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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS . DISPATCHES LAST EDITION. 4:00 P. M. Weather Tvtectat: Cloud;; warmer. VOX. XIV. NO. 240. ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 15, 1909. ScPER COPY DAY L AWFUL SUSPENSE Three Hundred Entombed in St Paul Mine, With Possibility That Some May Yet Be Alive. HUNGER PROBLEM OF THE SURVIVORS A Thousand Orphans, Probably Cherry, Ills., K. of P. Lodge, Had a Membership of 75 Last Week, Now Has Six Oth ers, in the Mine, Are Dead or Dying Situation of Survivors Will Be Terrible. Cherry, III., Nov. 15, 12:30 p. in. President Ij(vU of Im nilno workers, Iiiih advised the local union Umi $.VMM) 1h contributed by the nationul body to lip placed nt the disiiuaal of widows and orpliaiw of tint mine Vic tims. Tliat not one man of the hundreds ' mom lied Is alive. In the opinion of those on tlio seems Men oqulpiMil with oxygen helmets and other para plHTiialla used In the mine rottcno work fame out, declaring the mine 1 nil 1 1 allre and caving In. Their equip ment wan uhcIchh In the smoke anil guM-cliokcd chambers. Three deaconta of resellers have t Iiiih fur Imh'II nimle. There were frantic protests of rela tives of the entombed men against llie slnle commission ordering the scaling up of the mine enlrunces. The iH'tlnn. it Is expliiineil. was the only means of finding the lire and iillord lug ewniie. VI KE STII.L 1UHNS. Cherry, Ills.. Nov. 15. 2:20 p. m. Kinprt have discovered that the lire Is Mill burning In the mine. After the faim started tlie smoke liegan to IMiur from llie main shaft. Mine in IKitorw are now playing tin the lire In the bottom of the shaft with ItuNC. mil liave ordered the air Hhaft cloned. '"VIERRY. HI. Nov. 15. Before I niehtfuU It neemi probable that Aa4r-rrir&te of the 300 men entomb ed In the Bt. Paul mine will be ascer tained. At o'clock this morning H force of B0 men began work opening the seal of the hoisting shaft. When it In opened a rescue party, in n cage, will descend to the third vein, where, if alive, the men now 400 feet beneath the surface, are waiting. iJite last nlRht the air shaft wan hermetically sealed. Krom the time of the descent to the second vein, made by men In bucket, n force of laborers worked covering the entrance with heavy plank and sand. All night anxious men and women surrounded the openings to the mine, although Is thought Improbable that any of the miners can be living down In the subterranean channel. Yesterday's attempt to send men to the bottom proved futile because they could not reach a foothold at the entrance to the galleries. When the seal ot the noising shaft is opened, a descent In a cage is to be made under tlis direction of Mine Inspector Tay lor. At present there la no destitution. The suspense of the women, whose sons, husbands and fathers are buried in the earth Is more In evidence than are their physical wants. A party of Chicago nurses have arrived, turned into comforters for the families prob ably bereft' A Thousand Orphans. There are probably 1000 orphans today In Cherry, who will soon need large quantities of fond. Dr. Howe. In charge of the relief work, asserted: . "These poor women and children will begin to face hunger soon, and then the situation will be terrible. Even now there Is little food In town.1 The stores have about sold out their stocks." The Knights of lthlus lodge, whclh had a membership of 75 last week, now haa only six members left The rest are In the 111 fated mine, dead or dying. Trip Made to Tlurd Vein. Cherry. Ills., Nov. 15. (11 a. m.) The cage haa made a trip to the third vein. Only capa and lanterns were brought back. Several of the rescu ing party returned from the second vein at 9:10 and brought the report thnt the mine was caving In at several placea. The mine la still on fire. It Is now known that S00 miners are on the Inside, none of whom are near the landing. It Is still Impossible to make an exploration for more than a few feet beyond the ehaft entrance. Cherry, Ilia., Nov. 