Evening star., 1921-10-16

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STAR, WAsHiNGTON
either a. Good morning" or a GOOD
The food served the prisoners did
not resemble the usual jaiihouse
variety. II was prepared by the
jailef's wife. and Is said to have been
ths same as served on the table at
the jailer's home.
Feasts en' Blseuits.
AT one. dinner. the food placed be-
fore Miss Knox and EastlAke con-
sisted Of Ave homemade biscuits. fresh
from the oven, 4 goodly' portion of
llominy, and q large piece ef tender
roast beef Other meals were equally
When Miss Knox and Eastlake, were
transferred to the fredericksburg
's they found tnaad conditions Mao1.,.. there re
Freasricksburs': jail there W.. . =
telephone. and the prisoners were
allowed to leave their cells and talk
to relatives In Philadelphia and Balti-
more. more: NJ IH the R'chmond sity jail; al.
now being held, 1a!lhou.e etiquette
enoe since being arrested in Colonial
B6achS on September 80 could be
Adequately described as "A visit to
some OF Virginia's best jails."
Reporters Face Revolvers.
While in tho Montross Jail there
was only -one incident That marred
the visit. of-ths prisoners. It was
when . band of citixens from Colonial
Beach surrounded the prison and
threstsned to lynch Miss Knox and
The lynching party. however. did
result butt In Any asr H s tho Of p
era1 OF dozen newspaper men who
went to the jail to cover the event.
Instead OF covering" a story, the re.
porters themselves were covered
wit. guns by crowd OF grtzzled
veterans OF the Virginia hamlet of
Montross and their lives threatened.
These armed men. their breaths spo-
radically shooting forth fumes OF the
famous Virginia moonshine whiskey,
were actuated by the Tailor of the
MbntrpH prison to infiict punishment
had succeeded in gaining entrance
into ihe jail and interviewing the
prisoners
Shadows Draw Closer.
Unaware that their lives were in
jeopardy. the correspondents. In a
high powered machine, drove up near
the prison. 1t was pitch dark, and
men were seen in the distance carry
ing lanterns. The first impression
cleaned by the newspaper men was
their threats to string the prisoners
to a tree and riddle their bodies with
bullets.
The shadows Of the men with the
lanterns drew closer to the prison. The
reporters were debating as to whether
to remain in the machine for a few
moments or to make their presence
known.
Suddenly. as ghost would appear. a
score OF men. some with doubled-bar-
relied shotguns and others with revol-
vers, arose from tall grass neaby and
advanced on the newspaper mems car.
The reporters were commanded to leave
the machine singly. AS they did the
men searched them for weapons.
."Throw Up Your Hands,
When the last correspondent had
nervously climbed from the machine,
one Of the grizzled veterans yelled:
Lime up there and throw up your
diately. but wondered the meaning Of
it all.
At this juncture the Jailer. brand
ishing a pistol In one hand and a
searchlight in the other, ran up breath
lessly in front Of the newspaper men
and demanded to know the identity of
two reporters who had entered the Jail
eight hours previous. Adhering strict
ly to the ethics Of the profession. the
reporters declined to reveal the In
formation.
"W.here's the reporter with the, little
brandishing his gun. Following this
exclamation the jailer turned the search
light on the faces Of the reporters and
Instituted a search for the man with
the little black mustach." He could
not be found in the crowd Of reporters.
Pistol Thrust Into His Face. .
A representative of a Philadelphia
porter who had accompanied the man
with the little black mustach" into
the Jail. The pistol the jailer was WELD
ing was thrust into the Philadelphia
reporters face. He virtually collapsed.
His associates succeeded in convincing
the 5ailer that he was not one Of the
reporters who had entered the jail.
With guns and pistols still pointed
In the reporters direction. the tailer
continued his search. hoping to iden-
tify either Of the men for whom he
was searching. Watt Mayo, common
county, who had trailed the lynching
parties from Colonial Beach to Mon
tross. reached the scene. about this
time, and appealed to the natives not
to commit any act of violence to the
newspapermen or to the accused cou-
pie in the jail. Guns were dropped
from the reporters faces.
Jail Silence Reigns.
The men disappeared almost as
quickly as, they had appeared. and
the customary jail-like silence pre-
vailed over Montross. Subsequently
the commonwealth's* attorney apolo-
gized for the nervous .predicament the
newspApermen were placed in by the
grzzied7 veterans of Westmoreland
county.
All. Of the, newspapermen, except the
one from Philadelphia, returned to
Colonial Beach to keep the public, in
touch with, developments in connec-
| tton with the Eastlake murder case
q crime 50 hideous and revolving that
1t gave Virginia the greatest shock in
q generation. The PhiIadelpl ia news
paperman took the frst train home
from Fredericksburg. avowine never
tesreturn to the "wilds Of Virginia."
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