Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-14
BY HUBERT E. BAUGHN
(Staff Correspondent Of The Journall

(Staff Correspondent OF The Journall
MONTICELLO, Ga, April 13.-The
launching of a nationwide imam.
hunt" for Huland, Leroy and Mar.
vim Williams, sons of John S. Will
liams. convicted owner of the fa-
nous Jasper county death farm"
and announcement by Solicitor Gen-
eral A. M. Brand that Clyd eManning
| negro boss" of the farm, would go
on trial early in May, were features
marking the session of the grand
jury here The three Williamses were ,
indicted for murder by the grand
jury Monday.
Solicitor General Doyle Campbell,
of the Ocmulgee circuit, asked Gov
ernor Dorsey to offer a reward for
their capture. The sons have been
missing since the day of their fa-
theirs trial in Covington, where he
was convicted and given a life term
for the murder of one of his negro
farm hands.
Reports that the sons have fled to
Mexico have been current here. So
ltcitor Campbell said he had defnite-
ly established the fact that they are
! not in Jasper county. He said he
would place the boys on trial in Jas
per county as soon after their arrest
as possible.
| A total of twelve murder indict.
mcnts were announced here late Mon
day after brief session of the grand
! jury. Fourteen murders were laid
to John S. Williams. his three sons,
and Clyde Manning, negro farm boss.
Details of three gruesome murders
not heretofore revealed were uncov-
cred.
New Evidence
A great mass of new evidence
against the wealthy planter and his
| fugitive sons was brought out during
| the days investigation, Solicitor
| Campbell said.
1T offers much stronger support to
the confession Of Manning than any,
| thing that has yet been developed"
| he asserted.
After an exhaustive inquiry into
| the lynching of Eugene Hamilton by
| Jasper county mob in the fall of
1919, the grand jury concluded that
| the evidence presented was insult
| fcient to warrant indictments! no-
| licitor Campbell had asked the Jury
to indict several prominent farmers
as ringleaders in the mob that
stormed the Jail at Gray, Ga, wrest-
ed the negro from the officers,
brought him over the Jasper county
border line and riddled his body with
bullets.
A far-reaching investigation into
other killings of negroes in JASPER
county during the past year was un.
der way Tuesday. and Solicitor
Campbell said he expected indict-
ments during the day. He would not
divulge names or details of the cases
under Investigation.
Mondays indictments brought tha
death toll on the Williams murder
farm" to fourteen. Solicitor Camp
bell believes all of the Sayings ON
the big plantation have now been
barred.
Trials In May
Judge j. 3. Park, of the Ocmulgea
circuit, told The Journals CORE
spondent Monday afternoon after
the grand jury's indictments were
announced that cit will be some.
ty superior court can even touch the
cases; He said he would be en-
gagged in court sessions in other
counties Of his circuit for the re-
mainder of this month.
Solicitor Campbell said he would
arrange to try the three Williams
boys as soon as they can, be APP
pretended, but that the elder Will
!iams and Clyde Manning are still
and cannot be handled i by til the JASPER JASPER
authorities until their cases are dis
posed of by Gshe Newton county
court.
g Gigdf M M1Gnng s stdr Witness
slayer of eleven farm hands, was be-
fore the grand jury for two hours
Monday. He was then rushed back
to the Fulton tower in a curtained
automobile in charge of Sheriff w.
H. Persons and several deputies.
that efforts on the part. of state Of
ficials to have the trials of Will
liams, his sons, and Manning trans
ferred from Jasper county to Bib
county or some other, part Of the
state, will be vigorously opposed by
the citizens of this county 1t was
also learned that Judge Park does
not view the idea of a change Of
venue with favor
Mondays Indictments
Mondays indictments were as fol-
lows:
l. A joint blanket indictment
charging John s. Williams and Clyde
Manning with murder. this covering
eight cases.
2 An Indictment against Huland
Williams for the murder Of negro
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