Evening star., 1933-11-29


the habeaS corpus proceedings were
started. were William H Thompson. a
Princess Anne druggist, Irving S. Ad-
klns, special officer at Princess Anne:
William S. McQuay, Pocomoke City
chain store operator, and William p
Hearn. Shad Point trucker.
Judge Robert r. Duer expects TO hold
the habeas corpus hearings at 3 O'Clock
In the Somerset County Court House at
Princess Anne, according to reports
from there. The other two Judges of
the circuit-Chief Judge John r. Pat
tlson OF Cambridge and Associate Judge
JoSeph L. Bailey OF Salisbury-will sit
with him
States Attorney John B. Robins de-
clined to say whether or not he would
be present.
The plan for returning the prisoners
calls for no show of force. Gen. Milton
A. Reckord, who commanded the troops
tnat made the arrests yesterday. said
today that no orders had been issued
the National Guard and that no orders
were contemplated. He discussed the
question with the warden and other Off
GERS before making the statement.
Both Towns Are Quiet
Reports from Salisbury and Princess
Anne were to the effect that both towns
were very quiet. However, residents of
the two communities continued to ex-
press their bitter opposition to the
course chosen by Gov. Ritchie and At
torney General Lane.
Gen Reckord revealed TODAY that
one OF his prisoners, Thomson was
MS friend. He was commander of the
american Legion Post at Princess Anne
When was commander Of the DEPART
ment OF Maryland" said Reckord
thompson maintains that he is inno-
cent and was in Salisbury when the
attack was made on the Princess Anne
Jail" '' |Ni'''e
Inc guardsmen, bruised and nany Of
tnem soaking wet from the battle with
the mob ended their days work with
lne order to disband and return home
Alter the withdrawal of the troops. the
newspaper men were driven from Sails
bury by the threats of the mob.
reports came out of Princess Anne
that the grave of George Armwood.
colored, who was lynched last MONTH
mad been "tampered with" b. a crowd
late last night. Steve Hopkins. SUPER
intendent of the Somerset COUNTY
Aims House, on whose grounds the
colored man was buried said the grave
was covered with fresh dirt.
! Richie Defends Action.
| Citing the laws of the State to defend
his action for sending The TROOPS after
lynch suspects, Gov. Ritchie from his
! sick bed in Annapolis said the county
authorities had failed to arrest the men
named to them and it was his duty
| to act.
THE general law" he asserted, "au-
thortzes the Governor to call upon the
commander Of the National Guard if
his assistance is needed to enforce the
law and under such circumstances the
commanding officer has the power of a
sheriff. 1t was under this provision
that I acted"
His action, meanwhile, drew the fire
Of members of the State Legislature,
meeting in a special session. Confer
enceS were held at the State House and
plans were discussed by Eastern Shore
representatives for the release Of the
prisoners. The protests we're not gen.
eral, as many declared the Governor 5
action was the only course left.
State Police Beaten.
Armwood was accused of attacking
an aged white woman, and the second
night after his arrest a mob beat off a
detail of defending State police, broke
down the door Of the Somerset County
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