Arizona republican., 1920-02-10
Entire county Under Martial Lax

Lexington and all of Fayette county was placed under martial law by Brigadier General F. C. Marshall upon his arrival from Camp Taylor with 300 troops of the First division
 Rioting began this morning when mob, bent on lynching William Lockett- a negro, who confessed to the murder last week of a 10-year- old girl Geneva Hardman was fired upon with rifles and machine guns by state militiamen as the mob was stormEng the Fayette county courthouse to get the negro during his trial.
 The attempt to lynch Lockett was made just after he had confessed to the murder and as the jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree He was sentenced to die in the electric chair March Il.
 The stooting temporarily dispersed the mob and gave the authorities time in which to rush Lookett to a secret place of safety
 Fearing an attack upon the handful of national guardsmen on duty, the S1l- thorities appealed to Governor Morrow for assistance As a result. 300 troops, members of 18th and 18th infantry ar rived at 3 o'clock on a special train from Camp Taylor.
 The federal troops immediately be- gan the work of pa5troiling the streets to keep the crowds from congregating.
 Lockett- arrested last Tuesday night and held in the state penitentiary at Frankfort for safe keeping, was in dicted late last week and was brought here on special train this morning for trial. He was heavily guarded. Hundreds of farmers from the sur rounding country arrived to attend the trial, and Sullenly watched the prisoner as he was marched from the train to the courthouse between lines of state troopers. When the trial opened. the courtroom was crowded to capacity. Everyone was searched for firearms be- fore being admitted to the courthouse Hundreds gathered in the street in front of the court house. The cry lets get him. from a brawny farmer on the outskirts of the crowd turned the crowd into a mob which began surgEng toward the build ing. Soldiers and police dropped back into close formation and trained their guns on the mob, which never hesi- tated.
 Adjutant General Dewees, in com mand of the militiamen, shouted q final warning to the crowd and then fired revolver into the air. It was the signal for the troops to fire.
 Soldiers and police fired point blank into the crowd and a nearby machine gun rattled. From the windows of the courtroom above another hail of bull lets spattered down on the asphalt street.
 Four men fell at the first volley
 The mob, which had surged half way up the steps. pressed back and broke. Quick action on the part of the au- thorities got the negro out or the building.
 Those killed in the clash were B. F Carrier and L. M. King, both of Lex ington. and John Thomas and William Ellington, both of Versailles.
 Among those wounded were:
 J. w. Stansell. ". J. Reese. Otis Sharp, Emmet Dozier, Irwin Gwynn. Emmet Danzieger, Fred Sowders H C. Weathers. Mrs. E. T. Cross. James Massevgal and J. M. Roger.
 Rolled in it's first attempt to get the prisoner, the mob broke up into small groups, which paid hurried visits to all the pawnshops and hardware stores in a quest for firearms. In some stores as many as 50 or so revolvers and guns were seized.
 Groups of men congregated on the streets and sought to learn the where abouts of Lockett- The word that reg ular army troops were coming spread rapidly and no further violence was attempted
 Locketts arrest. indictment, trial and sentence sets a new record for rapidity in Kentucky He was arrested last Tuesday night, indicted Friday. and was tried, found guilty and sen fenced in a few minutes today
 Under his sentence he will die in the electric chair March II
 The little Hardman girls body was found, mu1fated. in a corr field hast Tuesday morning soon after she had left her home for school. Her head had been crushed in with stone ana her body partially covered up with corn stocks.
 Lockett. recently discharged from the army. was suspected and posseS were formed immediately to look fo~ him. He was found a the home of q friend six miles from the scene of thc murder that night. Police announced that the negro had confessed to the muder, adding that he didn't know why he had killed the girl"
 J. M Rogers s1, a farmer of near versailles, Woodford county, shot by the guardsmen during the fighting this morning, died tonight from his injuries hriv f1,a l11