14. Nearly four hundred men and boys are dead or perishing In the Bt. Paul mine aa a result of yeeterdav's fire, though ex perts who penetrated the smoke filled air shaft to a depths of three hundred feet early Inst night returned with a my of hope for the grlef-strlrken rela tives or the entombed miners. That the lire la extinguished Is the report of mining experta sent by Governor De necn to Investigate the calamity and Its cause. Kor more than thirty" hours' the prisoners had been cut off from fresh air before the shaft was entered last night and undoubtedly they have been subjected to smoke and gases. That life could exist under the ter rible condition Is doubted by many; but because no trace of high tempera ture waa found In the depths of the mine tonight, trknds of the miners and even officers of the company re newed some of their falling hope. Effort to Open Mine, A. J. F.orllrig. president of the Chi rok'o, Milwaukee and Bt. Paul railroad company which owns the mine re e.elveil an encouraging report after Heroic efforts hud been made to open the mine fur the recovery of the en tombed men. Krom John Held, son of one of the missing men. Mr. Karllng heard that il concession of the earth had bei n felt by farmers half fi mile. south of the main Bhnft. This report was sent first to Henry Burke, nn ottlcer of the mining company. Burke rushed to President Karllng and exclaimed: "I've heard signals from the nun. John Iteiil'H boys says that lie ami farmers whose lam! is over the south ern end of tlie mine felt several con cussions of the earth this afternoon. There were several shocks ami the men who felt them are eonvlneid that they were shuts llreil by the imprls- i oned men to siunnl to the people above i that they still live." "Would the shot mean that the! miners hud committed suicide to end I their Mgnn.i V" asked the railroad pres- ! Ident. "The men report," replied Burke, "thnt the signals were distinct nnil that they were meant for nn assurance thnt nt least some of them live." After the third attempt to explore the shaft. It V. Williams of the l. nlted States geological survey, who superin tended the work of volunteer explor ers telegraphed for more oxygen caps and ether apparatus. r 'lowercil Into the Mine. Throe times Mr. Williams and Henry Smith, a volunteer, were low ered into the mine In n bucket. Kach time they penetrated deeper. The temperature was bearable, but the ut mosphere wna intolerable. When explorations were abandoned it was unnouneed that men htted with oxygen armor would probably pene trate to the bottom of the mine today. " The list of the missing miners was i compiled and It reached the total of ! 3N5. Including the dead whose charred I bodies were taken from the burning , cages Saturday. It was declared to be j probable that this list might be in- ; creased. One hundred and seventy men who entered the mine Saturday morning ' have been accounted for. Most of i those entombed are- foreign born. Nearly all the miners hod their homes i In Cherry or In the surrounding towns I and most of the men had families. Thousand" of persons came Hocking to Cherry. Scores of wives whose hus bands are believed to have been burled alive and hundreds of children who may be fatherless roamed mournfully about the mine. Thirteen Heroes. Cherry, Ills., Nov. If.. Tht story of the thirteen heroes who went down to their death In the blazing shaft of the Cherry mine and of the one man who came back scarred and blackened by smoke to tell the ghastly tale, was related yesterday in all its details. Standing out above ..11 the others is the story of lr. L. B. Howe, the man who came hack, the only onu of the heroic fourteen who survived to tell what happened. Seven times before the other rescuer began to go down Into the burning shaft, he descended alone In a life preserver and each time brought to tbo surface his quota of saved. Thirty-five miners owe their Uvea to him. Ir. Howe'a hands are badly burned but he show no other scars. The disaster brought to light many unnamed