Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-11-13
SOUTH CAROLINA SHERIFF AC-
CUSED OF COMPLETELY
WITH LYNCHERS
(p.cston News Service. }

tP'oston News Servfce.l
Aiken, S. C. Nov. 12.-Nollie Rob.
inson, Sheriff of Aiken county, aged
Al years. was accused Thursday of
delivering to the mob which lynched
three Negroes. one a woman on the
morning OF October 8.
Robinson is the man who was hail
ed in newspaper dispatches in April,
1925. as the savior of Negroes when
another mob sought to lynch them.
They had been arrested and charged
with killing a sheriff. 1t is said
that a mob of several hundred sur
rounded the Aiken jail and he
threatened to shoot the first man
who made an effort to seize the Ne
grnes and the crowd broke up and
went away.
Before the coroner's Jury Robin
con testified that he was overpower
ed suddenly by men who had gained
access to the iailer's house after he
bod pleaded with them to dispense,
Fa swore that he recognized none
of them and fired two shots in the
struggle before he was disarmed.
The iurv took his word and returned
verdict that the lynchings had
hnen done "by persons unknown"
The grand jury met and questioned
q few witnesses and reached the
s"-"N verdict.
"' last Thursday there appeared
"of"re two Of the men who have
"""n r'ost outspoken in their criti-
".~"' of the 1ynchings-Austin II.
F"h~""n defeated candidate for
"""r'f and Iames l.. Quinbv. an &C.
"0~tr'" gentleman of middle age
two prisoners who were in Jail at
t''a time the three Lowman Negroes
~-""e taken from the building and
''--nhed
THE two prisoners were Mrs. Lucy
N'"~row fwhitel Of Augusta Ga.
an1 Charles r. Lee fwhite) os Sa-
""""ab Ga The first. girl OF
"'"''' 10 years old. occupied cell
on the same floor as that of Bertha
I"wman The Mooney woman said
e''' was being he'd there as a State
witne"s in y linuor case having been
Ought by Rnbinson's DEPUTIES walk
'"~ a"ov from an automobile in
---h'"h thew found liquor.
She said the cell she occuoied is
" mart of separate tier from that
f"r Neoro women prisoners but
-'"~'-'-'' 80 hors os tho a>e~t"~o IN
-, ~ ~,s~S, doo~ ch".t'no nft that
40" "ho could watch the stems down
-'hi"h Pertha T,owman could have
''a"~ hror~ht nv the lvnrhers II
Sc o'so said that the steel fan over
~" cnert"~n in the steel door was
''"' closed cn the night OF the lynch
ing. I,
Georgia Woman Makes Affidavit
che sow. she swore IN an affidavit
Th"~sdav before Mr. Ouinbv as
~"tnrv public her affidavit states.
'T was mt in Aikon iail the latter
~""t of Sentemh"~ 1o9c nv Offcer
r~r'- cnIIev pc y state witness in
~"oh'h't'ov onea and ,ras released
'""I Tr'1"~ u NJ October 90. On
th" r'n~rir" ~ October & was IN
wv coll and was awakened nv the
'oorho'I rinpine downstairs saw
F""r "nre cu'eida on the hridpe-two
b'N"1e ono Chevrolet The group ~
80, etavod down stairs about 25
r"'nutes to the hest of nv knowI-
"""~" The crowd was laughing and
A~'I,fno
"purin" tha 25 minutes thew had
~o~'-"ol enc two Towman Noprooe-
+H"' :" tho two hnvs fwhoeo colts
v-e~o on tho lownr fnnrD-onI than
Nv" n'on ca"'e unetnire tn Get Bertha.
$4,000 VOC efandir~ IN Mt the
'""~ failor Tav'or had 1antn~-,
"~6 ~ ---"s Tav1or that unlocked the
'~~'. ." 49, coll ~ Dortbo Towmar
~ "''~ pohi~~on 1ook nor fro~,
h~~ ~~n ITO ~-n~ aooo-,, ~ ~io1
- Shonna-d Ionn ~ hie den
''''~~N pH~ov unrt foo,etab' IN
Gov MOI oan of South Carolinal and
20" N'eon~ ro6N Saflev
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