The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-28

nory where the prisoners were
ter the fleeing trucks.
ey-General William P. Lane
and Brigadier-General Milton
A. Reckord were riding was
struck by the stones.
Several windows we're smashed,
but the officials inside indicated
they we're unhurt as they signaled
for the troop trucks to hasten
through the bedlam of Salisbury's
Main street.
The four alleged ringleaders of
the mob which lynched a Negro at
nearby Princess Anne last month
we're arrested shortly before dawn
by the soldiers at order of Governor
Albert c. Ritchie, who vowed that
the lynching should not go I'M
punished
When word Of the arrests spread
through the historic Eastern Shore
of Maryland, incensed citizens hur-
ried to Salisbury. muttering against
Governor Ritchie.
Troops Parade Sidewalk
When the prisoners arrived in
Salisbury early today from Prin-
cess Anne, only about 300 citizens
we're waiting in front of the armory.
Troopers paraded the sidewalks with
drawn bayonets, but still the resi-
dents of the district, the oyster men,
the farmers, and the poultry raisers.
continued to arrive, to denounce the
Governor bitterly.
By noon about 1000 men and
women stood in the cold sunlight,
shouting down imprecations upon
the Governors head, demanding his
impeachment and insisting upon
the release of the captives.
The troopers barred their bayonets
and threatened to stab the leaders
of the mob, but still the bitter citi-
zens pressed forward
When it seemed the rushing of
the army was but an instant away,
General Reckord ordered his soldiers
to release tear gas bombs. The
troopers stood in windows and doors
of the armory, f1inging the bombs
into the crowd.
When they exploded, releasing
gas which swept Main street, the
resident fled, with tears in their
eyes, to the outskirts of the village.
Hardly had the gas cleared away
under a brisk breeze, however, when
they ran back looking for Lane and
Reckord, whom they held RESPONSE
bic for the casing.
An innocent traveller in an old
sedan approached at that moment.
The crowd thought he was Lane,
stopped mis- car, smashed the win
dows, overturned it, and pulled the
terrified passerby from his seat.
He was tossed to the ground when
it was discovered that he was not
Lane.
The latter, meantime, was inside
the armory with General Reckord.
After hurried telephone conferences
with officials in Baltimore and An
napolis they bandoned all idea of
taking their four prisoners to Prin-
cess Anne for a hearing before a
magistrate
Instead, they arranged to take
them at once to Baltimore.
The prisoners we're distributed in
the military carvan, one to a truck
load of soldiers.
The latter stood on top of the
heavy lorries, with rifles at Shout
der, ready for action The prison.
ers were inside, secreted under the
olive drab canvas.
Gives Order to Go
Record then gave the order to
go. He jumped into his car, with
Lane, and they sped out an alley
behind the Armory. careened into
the street and roared northwestward.
The CROWD was noplussed for an
instant. Then barrage Of bricks,
stones and clubs followed the car
as it ran through veritable CANT
let Of enraged Marylanders.
Although some Of the weapons
struck their mark and the windows
Of the sedan splintered into the
street, Record and Lane appeared
unscratched as they waved back
vigorously to the truck drivers to
follow
The great trucks numbered from
the alley, pushing into the midst of
the citizens who packed the street.
The latter screamed and cursed
when the trucks bore down upon
them, but the drivers held to their
course. Many escaped narrowly
from being crushed under the heavy
wheels.
The whole caravan rolled out Of
Salisbury safely and along the road
, toward Baltimore, while excited
leaders Of the mob made curbstone
speeches, urging further action.
Some suggested that they give
chase apparently was forthcoming.
Half an hour after the trucks had
left, Salisbury had settled down al
most to its usual normally, except
for the street corner groups Of
citizens, who discussed heatedly the
possibility of obtaining the i'm
ueachmert of Governor Ritchie