heroes. Among these was a miner, who while righting his wuy through the blinding smoke, stumbled across the body of a little "trapper" boy who had been overcome at his post of duty at one of the trap doors t Continued vt page 4) Attack upon Saloon Traffic Stirs the Labor Delegates Toronto. Ont.. Nov. 15. The attack upon the saloon traffic at yesterday's bill temperance meeting hy Vice Pres ident Mitchell and Treasurer Iyennon of the American Federation of Labor, and President Lewis of the Mine workers, stirred up a lively discussion among the delegate attending the federation convention. It aroused Vast Sum Is Care for National Forests Washington, Nov. !. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson announce that It will require (400.000 to administer the twenty-live million acre of public FIRE DESTROYED fill AND STOCK John W. Snider, Residing on Ridge Road, Suffers Severe Loss and ! Also Burns. IN EFFORT TO RESCUE MULE HIS FEET WERE BLISTERED , lire Is llcllcvcd to Have Hern of In- j I eendlnry Origin Loss More Thau SIMM). ! News was received lu re today of the destruction by llie Saturday night of a barn, a quantity of feed and some, live stock belonging to John W. Sni-! iler. who resides on the Kidge road ' hading from Hiirnsvllle hill to the; Klk Mountain Cotton mills: also of the injury ami narrow escape of Mr.; Snhler In his effort to rescue some of the stock. The loss to Mr. Snhler will, reach more than $li()0 which Includes! tho loss of n horse, a mule, the burn j ami feed stuff. j The origin of the lire Is unknown although one of Mr. Solder's neigh-; burs, who was here today, says that Mr. Snider Is of the opinion that II was Incendiary: that Mr. Snider hud In en engaged in jading near I'll Mountain Saturday ami returning to his inline lute ill the afternoon tied . his horse and mules in their stalls as : is his custom ami after feeding as II ! the stock and eating supper retired for. the night. Hi' waa awakened by ! 12:30' o'clock Sunday morning by the; moaning and neighing of the stock i and the crackling of Ibiuics. Without dressing or even pulling on n pair of I dippers or shoes he hurried to the stable and found the building In ; Humes; one of the mules Mr. Snider1 found still alive while the other tun' animals were lying in their stalls In the stable having fallen victims to the' Humes. ' - Without considering the danger th' owner of the barn and the si ok rushed into the burning stable ami cutting the halter rein with which the 1 mule was tied literally dragged tie j animal out of the stall. Mr. Snider and the mule both suffered severely from contact with the heat and the. flames, Mr. Holder's feet being fear - fully blistered and yesterday he was' unable to walk. The mule was badly singed w hile its ears were almost com- ! pletely burned off. It is stated that Mr. Snider has no Idea how the lire ' could have started unless it was the work of (Ire-bugs; that there was no tire about the stable during the even- ; Ing at all. i Another Attempt. It Is evident that the person or per sons guilty of setting tire to the Sni- i der barn made another attempt to de- ! stroy property by lire Saturday night ' In the same section, a irdlng to in- . formation received this afternoon, j The property that the attempt was made to burn was the store house of ; Jim Itrown. It is said that evidences ; of kerosene having been poured on ! the building and paper saturated with kerosene were found yesterday morn ing together with more than a down struck matches. The Itrown store house Is not a great distance from where Mr. Snider lives. i THUHSDAY, NOV. 25 Washington, Nov. 15. Thursday, Nov. If.th. has been ottU tally pro claimed by president Tuft na Thanks giving day. The president's procla mation waa Issued, as usual, from the state department, where it received the ottlclal seal of the I'nlted States. THE WKATIIEn. Forecasts until S p. m. Tuesday, for Asheville and vicinity: Partly rloudy. with probably rain tonight or Tuesday; colder Tuesday. representatives of the brewery