The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-28
Sent BY GOVERNOR
TO UPHOLD LAW IN
Shore Community
enraged Populace Ga Tiers
About Armory and HurIs
Bricks at Soldiers
TEAR GAS LOOSED ON THEM
Executive Acts When Local Al.
thorities Decline to Prose-
cute SIayers
TEAR GAS L00SED ON THEM

| 1SAtCAAe W AIIeSt nine suspects OF tho
Princess Anne lynching Tuesday eva
cuated the armory here and started
back for Baltimore after Z mob Of
more than thousand persons At
tackled the building and were repuls-
ed with tear gas bombs and bayonets
The troops took with them foui
men th<Y arrested in early morning
forays into nearby Somerset county,
where the lynching occurred October
IL.
The crowd. which gathered early
Tuesday after the news spread that
the militia had come to Salisbury ana
was arresting the alleged lynchers,
was augmented by long motor cara
vans converging on Salisbury from
many points on the eastern shore Of
Maryland. Delaware and Virginia.
In Annapolis. David g. Winebren.
ner. 3rd, secretary Of state, was In.
formed OF the developments In Sails
bury and said he would leave ct once
to take the news to Governor Richie,
who Is Ill.
A rain Of bricks was hurled ut the
aimory by the crowd outside and thia
was followed by shots, although It was
not Immediately apparent who fired
them.
Firemen Aid Citizens
City firemen sent streams Of waite,
into the tear gas, apparently In On
effort to deaden the effects Of tho
fumes. They appeared to Be In sym.
pathy with the crowd. This brought
cheers from the crowd.
Adjutant General Milton A. Rec
kord appeared on the outside Of the
armory ana ordered AL parsons stand-
ing on porches OF private homes In
the vicinity OF the armory to evac-
uate.
The militiamen came to Salisbury
to arrest nine men, accused Of COM
plicity In the lynching Of George Arm
wood. q Negro. ct Princess Anne on
| Oct. 10.
They were under command Of Cen
eral Reckord and Attorney General
William Preston Lane. Jr., and had
left Baltimore secretly during the
night.
One of the first to be arrested Wal
william II. Thompson, o member Of
the coroner's jury which had been i'm.
paneled to investigate the lynching.
Thompson, who Is 80 years old and
q druggist at Princess Anne, heard 80
witnesses testifying, q week after this
lynching, that they could not identify
any Of the members Of the mob Of
1000 persons who stormed the jail.
Arrested Before Dawn
Arrested at their respective homes
by the militia-men shortly before
dawn. besides Thompson, were:
Irving Adkins. 80. of Princess Anne
who on Saturday nights serves Is 4
police officer In the town.
william p. Hearn. Of shad Point, .
trucker.
william 8. Mcouay. Of Pocomoks
City.
Thompson, Adkins and Hearn, taken
from their beds by the guardsmen.
expressed their resentment 1T being
taken into custody. when brought to
the armory here.
Hearn was quoted by military offic-
ers as asserting he would tell plenty
II allowed to testify from q witness
stand.
Nine men in all were named by At
torney General Lane as having been
identified to him as members Of the
mob. It was for the arrest Of these
nine men that the troops were order
ed from Baltimore, after States Attor-
ney John B. Robins Of Somerset coun-
ty refused to cause their apprehen-
sion.
Sent Names to Prosecutor
Lane said he sent the names. ad-
dresses and the part taken by each In
the lynching Of George Armwood.
Negro. accused Of attacking m aged
white woman.
Armwood was dragged from the
Somerset county jail by q mob OF
more than 1000 men. women and
youths. who broke through the de-
tense Of . small detail Of state no.
lice ct the jail. The negro was taken
to the town limits, where he WA
hanged from q tree. Later his BODY
was saturated with gasoline and set
aftre.
States Attorney Robins, in reflsine
to cause the arrests. said the evidence
should Be submitted first to the srand
jury, to b taken up at it, secret de.
alterations. He questioned the names
given him . there might 30 4 DOS
sibility Of mistaken Identity
Attorney General Lane then turned
TO the three judges Of the first Judi
cial circuit with Z request that Robins
be replaced Ii the case. The iudRcs
haye been considering the request but
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