San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-20
TROOP RULE
THREATENED
IN GEORGIA
Governor Offers to Call
Out National Guard 10
Check Mobs.
FL0GGERS ARE BUSY
Deputies and Citizens Or
ganized for Emer-
gency Calls.

Atlanta. Ga. Aug. Ex-Governor
Walker has offered TO call out the
National Guard to check lawlessness
in Bbb county whenever the local Of
ficials feel that additional forces are
needed.
He has received assurances from
Sheriff James Hicks, in Macon, that
such call will be made if an emerg-
ency develops, it was annonced at the
executive department today.
The governor made this announce
ment after n conference with Adj.
Gen. Charles ii. Cox, who returned
this morning from Macon, where he
made an investigation of the situation
there developing from series of fog
gings.
The adjutant general told tie gov
rrnor that the sheriff has organized
an efficient force consisting of four
:een derutics and a number of citi'
Gems subject TO emergency calls.
Macon. Ga. Aug. 2O.-City and
county officials today plan to COM
mencc a roundup of all automobiles
not carrying state license tags, in an
effort to get at the bottom of the
facts surrounding a series OF fleg-
gings which have taken place here IN
recent weeks. In nearly all cases
where kidnapers have borne away
their victims in motor cars their
automobiles have carried no tags.
Sheriff's forces last night captured
three ALLEGED kidnapers and floggerS
while in the act of flogging two
negroes. Two automobiles found
near the scene Of the flogging were
said TO have been used by the flog-
gers. contained masks, small sledsc
hammer. and piece of heavy. wet
felt. One of the cars bore no
license.
Negro Given Credit.
The CAPTURE of the three men last
night. who gave their names as ).
X. Hudson; c. +. Hudson and j..
G. Hudson. brothers. and all resi-
dents of East Macon. are the first
arrests to be made in connection with
the recent "flogging wave"
Emory Roberts. one of the negro
victims, is credited by officials with
the capture of the trio. One of the
alleged flOggers. it was said, jumped
on TO the running board of Roberts
automobile and commanded him TO
stop. Instead. he increased the speed
of his car. When the man on the
running board whistled for his broth
ers to join him, Roberts plunged his
car into an embankment.
Other persons passing the scene
phoned the sheriff and the entire city
and county anti-flogging squad was
rushed out to answer the call.
Three miles out from the city
members of the sheriffs force came
unon the members of the gang. strug-
Cling with the negro. Farther back
on the same road was an untagged
seven passenger automobile. which the
brothers were said TO have used.
In the tonneau OF the ear the sher-
IFS deputies found three leather
masks and one cloth mask. Another
mask was said to have been worn
by one of the Hudsons as he jumped
onto the running board of the negroes
machine. He still wore it when Off
GERS reached the scene.
There was a piece of heavy wet
felt, which. the sheriff's deputies said,
was for use as gag.
The sheriff's force reported that
the Hudsons had given them consid-
cradle trouble in recent years.
1t was the opinion of the sheriffs
office that the Hudsons were not at
tached to any organized flogginS
band but were operating independ-
emily.