brought to the floor of tho conven tion. Circulars rarlralurlng the pro hibition movement, and declaring thai the worklnmcn's total abstinence union waa the most needed organisa tion In the Interest of quack theo logians, waa scattered In the. conven tion halL Needed to lands, which President Roosevelt added to the national forests In the Inst all weeks of hi term. The bulk of the land are located In Alaska. flf?; 4 w York Herald and The tia.ette-N, IS NOW SOUGHT! Counsel for Labor Leaders Want a Stay of the Issuance of the Mandate in the Labor Cases. Washington, Nov. 15. Application for a stay oi i )f Issuance of the man date until Ja ii u.irv 2, next, was todav made to the I'iMrlct Court of Appeal by counsel for Samuel (lomper.H. John Mitchell ainl I rank MorriHon. Ih. labor leaders, whose Jail sentences for contempt of court was recently af firmed. The application was taken under advisement. The postpone ment was den ied because or the ab sence of Alton It. Parker of New York, counsel i-r the labor men. TO CljS. ft WEBB State Fair Managers Notify Him That He Hat Won a Number of Prizes for Apples Exhibited. Charles A. Webb has received otn clal notice of the award of prizes by the Itulelgh State Fair to him for ap ples grown on his place In this coun ty, air. Weldi received the first prlr.es for liest packed box of commercial ap ples; also second prise for second best packed bo of commercial ap ples. In the Individual exhibits for plate fruit, Mr. Webb also received first prise for best illaek Hen ImivIh, and second prlxe for best Stayman Wlnesap. HASKELL Hi OTHERS QRDEREDJD APPEAR They Mutt Stand Trial Saturday on Federal Indictments Charging Fraud. Chlckaaha, Okla., Nov. IS. Gover nor Charles 8. Haskell and Ave other Oklahomans are ordered to appear for trial Saturday. Following the ac tion Federal Judge Marshall, over ruling the demurrer nied by Haskell and others to Indictments charging him with fraudulently securing from. th government title to a large num ber of town lota In Muskogee, v v 1 ft POSTPONEMENT AWARD OF PRIZES Salted ;M LIONSMilv.. w t 1 :- - BACK FROM ELBA nn ppimr m n da riL iii LLuii TALK FOR MR.TAFT Has Only a Laugh for the Latest Effort of the Famous Club to Worry Him. Sp. cl.il to -l b,- ( ;.lell. N, a-dHtiyton. Nov ", M ii.' Ii i ( it. lioir i ohteiT, ,! v itb S'-i l . tal tli il.-r Itallmii.r and lour nth. In r ' of bis cabinet, v. h.. told I nn ili about tlie l.-test alillei with lie. Il til members nt the " : ( 1 1 ..mi I 'II. . cl'ib" have le en a iii . i -i 1 1 1: V -shim-ioii. I'lesblclll Taft !' tv ,;l to . . 11 .: lilt!,, bit afraid He bad n- llin l.ul a oo.id nature. I !.. i-h t . i the r.-p..!'t that the n. w. st alta -k of I.. It I'.l.ms upon .ir. i'nv Tallin. :et wblt b 'N eoiitainiil .'tni iit u Km of Mr Tut. IV;H one ot the It ' a 1 1 i I'. ---1 a 1 1 o ii . of -ii-..mi-Tall and pi o-;..om . It .o!Hua! cot'splriiev, with tlo to t .re.-i.l. 11 1 1 . 1 1 election III v.ew. The t.r. Si. b ut Ik coin II eed that 'l. has belt, r iiitoriiiatton than Mr I'.l.r ! colK'einii. Mio I ' . 1 1 1 h 1 1 1 e 1 1 a 1 1 1 i 1 I tie! cases Hud Seeretarv lfa!!lni;i r'- , nectlon tli. fewith II.. told .Mr. I:..! Ilnirer be saw lio r a--oii ,t ehant:-' t'l. pos'tlon he took win n Mr. iliai tu-t' broniilit II ,. mailer to bis alt, HtloC nil I be l ote m letter to Mr. I 'i. Ilim;. ! 1 cotupti ti l '-oti. ratine him rroiu am wroliir.loine and biKbly prailiiK hi record. Mr. Hallieiier had Intended t,. pre pare a more exhaustive reply In the il.ivls article, vthlch npp.nred hid Week, than lie nave out on the day of Its publication. liefote t n k I n tr tin-( slip, however, he wished to consult; the prcshh lit. ' When he ciinie out of the executive j onice Mr. MallliiMer wis all smiles j I lie Intimated that .Mr. Taft h id r ! fus. it to loot: upon the Glavls outburst Mth tile Slightest d.'Kl'ee of serlOII- i m-H. Mr. Hallmcer changed his min i and now does not expert to lime am more to say In reply to the attack upon Mm. It Is generally understood tlie president thinks it best to treat the llalllnKcr-I'lnehot illi.vls row nn i tho "Dntk from F.lhu club" a n good oe, which would only lie turiud on him If he too"k It nerlo'ndy. Mr. Taft Is morn determined limn ever not to be drawn Into a contro versy with any members of the lloo.