The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-08-20
Requests Hardwick to
Make Demand Of
Cooper For Action
Of Mob While
Seeking Fox
and Gap
pins

Thursday by a mob of South Caro-
linians, who made an unsuccessful
raid on the Richmond county jail
here in an effort to secure C. O.
Fox and Jesse Gappins, held to
answer charges in connection with
the Staying Of young William Bra
zell, Of Columbia. S. c., taxi
driver. was made in letter ad-
dressed to the Georgia governor By
Judge Harry C. Eapmond Of the
Augusta Superior Court.
The judges, letter also suggested
that South Carolina might deliver
Z at least one member of the mob to
Georgia in view of the capture and
retention by Georgia officers for
South Carolina Of Fox and Gap
pins.
The prisoners were spirited away
to Savannah before the mob reach
ed Augusta last Thursday, and
were subsequently taken to the
Charleston. S. c., jail, where they
are now held.
In the opening paragraph Of his
letter to Governor Hardwick Judge
Hammond states that las citizen
of the state of Georgia, respect
fully request that you lay the fol-
s lowing statement of facts before
the Hon. Robert A. Cooper, govern
or of South Carolina, and that you
demand from him apology for what
has occurred, and immediate effec-
tive action in righting a grievous
wrong to a Sovereign common
wealth
The judge aeks: What does
she (South Carolina) propose to
do2 And what will you Governor
4 Hardwick) exact Of her?
The jurist makes the point that
the instance was the first in his
memory when mob invaded an
other state. He asserts that here
tofore they have all been intrastate
nfoBs, whereas this was an inter
state mob.
"a new condition is presented to
your egceiIency,'' the letter says
4and you should take thought
serious thought of how you
should meet it. Here is invasion
of your state by an armed force
defiance of its laws and Of your au-
thority, assault ard capture of you1
iail and stockade, your property
seized and what have you from
South Carolina or its governor in
Significance Of these outrageous
acts. What, answer does she pro-
pose to make or VIII you exact
Discussing the activities Of Sher-
iT J. T. Piunkett, in capturing
5 South Carolina prisoners and dellv-
ering them back to officers from
that state. the Augustan says:
..fIowever, this may be, as a
general proposition. the concrete
situation is presented to your eX-
ceIlency Of your sheriff, eXerting al
most superhuman effort to render
service to the state of South Car
cIna successful service. anu the
reward of such serv ce is the in
gasion Of Georgia territory by arm
ed organized mob, the peace and
Quiet of great city violated, the
states stronghold assaulted, It's
keeper and defenders deffed. Must
YOU not require Of the state OF
South Carolina genuine activity IT
securing and delivering to author
ity some of the 100 offenders who
have outraged it? Three South
Carolina criminals We're arrested
by Georgia authorities and return
ed to South Carolina with evidence
to cony-ict. VIII not South Caro-
lima arrest and deliver to Georgi;
one of the 100 men who broke ane
defiee the laws? Had this very IN
,cident occurred between the coun
tries Of Mexico and the United
q States on the south. or the Don1n
ion of Canada and the Cnitet
states on the north, would not ful
exclamation and apologies have
been instantly made, and if no
would the occurrence not have
been a cause of war? Georgia ant
South Carolina are as distant SOY
ereignties as are the two countries.
Atlanta. Aug. 16--If Judge Hen
rv Hammond, Of the August;
circuit. who has protested to Gov
Hardwick against the invasion 0
Georgia and the storming OF tn
Richmond county jail by Souti
Carolina mob, will initiate the nee
essarv legal steps and furnish Gov
uardwick with the name or name
of members of the mob, the COVER
nor will proceed at once to extra
dite the alleged offenders for tina
in Georgie for their conduct. Ihi
3, effect is Gov. IIardwick's answe
~ letter received by him toda
from Judge Hammond.
Concerning the judges suGscs
4ion that the governor of S"ut
carolina apologize to the state
coreia for the mob invaSon, ''oE
rardwick stated he would forwa~
the copy of the text of Judst HAM
nond's letter to Gov. Cooper Q
South Carolina for such eNpresSio
as he may care to make.
Tn this connection it IS rec2iic
4bo+ the two governors engaged
long distance telephone converse
t;on last Saturday night in whic
Governor Cooper expressed to'''oN
uardwick his regret at the acdo
~ the South Carolina MOB an