Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-06-12

d%, located Oh Moore street short
distance from where Noe approach
,d the girl.
Coming to Moore and Cumberland
streets Noe turned up Cumberland
street contrary to the direction in
which he should have gone. The
child hcSitatcd there and Noe was
seen to bcckon 10 her TO follow him
by Charley Brown an employee OF
the Goodwin Coal and Ice Company.
From this point Noe pursued cir
cuitous route taking pains to keep
away from the streets that were the
busiest. Getting well away from the
populou@ section Of the city, Noe
was seen by Jesse Ray, colored, and
Floyd ChildrcSs. white. Stopping to
talk with ChildrcSS he told him "hc
would have something to tell him
tnat night"
F'oyd Chidrcss testified that Noe
I'D see him that night following the
attack upon the girl and told him Of
his relations with a "twclvc year
old Niger gal" This was the last
time Noe was seen rs far as could be
learned. He went directly from
where he talked with Floyd Child
rcsS to the spot on the knobs; where
he forced this he1plcs% Innocent
child into submission by slapping
Ecr in the face because she struggled
with him in her attempt TO ward off
his dirty act. Stopping as a child
would from her efforts TO free he.-
self from this brute, to cry, Noe ac-
complishcd the purpose Of his low,
cowardly heart. Finishing his fiend
ish' work Noe told the child to
Find her way back home as best
she could, that he lived in Knoxville
Tennessee, and was going there
Torn, and bleeding, and weak from
her struggle with that white beast
the child wandered back home as.
best she could and told the story of
her experience with Noe to her par
cuts. F'hc!r immediately called a
physician. who upon thorough exami
-, alton Of the child found her to he
torn, laccratcd. bruised and in
serious condition az result of her
experience with Noe.
Immediately after hearing his
daurl1tcrTs story and the outcome
OF the Doctors examination. Will
liam Lindsay, father Of the girl went
directly to deputy sheriff Chas. II.
Nuckolls Of Sullivan County, Tenn.
wnere the crime was committed.
and told him of the incident. Mr..
Lindsay YVES told that the mfltter
would be looked into. Though liV-
iEl here in the city-BriStol, TENN
twcnty-four hours elapsed and moth
ina had been done by him TO apprc
bend Noe. y committee OF tho Inter
I1cial Committee Of the Peoples 20
operative League was imneaialeiS
formed and called upon Mayor Car
cncc King of Bristol, Tennessee VINO
IT once called in Chief OF Pollcc
Robert Motion. The committee III
Termed the Mayor Of Noes nuach
ul.on the child and upon the Mayor
distinctions. Chief Of Police, Motion
dad Moo in Jail within two hours
iifcr they had been informed OIL
his crime. The actions or Mayor
King and Chief Motion In affecting
tho arrest Of Noe In such snort
time after being informed OF MS at
tack upon the girl, and the refusal
towards approaching this criminal ar
fords study In the history or the
abuse and enforcement OF the laws
ct thc country. In the action OF Muck
OILS enc can readily see why colored!
rcople are afforded such little or no
protection from such outrageous at
lacks upon their women and chill
d, ell ana the rule Of mob and lynch
law Is allowed to sweep the country
with its hcllish destruction.
Mayor King and Chief Motion are
the typcs of men that are sure to
Lut down lawlessness in this and
other states and their efforts in aw
fecting the arrest and conviction OF
Noe will go a long way IN establish
ing them in the esteem OF people oil
Virginia and Tennessee. Noes trial,
the most sensational Of its kind
heard in Tennessee WAS marked
throughout with the best OF feeling
between the races. 1t was evident
from the beginning that no self-re-
srecting citizen could feel other than
that Nrc~waS IA menace to the coln
r,nnitv and should be gotten rid Of
An alibi for Noe was tried to be
p owed Ivy his, attorneys, john Z.
Dchart and f. X. Backman but the
prosecution had evidence too strong
~ against him. They tried to show
that Noe, between the hours Of one
e. clock and three o'clock in the after
neon was not with the girl. but that
according to Noes testimony. he
lad left the home Of Lawyer J. Is.
Ashworth, where he was working to
attend funeral (which the prosccu
ton termed as his own"
Lawyer Ashworth himself testify
ing that Noe came to his office be
tween three and four o'clock OF tho
afternoon Of the crime it being near
e. four. 1t was proved conclusively
that the child got back to her home
at fifteen minutes to four, showing
that Noe used an out-of-the way
method In getting back to the city
thinking the child would not reach
home until after dark, thereby GOV
e,lng up his tracks and shielding
him from his crime.