-. vel. "tennis cabinet" or their friends. It was rumored that Mr. Mnlllnuei had requested the dlsmlsonl of Mr. I'inchot, tho government forester, but there is nothing to Indicate that such an outcome Is at all probable. Illinois tVntral's New Line. Chicago. Nov. 15. The Illinois Cen tral today Inaugurated a new fast passenger service between this city and Jacksonville, Flu. The service provides fur dally through trains, the route being over the Illinois Central to Illrmlngham,' Ala., from there tn Albany, Gi.. over the Illinois Central's ne wroad, the Centrnl of Oeorgla. m from Albany to Jacksonville over the Atlantlo Coast Una. hides h iirni niinv niiv h yiini dudi uhi AT WHITE HOUSE President Had Many Callers-Will Name Pcckham's Successor Alter Congress Meets. l'r. "( I. nt a' lie bit. ...I, inio In I I.. II. i. I .illlll'i -VO'MI.I i I'll . io a!'. i- - i:.,llii.i ith lb. .1 .1 -t lei -I i r ate! Nil! pr. 'l.'.-nl I p. in 1 1 n i l.i n and IV- 'e call I " tlnn . i s, n, b.'MHti Jl.StlCe at an, i onut i .- in.ii 4 Will cat tnc ill ,1. ! bain's not be .-Mi lent Ii;, .Ii 1 at Ion o s.,f. Tin I until alter Ml. t I'eS. The pr. hi t Iii .i . vv .lf. s h il! 'i Kin coiim.Ii ration of an a n.luicnl I . tlie inte: ita !. i ..mini tee Jaw and a'i ll-lt'lst I..U; will. Il be will re i M 1 1 1 M' II ' I ..IIWI e.-J i'e. .Mr i.iri'i'i cl in Kti.-pt in bis lortlp i.nnPK p.-m Tal'i u ill i all int.. ...in. il " l al W'lcki rh;' tn. chair of tip- eoiu'nissioii, Sena lot k; r. .. pi iie a. i.l otln r senator.! alpl n p !'p'-.il HI II I! of the ill.Mt Noi Hi. i a railroad and l'r. m.. pi I :nn p New Yoik. I'eiittal tt.-ie ii.noi ple.-ldelit s callers. til III. E Decided upon by Federation Gompcrs Will not Discuss Big General Strike Plan. . Toroiito, Nov. 15. The American I l'i deration of I jilmr s rommitte on I organisation report In favor of the orKanUatioti of federal unions Hiiiong farm employes, to be chartered un der the federations. The convention adopted with a thunderous chorus of "yeas" the resolution declaring the I'nlted Htales Fteid corporation the "most aggressive and formidable en emy" to the organised labor move ment, Htrps were taken to make the feder..tlon'k light against the corpora tion more effective. W III Not Ills. i-m t.eiieral Strike Plan. Hamuli O. unpen, the lalior leader, declines to dlsetiss the action of the the Philadelphia labor unions favor ing a two i weeks' general strike throughout the country as a protest against the Jsll sentence Imposed on Hopper. Mitchell and Morrison. Vice President Mitchell of the feder ation sai Id hi did not believe such a strike would be favored by the delegates. SIIEIF SH1PP IS SENTENCED In Supreme Court the Chatta nooga Sheriff Is Given i ... Ninety Days for Contempt. SENTENCE ALSO PASSED .UPON OTHER DEFENDANTS The Sheriff Lelt Chattanooga Yesterday Willi the Good Wishes of His ' Neighbors Is Cheered. WuMhiiici-ii. Nov. 1 ".- Ninety days' :mpi isonmeni Is imposed upon ex-. i nit .lev pb r. Milpp ..( riiatta ao..;:a i', ih. .-'npieine court of the -1 nit' 'I Mips for conteinpi if court falliM: in pn win the lym lilnu of mi;.., i;.l Jolmsmi, convicted of in! ih. isc i X '.'iition bad been -1 i . I bv the lonrt. l.iither Wiiii.iips an.l Nick N'olatl, - nl. need to iinprisniitnent for 90 .lass, in ..ii,ii.,tn.ii with the Ivlirh . i., anil J.-p m i;i I; ; i 1 1.-. i n , the Jailer, ll.iii'i l'.i.i-;.ir and Willi. ,m Mayes, "I I'liattai a. ill! il:in. I'hlef .' a .t i e leli.i', itp. .!'.. noi.nieed the -III. . e. 'I' .' ' Ite.l M e I'ldt,..) HlillCH nl I ' I I I. I 'i-1 i I ,. ( 'obi .p 1. 1 I as I he 'a- ! l".' ' ."I hp HI. 1 f M . . . r I . ,...; IS befol'O I In- I. ii a .i. .p a., omit ol the dlf ! I. !! I' I IIP' II. . tll.lt til" federal I'll a' " I I b. Mi! -I ll llte.l for il.