Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-03-28
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In front of the depot and hanged
him to tree. Kidding the body with
bullets and later burning it. He is
said to have confessed.
Jordan was arrested today after
posters were circulated bearing his
, description His foreman at saw
mill Remembered him from the de
scription and notified the police.
After the lynching Commonwealths
Attorney Howerton said he would
conduct rigid investigation and
present the names of the leaders OF
the mob to the grand jury. The town
is restless and there Is a subdued
feeling of excitement in the air, al
though the streets have been cleared
, and there is no evidence of disorder.
i The lynching took place about 100
wards from the Jail within a few feet
of the Norfolk and Western depot. A
train had just pulled into the station
and a part of the lynching episode
was visible from Windows of train.
= Commonwealth Attorney Hover,
ton had put in a long-distance call
to Governor Trinkle appealing for
troops. While the call was being
made the man was taken from the
jail 1t was thought that troops OF
assistance of some kind would arrive
on the train which pulled in from
K; Norfolk a few minutes before Jordan
was strung up.
According to county officers, the
circumstances of the attack had
aroused an indignation throughout
the county that could not be con
trored when it became known the
perpetrator of the crime had con-
fessed
Everybody in the county seemed
TO have been there. Mr.. Howertol
said. adding that his efforts as well
| as those of Sheriff Fannin to prevent
the lynching were like throwing
, chaff into the wind.
! The young woman was attacked al
her home about $3.50 o'clock in the
afternoon. during the absence OF heI
husband. She first saw the man in
the back yard and hurriedly fastened
the doors and armed herself with
her husbands pistol. when his &C
tions became suspicious. However
the man opened back window, en-
tered and took the weapon away
from her.
Jordan was positively identified as
having been the one who entered the
home of young white married wo'
man and attacked her. She had been
removed to the home of her parents
4; in the country, about twelve miles
from Waverly. Sheriff Fanndn and
Deputy Sheriff Harris took him to
her and she was positive he was the
man.
| Shortly after dusk the sherlf's
J party returned to Waverly and
lodged their prisoner in jail. Citizens
gathered and the streets soon filled
when news spread that the man had
been identified.
Pleas of the Commonwealth At
torney to bet the law take dts course
failed to deter the mob, members OF
which shouted, "No, no, no" when
Prosecutor Howerton pleaded for the
law. He assured them he would ask
the Judge of the circuit to call a
special grand jury tomorrow morn
ing il they would disperse and let
the law take its course.
After the lynching, Commemorative
Attorney Howerton stated over long
distance telephone to The Times DIS
! patch that he would make every ct
! fort to learn the identity of the mob
leaders and present their names to
the grand jury.
Jordan was captured at Gray S
Lumber Mill, at which he had been
employed for about two weeks. He
was in the act Of changing from a
pair of old shoes to a new pair when
Sheriff Fannin placed him under
arrest.
The pistol, a peculiar four-barreled
weapon. which the assailant had
wrested from the woman led to his
capture. He had given it to col
ored man who reported it to a citi-
zen of the town, None in Waverly
tonight knew the name of the man
who had been lynched. He was said
to have come originally from North
Carolina, had lived in Franklin
Southampton County, Va, and then
recently had come to work in Wa
verify.
GOVERNOR EXPRESSES REGRET
No call for the State militia was
received from Waverly. Sussex Coun-
ty. Governor E. Lee Trinkle stated
last night. Governor Trinkle said
that he had duplicated the reward
offered h,r the county board of SUI