniten- tiary at Frankfort for safekeeping, was indicted late last week and was brought here on special train to- day for trial. He was heavily guarded
 Hundreds of farmers arrived early to attend the trial and sullenly watched the prisoner as he WAS marched from the train to the court house between lines of state troopers, when the trial opened the court room was crowded. Every one was seafch- ed for firearms before being admit ted. Hundreds unable to gain ad- mittance congregated in the streets in front of the court house.
 Tie cry "let's get him" from . farmer in the crowd. turned the crowd into a mob which began surg ing toward the building entrance. The mob showed no signs of waver- ing as soldiers and police dropped back into close formation and trained their guns for action.
 Adjutant General Deweese, in of the militiamen, shouted a final warning and then fired sa revolver into the air. It was SiG- nal for the troops to fire.
 Soldiers and police fired into the crowd and nearby machine gun rat- tied. From the windows of the courtroom above more bullets spAt- tered on the street.
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 Four men fell at the first voiev.' The mob. which had surged half way up the steps, pressed back and broke. Quick action by the authori- ties got the negro out of the buiId+ inr.
 Those killed were B. F. Carrisr and l.. M. King, both of LexingtoN and John Thomas and William Ef-' fington, both of Versailles.
 Among those wounded were '. w. Stansell, w. J. Rees. J M. Rogers, Otis Sharp, Emmett Dozier, Irwin Gwynn. Emmett Danziger, Fred Snow ders, H, c. Weathers, Mrs. F. K. Cross and James Massevall.
 Rolled at it's first attempt, the mob broke up into small crowds which visited pawn shops~an hara- ware stores to get fire arms: III some stores as many as 30 ar 60 xSss volvers and guns were seized. |
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