The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21
ALL APPROACHES
 ID JAIL GUARDED
 BY MACHINE GUNS
Knoxville Quiet With the Courthouse Under Heavy Guard, But Feeling
 Is Tense
By Associated Press

Knoxville, August 20.--With the vicinity of the courthouse and jail under heavy guard of police. dep uties and national guardsmen who enforced move-on orders vigorously, Knoxville authorities expressed con fldence that there would be no -ep- etition of Fridays disorders when at least 2s persons were wounded as defenders of the jail fired on a crowd advancing upon them with the avowed purpose of demanding a ne- gro prisoner held as suspect for assault upon white woman.
 Extraordinary precautions were taken to preserve order tonight as threats of the use of dynamite against the Jail and its defenders in revenge for the shooting Friday night had been heard frequently Throughout the day. No one tonight was permitted to approach within block of the county jail, and the court house yard, where last night nun dreds of spectators stood and from which the first attack upon the offi- cers came, was kept absolutely clear.
 Six machine guns. manned by state police. were placed so as to sweep all approaches to the Jail, Infantrymen were held in reserve while the troop of cavalry gall opsd through the streets at brief inter- vals on practice march" Every policeman in the city. including re- serves, was on duty while all depusy sheriffs were either at the jail or in the imm ediate vicinity.
 Dozen Arrests Made
 While thousands of persons surged through the streets tonight and most of them attempted to approach :he courthouse through curiosity, if for without incident A dozen arrests were made on charges of disorderly conduct In the business district.
 or the 2S persons known to have been wounded last night. 26 were sent to hospitals One of these was discharged before morning and to- day two others were able to go to their homes. Of the 23 remaining in various hospitals tonight lsfenceA Leak and l. E. Hull were reported in a serious condition, while the others were improved.
 The crime which has so aroused this city was brutal attack upon woman school teacher near Inskip Thursday morning while she was en rout to school She was able to give g description of her assailant, and soon afterward Frank Martin, mgIattc. was captured and afterwsrd identified by the young woman
 Tonight there is tense feeling over the wounding of so many men boys and women, A company of cav, alrymen of the state guard rode down Gay street to take up duty near the jail they were jeered by crowds assembled on sidewalks dis cussing the crime and it's attendant features.
 The finding today of watch which was taken off the young woman in the doorway of q Knoxville store with a note, was thought might be interpreted as exonerating Martin. and the statement by one of the men who helped arrest Martin, who said Martins footprints were fully three inches longer than those of the as- sailant. tended to cause grave doubts as to the guilt of Martin and was in measure responsible for the cool Ing off of the citizens.
 where the assault was committed. are continuing to search for a negro who they believe Is the guilty man.