The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-06
DEPUTIES GUARD
SANTA ROSA JAIL.
Triple Killing a Sequel to As
sauIt on Two Girls in
San Francisco.
LYNCHING is AVERTED
Four Men Held for Murder
of Sheriff and Two
Detectives.

Santa Rosa, Cal, Dec, 6,-Georee
Boyd, accused Of having shot and
Killed three officers who sought 20
arrest him yesterday In connection
with recent attacks on girls In San
Francisco, was In jail today hover.
near death from a eunshot wound
inflicted by the officers. Three 9th.
er persons arrested In connection
with what San Francisco Police de.
scribe as an extraordinary trap set
for young women OF that city, were
held In Jall without charge. The Z
shooting led last night to two uaS
successful attempts by lnfurIatss (
citizens to storm the jail. n
The officers shot TO death ~
Sherlff James A. Petray, OF So
county, and Detective Sergeant MtsSs
jackson, and Detective Lester Cor.
man, OF San Francisco. jackson,
after being wounded, shot Boyd.
The three other persons under ar
rest are Charles Valentl, owner OF
the house In San Francisco, to which
officers said, a score Of young WON.
en- have been entlced and attacked;
Terence Fits, who has served three
terms In penltentIaries, and Dorothy
oulnIan, Of San Francisco.
For hours last NIGHT the prisoners
Ilstened TO the shouts Of a throns
outside demanding vengeance for the
killing Of the officers. A group OF
men, carrying telegraph pole for
a batterInq ram, attempted to rush
the front door, and later another
group approached the jail door with
heavy iron beam. officers broke
up both attacks, largely by use OF
their fists.
Today officers planned TO confront
the three arrested men with three
young women brought here from San
Francisco In an effort TO Identify
among those who attacked them.
Santa Rosa, Cal. Dec. 60. N.
S.)-Though dawn brought COM
parative quiet, scores OF heavily
armed deputy sherlhs today
guarded the Sonoma county Jail
against the gates Of which an In
furlated mob of 5000 last night
hurled itself time after time In an
effort to lynch George Boyd, Terry
Quinlan, held for the murder here
late yesterday Of Sheriff James A.
Petray and detectives Miles Jack
son and Lester Dorman, OF San
Francisco.
Boyd. possibly fatally wounded, to
day definitely admitted having sho
and killed Jackson officers say h
killed Petray and Dorman also. TIL
ripple killing was a sequel to an assault
On two girls in San Francisco Thanks
giving eve. They had been brough
here in an attempt to identify furthe
members of the gang responsible TO
the assault. .+, ,.
Late yesterday Sheriff Petray an
4 house here at the rear of the Toscan
lotel. Ten minutes later deputies out
side heard fusiade of shots. Rush
ing in they found Petray dead, Jack
son dying and Dorman and Boyd hadl,
wounded. Four guns were on tn
Iloor... Five shots had been fired fror
Boyds gun.
Judge Pleads In Vain.
Officers learned that Boyd had bee
rom that vantage point. Petray beini
ais first victim. Soon after the pris
'ners had been removed to the Jail,
crowd began to gather. BY 6 o'clocl
( numbered 1000 Automobiles brough
angry farmers from all over the county
At 8 o'clock automobiles arrived fron
Sheriff Petray's home
svery m1chine. carrying a coil of rope
At 9 o'clock the venerable Weg
Tsmmctt Sewell, one OF. the best be
owed officials of the county. made
plea to the mob to save on
from the stain Of a lynching.
From the. crowd there came back
Lynch him"
At 1890 the mob began it's attacl
IN the Jail. Telephone poles were use,
IS battering rams against the stee
orn from the railroad track nearh,
we're pressed into service. AeaIn AM
again the deputies reinforced by
iozen San Francisco detectives, bea
he mob hnck. Finally the situatl
became so desperate the city fire de
oartment was called out Its number
by high pressure hose
'arsed the mob to waver.
OTcinls fear further demonstra
Iemh'es to view the three bodies at I
,'clo"h. II is probable the inquest will
,e deferred In order to allow sentimcn
% cool.
Valenti. Fits and the 0uinlan woma
we're in the room with BoYd when tn
occurred. All are held o.
murder charges until the inquest es
tah'ish"s who did the shooting.
81 did all the shooting. am will
IN" to plead guilty. and take my med
cine" Bovd liz ALLEGED to have said {
Constable Os"a- Matthews Previousl
IIovd had admitted shooting Jackson
Boyd'q condition WIS unchanged 10
lay and surgeons held out hope for hi
At 8 O'Clock there was no si"na q
The rnoh reforming and Constable Mat
news In chnr~e II the guar q. de
,lared he feared no further trouble.