- I'istipi pi,!. Attorney ibneral ' . K. r ..li .ni ..! I. . t. .1, cm inir the At ! et i pll-ou a-. l-.f loin: t rill plls- p.; thai Mo' In al Jail Mas much more snii. il Pn tin- pr.re'.. tnriMisc, The ci. nit to. k tin leciu.st niter ild . is. i'i. nl and esUcil Ibe rnai i-li il of t!i ml to I-, lain tip. prisoners In In- . .a lo.ly lor the tune boluir. 'I bis ivni. toe m . oi.il Omi. in the hls- . tol'V ol tip Sllplellle eolltt .ol tlie 1'llit- -il Siit.s that tli.it an. .ip-t body had t n 1 1 ..-..-. I a M'lil.'i'i'r upo'i i tticlis. held " '"',i:'' ,.v",'t',i, , I ' I lean, ik the ii'll.' irvi'tip or sU'nii' ii, i'.lll.l.l kllilll' ' ,' ol.tell-ipl, as I hey liHik Ibeil pla.'. s b. 'lie the black-l'olied instl. i s. was l'.(.ta,n J...-pli I'. Shlpp. the -In ! in in I'batia.iiooK.i, Teiin.. tt bell he oPeli le.! the cinllt. Ills tall. sir.peiit lit lire, hi.1- sciimed face and bis Klav.il-vtle.iked beard, told of his loni; sen p.. in the ,irm. of the t'u!i f. dei.p . .lailor (.111-111. I:. iw.d down under his TH years, .1.1. niiali Hlbsou, the laib.r, stood Willi him. With l.eiliiiinp il i i 'ii he I... i i ,1 n mi the lonu'. white ini'!:s of lb. . hi.-: bistbe. lilnisell TC years of ai;.'. who w-oiibl soon pi up utP-e en l. ti. . ii pop blpi He a n.1 i'ii plain Sllipp bad been found Mllltv of ftill lili; to t''",'', t 1'ail'o. w iltltu: to be li.it 1 on a i hai'tfe ot a Indiums . l llli" a. ill'st a v illi.- ..lia!l. after III.- Supremo ...Hit of the fl.d St.lleS bad -Mta bis , e. ntion. The i If her Ih fcliihinls, I .tat l.i-i Willi, ins. Niik .Nolan. Men r I'a.lu. tt and William Mayes, resi dents of ('Initial (i.l. lound Kllllty of partii i.ati..n In the lyn. hlng of Kd .lolnison. toiine.l the rest ot the group. ',..i.p. tb. in all s.ll the iiPi. I lis of the ilep irtinept ot .nisi!. . Around about them in the I'ttte court room were their attorn. - s end ollor lawyers, while the tbtee rows ol seats for spe. tutors were i roM iled, I'rin llealli Without I'ni iilcnt. The ptoi eedillKS Wee p I'lirt it'Mtl ' without pi-.i edent. In l:.'i, John i I. lbs. a business iiki it oT T'-Mis. was ' ronuht before the court for contempt ' in inunction with dealings In Texas imb iiinlti bonds. cn'iti'.'ir to an order I the Siiir..iii. conn, lie was fined fj'.n. I'nt that Instance larked the interest nr the case today. In It were liiv.d' ed no rii. e ouestbin. no Ivnch liiir. no Inlet ference with state Juris diction; only the m.ilestv of the law lis Interpreted by the highest court of the Intnl. I The its.' today orlirinated In the court's decision in March. 19AIS, to enn ' elder tin' appeal id Johnson, from a verdict of tlie Tennessee courts hohl inu him guilty and setifem-lng him te ' lie bunged on charge of nssnult. The night after the determination of the i Supreme court to review the proceed ! lugs was wired to chntnmmga, a mob stormed the Jail, took the prisoner out, and lynched him. The court waa much. Incensed by the lnehlng, and nt Its Instance the attorney general Instituted proceedings against . iSlicrlff Khtpn Jailor Gibson nnd IB others supposed tn have been Implicated In the lynching, charging them with con- l tempi. Munv of the accused were ex- I onernted su'l In the end only six were found guilty. The muling of the court was an nounced In May, Just before the clos'i of lite Inst term of court, but all the defendants entered motions of rehear ing, which had the effect of postpon ing action ui'tll this fall. November 1, rehearing was denied and the sit men ordered before the court for sentence today. ' In Investigating the case, the flu-pi-enie court found that Johnson was removed from Chattanooga to Nnsh vll'o before his trial, because of fear that he would b lynched, lie was brought hack for the legal execution. When the Hupreme court stayed the execution, the court haa held .shlpp made no effort and gave no orders to have the 'deputies or others guard tho Jail, hut lift the night taller. .; Continued on pa no tin ea.
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