Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-30

the five automobiles concealed in
a bridge near the jail. A roar of
engines and clashing gears her
aided departure of the mob ON the
road toward Millersburg.
The work of the mob was quick
and silent. None of the men
were masked, but Deputy Sheriff
Powell declared he did not recog-
nize any of them. Itwas almost
dark. The officers had no chance
to offer resistance, SO sudden and
deft was the action of the visit
.ors.
Smith, who is 40 years old and
has a wife and four children, con-
fessed that he twice has assaulted
the girl, according to Deputy
Sheriff Powell, who brought the
negro back from Pontiac, Mich.
where he was arrested few days
ago after a search OF nearly two
months, with the trail leading
through Ohio.
The negro, who had lived most
of his life on the Anderson farm,
and had been a trusted tenant, de-
clared he threatened to kill the
girl if she told what had happen
ed.
He did not seem at all regret
ful about the crime, Deputy Shcr-
iff Powell declared, and broke out
in laughter when he saw the
sheriff at the Pontiac jail, He
had little to say on the trip and
seemed unconcerned. At Gym
thiana, the deputy said, the negro
began to get uneasy and pulled
down the window shade.
Smith declared he first assault
ed the child one morning at the
barn after the men had gone to
the field. The second assault, he
said, was two days later and also
was committed at the barn. A
week later the girl left for Mil
lersburg- to attend college. When
she returned the latter part of
January and he heard of her con-
dition, he decided to leave for
fear his threat to kill her would
be disregarded. He left the day
after the first attempt to lynch
Lockett at Frankfort.
When the deputy told the ne
gro he was surprised that he had
committed the crime after hav-
ing worked so long for Anderson
and had been treated like one Of
the family, he merely replied:
q was sorter surprised my
self"
The girl did not tell of the as
sault until after the nergo had
ded. Her condition was learned
by teachers in the school at Mil
lersburg and her parents took.
her home. She was there for a
week before the negro left, She
was sent to Louisville for an ops
Grafton, it is understood,
Deputy Sheriff Powell had
been on the trail Of the negro iii
Ohio for several weeks but could
not catch up with him. He learn
ed he had gone to Michigan and
notified Detroit police to send out
reports to other cities i'll the
state. Smiths arrest last week
followed. Powell went after him
the latter part of the week and
took him to Covington last night.
He then telephoned Judge Fulton
county Judge of Fleming county,
asking further instructions as to
the prisoner, and he was told to
take him to Paris.
1t was learned last night that
Fleming county farmers, neigh
|bors of Robert Anderson, John
son Junction, whose daughter
assaulted twice by the negro last
fall, had gathered in four cities
Paris, Maysville, Mt. Sterling
and Lexington.
County Judge Fulton ordered
| the prisoner taken to Paris and
he was to have been smuggled
into some secret point in Flem-
ing county at 3 o'clock in the
morning in an automobile, was tc
have been allowed to waive eX-
iamining trial and then rushed out
of the county again.
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