The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-09
PREMIER DATO OF SPAIN ASSASSINATED
13 Additional Arrests or
 Jackson County Terrorists;
 Whole Countryside in Arms
White Farmer Whipped By Nightriders Accuses Me- groes of Participating in Outrage and Serious Trou- bIe At Any Moment Likely


 Scottsboro, March s.T(Special) Conrad W. Austin, chief, of the Ala bama law enforcement officers, and 10 of his men, who arrived on the scene tonight, arrested 13 more nightriders, three negroes at Stevenson and nine white men at Fabius; also Charles Summers, white farmer of the Rash community.
 Sheriff Mac Thomas has gone to Stevenson to escort the prisoners back to the Jackson county jail, where II other men charged with nightriding are under guard, and it is believed by officers that the arrest of the white men today gets the leaders of the nightriders.
 State enforcement officers came
 to ScottsborO today for additional 1 ammunition and said the Jackson | county jail wouldn't hold the num- k Der of prisoners they would bring l in within the next day or two. | Stias Bievins, n white man who
 was whipped by the riders several
 days ago, stated that negroes took
 part in the outrage and the arrest
 of negroes at stevenson this even
 ing makes the whole situati n
 powder house and likely to break l Into serious trouble nt any
 msnt Forty men left stenevs0n to-
 night to assist the officers in | bringing in the men arrested. The officers and prisoners will arrive in Scottsboro by train to-
 night nt 2'3O n. m, and proper pre-
 cautions have been taken to snfe-
 guard all here. It Is stated that
 some of the men who were arrested
 sunday have turned states evil dence and are giving names of nIl riders to the grand jury, which is
 in session here now
 24 NOW IN JAIL Twenty four men are now in custody in connection with night riding activ- ities, two of them being confined at Huntsville for safekeepng, while nine are in jail al Scottsboro under heavy guard.
 The band of 800 men who assembled near Widows Bar last night success fully efuded the posse which pursued them, due to the fact that they were mounted while the posse was on foot,
 It was reported today that following conference with Circuit Judge w. l. tiaralson and Special Prosecutor D. p. Wimberiy troops will be called to the troubled zone sometime this week.
 QUIET BUT TENSE Scottsboro March S.-(SpeciaL)--- Quiet reigns througnout the nigh rider infested districts in the north eastern portion of Jackson county, and the merest spark may be the signal for go r. in9c and armed. literally armec to the teeth, Jointly reigns with a calm, fraught with danger.
 Scottsporo is normal. The nine men arrested Sunday afternoon, following he street fight at Stevenson when offl- cers and citizens were fired upon, it is said. by night-riders, remain in jail here because they have been unable to make bond and friends have not appeared with the necessary surety. They are giving the officers no trouble. but positively re- fuse to talk. Silence, they insist, cannot benefit their enemy and also it cannot embarrass themselves, or their asso- cates.
 In the meantime, Sheriff Stevens main ta.ns heavy guard at the prison t3 handle any emergency that may ab- ruptly arise--a storming of the jail by confederates of the prisoners or an at tempt at jail-breaking by the captives. The sheriff declines to take any chances. He regards the situation as serious and Is handling it as serious situation re- quires.
 SHERIFF IS ALERT
 Conrad N. Austin, chief of the state law enforcement department. left Mont gomery last night and arrived here this morning en route to the disturbed areas at Stevenson. Fabius, Bridgeport Wid- ow's Bar and other points. It is as sumed that Chief Austin will take charge of the half score or more deputies who reinforced by a large number of posse men, are combing those vicinities for night-rider nests. He will make a thor ough investigation it is understood be- fore suggesting to Governor Kilby the necessity for more officers. if, in his opinion. the present force is insufficient
 ONLY PHANTOM NESTS" The small posse of citizens, headed by enforcement officers that took to the woods Monday night were continuing tlier hunt today, according to advices re ceived here. The local authorities were told that the hunt, to date. had revealed only phantom nests and that night riders, singly or collectively. had faile to develop. Rural people, it was de clared, are in state of decided unrest an unres: perilously near a panic-and apprehensive of renewed and even more violence from night-rider bands. Any they fear, more terrible than any which