The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-16

other car followed. Jailer Whittle
and the other officers thought the
sheriff had not seen the car following
but learned yesterday he had. Rob
erts, at the wheel, confused the trail
| ing car by taking the $eriff's dlrec-
ton to turn corners, double back and
start over, until finally the spy car
went up a street in pursuit of car
containing negroes and the sheriff got
away down the road. The pursuing
car went back across Hamburg bridge
and told members of the mob waiting
there that the prisoners had been
carried to the stockade, and for that
reason the stockade was first visited.
Prevents Bloodshed.
Had the prisoners not been taken
away from the jail and 'given a
1ide," there would have been much
bloodshed after the mob arrived, for
the officers would not have given up
their men until compelled to do so.
The advantage of position would
have been with the defenders. A
barricade could have been thrown up
Just inside the main gate and on the
stairs leading to the cell corridors,
and two men with shotguns could
have slain the invaders like sheep as
they poured in the front door. They
could have got to the cells above by
no other route save the stairs and
they would have perished in large
numbers, even if they killed some of
the officers, which would have been
improbable if not impossible.
The only reason Sheriff Plunkett
moved the men, he said yesterday,
was to avoid all the tension incident
to rumors of a mob for the next
week. He declared he wished to
avoid bloodshed SO far as possible
and certainly would not have given
up without hurting some one. Gle
would have killed his best friends, :"
county officer said, rather than
deliver up a prisoner. 1t was his
duty to hold"
With the delivery of the men to
Chatham jail, Sheriff Plunkett be-
lieves his immediate responsibility
ended. eff they get away" he as
serted, "they will not have gotten
away from me-
Mob p;sintegrates.
The whereabouts of the mob is un-
known, for the simple fact that it is
believed there is no mob. It has
disintegrated upon failure to procure
it's men and hope."ssress of the pros
pect of eating them later.
:, cn TIE ~',!* - Sa7anr,a We'd
nesday night, thu III: 7: said Fox
and Gappins, 18th T.. VI: vi: au-
tomobiles, declared in elated ltones
that the car of the sheriff "could
sure travel" Each mile it burned up
put the prisoners farther away from
their would-be lynchers, and their
:synpathies were all with the officers.
Fox did not have much to say, the
officers added, but Gappins did lot
of talking.
The sheriff expectedNsome difficulty
III: lodging his prisoners>in in the jail,
because of the crowded condition of
the cells. He finally succeeded IN
having them installed after first hav-
ing to put them in police headquar-
ters lookup. .
The sheriff obtained written con-
fessions from Fox and Gappins that
they murdered the boy Brazell. In
Savannah, while waiting there, ne
wrote out confessions and the men
signed them freely. They were ex-
hibited to reporters here upon the
sheriff's return and btar out previous
verbal confessions. Kirby has al
ready confessed.
The sheriff will leave early this
morning for Leesville, where the
coroner's inquest will be held at lo
O'clock.
The State.
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