Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-08-11
ARMED DEPUTIES
|. ON GUARD At STATE
|. BOYS REFORMATORY

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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga, Aug. 9.
Armed deputies, for the first time
in more than two years. stood guard
at the Georgia Training School for
Boys, located near here, throughout
the night, and early today reported
the feared third raid by unmasked
men upon the state institution hous-
ing approximately 800 youths failed
to materiaize. The guards were
placed on duty by Governor Walker
and no instruction releasing them
had been received here today.
The institution, a reform school,
where boys are trained under Boy
Scout rules, and khaki uniforms are
worn instead of gray prison gar
ments, was raided Monday and Tues.
day nights, according to school off,
Gals by a band of men seeking to
capture and flog Tom Thomas and
his wife, Mary, negro attendants.
Under the supervision of Mrs
Orian Manson, the training school.
it was said, prohibits the gun and
strap from a part of its regulations.
The honor system is in vogue, and
there are no walls around the large
grounds.
Twenty five or more armed an
unmasked men, according to officials,
have thrown some Of the inmates,
their ages ranging from six to eight.
cen years, into a panic, by raiding
the large dormitories in search of
the negro attendant and his wife.
Because there were no guards, no
firearms of any kind, officials said,
the band met with little interference.
The search for Thomas and his
wife proved futile, so, according to
Sheriff l.. S. Terry, in charge of the
armed guard, the band visited the
home of Jim Douglas, said to be
Thomas brother, seized him and
gave him a severe flashing. The
sheriff declared the negro was bad
ly handled
No motive for the efforts to cap.
ture the negroes could be ascertaine
by officers, but Mrs. Manson has is
sued a statement declaring that she
has been told the leader of the band
was a former employe of the institu-
ton.
Boys Defend Attendants
Mrs. Manson said she was particu-
larly proud of the manner in which
the boys of the institution had risen
to the emergency. She said when
it was apparent the negroes were
being sought by the raiders, thirty
Of the honor boys volunteered to de.
fend the attendants, although they
had no weapons, except sticks and
stones.
Telephone wires to this place, 10
Gated five miles away, were cut and
three of the boys, she said, made
their way entirely unarmed through
the raiding band, and ran to this city
for help.
Governor Walker, upon being ad.
vised of the alleged outbreak of law
lessness, felegraphed Sheriff Terry,
instructing him to swear in as many
deputies as needed in order to ap.
prehend members of the band. Early
today no arrests had been reported
Visited Weeg Ago
The training school was visited
by five or six men on last Tuesday
night. who searched the school for
the two negroes and failed to find
them. They warned the authorities
then that they would return on Tues
day night. Sheriff Terry states that
he knew nothing of this warning
and the first he knew of any trou-
bic at the institution was when he
was called Tuesday night to dispel
the mob.
The two negroes are in charge Of
the negro building at the school and
We're charged by a member of the
mob With cruelty and impudence to
the white boys.
w. E. Ireland, the bookkeeper at
the institution, left Immediately to
report the affair to Mrs. o. w. Man
son, who was in Atlanta at the time
of the mob's visit.
GOVERNOR MAY OFFER
REWARD FOR ATTACKERS
1t was intimated in the executive
offices at the capitol Thursday that
Governor Walker would offer g re-
ward for the apprehension of the
parties responsible for the attack
on the reformatory. The governor is
outraged nj the incident and express
ed himself in no uncertain terms.
Reports reaching the capitol
Thursday were to the effect that a
former employe of the reformatOry
disgruntled at his discharge, melted
the attack on the institution in an
effort to discerdit the authorities in
charge and demoralize the inmates.
This information was Icing inVesti-
gated at the executive offices, where
the statement was made that dras-
tic measures would be taken to pun
ish those who narticipated in the