Evening star., 1921-08-20
TWO sCORE SHOT
IN RAID ON PRISON
Men and Women in"TMob
Seeking Alleged AssaiIant
of School Teacher.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. August 20.-
With at least two score men and WON
en- suffering sfrom gunshot wounds
twenty-six of whom were checked ir
Knoxville greeted Q new day with
peace and quiet as an aftermath to1
three hours of near rioting before tina
Knox county jail. In which Frank
Martin. accused assailaut Of Soung
white school teacher is being held
which resulted in state militia. city
and county deputies firing two OF
three hundreds rounds from revofvers
and riot guns into the crowd.
Grave fears were being entertained
early today that the mob violence at
tempted last night will be resumed
OF the cavalry troop and machine
gun detachment Of the state militia
were on duty at the jail this morning.
ana Dutwardly there were no signs of
the struggle that was launched at the
defenders of the bastile ten hours pre-
viously. Machine guns. stationed at
vantage points about the structure.
commanding two of the approaches,
We're not used when the great con-
course OF people swept down from
Courthouse Square toward the Jail
last night and which resulted in a
general discharge of weapons from It's
defenders.
Statement by Omcials.
Adj. Gen. Brummitt. Sheriff Cate OF
Knox county and Capt. Schn elder of
the machine gun company in terse
statements issued after midnight. de-
clared that the first firing came from
the mob that had congregated on
West Hill avenue and connecting
thoroughfares. When the mob swept
toward the Jail in its only determined
effort to dislodge the heavily armed
state. and police authorities, their
principal weapons were rocks and
stones, which were hurled at the
defenders without any casualties
worthy Of mention.
The yolley from the regularly con-
stituted peace officials effectually dis
peEsed the great crowd, which disin-
tegrated and retired up Gay and
Market streets, where. for hours,
thrilling stories of the battle were
related. Ambulances were on the
scene IN the meantime and for q half
mile in each direction from the
Jail. but they were later withdrawn
and eighty of the men returned to
camp.
Three prisoners. John Dies. Ben
5amin Gomez and Joseph Andrews.
VINO are also charged with highway
robbery. are kept In widely separated
parts of the Jail. The usual Jail
guard of two men has been increased
to fifteen.s armed with shotguns. and
ten members of the state police pa
troll equipped with motor cycles are
camped nearby, subject to emergency
call.
Plans Not Disclosed.
No statement was issued from the
county officials at 1880 this morning
as to their plans with regard to
whether the negro would be removed
elsewhere during the day. At the Jail
In addition to this negro, Martin, and
numerous whites and blacks held for
petty crimes. are four white men re-
Gently sentenced to the electric chair
from Anderson county, charged with
the murder of George Lewis. and Mau-
rice Mays, negro. under like sentence
Fl ON Knox county for the murder of
Mrs. BERTHE Lindsey in 1919, and the
objective of a similar outbreak of vio-
lence August 30. 1919, when the county
Jail was practically demolished and
twenty-nfne prisoners liberated.
Precautions were taken at midnight
Friday to properly guard the munich
pal powder house in, South Knoxville
and local hardware stores, where guns
and dynamite txhd blasting powder
are handled.
BAY STATE MOB THREAT.