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ASHEVILLE, N. G, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1920.
Y( XXXVT, NO. 104.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
LETTERS ON FUNDS
EXPENDED AIRED IN
NEWBERRY'S TRIAL
ROUSE DEMOCRATS
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TRAINING PROGRAM
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Feedin Time
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Correspondence Regarding Wilson Asks Party's Stand
the Gold Star Club Is
Introduced.
Be Left to National
Convention.
HAMILTON CALLED .
TO "WITNESS STAND
Says Ambassador O'Brien
Prepared Circular Cam
paign Letter.
CAUCUS REJECTS THE
PRESIDENT'S ADVICE
-Tl fM V..1
Vote of 106 to 17, is Record
ed on Question After
Long Discussion.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., Feb. 9.
Senator Truman It. Newberry's cor
respondence regarding the Gold Star
club, said to have organized by
Thomas J. O'Brien, former ambas
sador to Japan, and other citizens of
Grand Rapids, was introduced as evi
dence today in the trial of the sena
tor and 122 others on charges of con
spiracy in the 1918 election. In ad
dition there was. a telegram from
Frederick P. Smith, manager of the
Newberry estate in Detroit, to Com
mander Newberry in New York re
garding election expenses and another
of the defendants, was quoted as say
ing before toe general election:
"We are going to get a real barrel
this time."
The letters which mentioned Am
bassador O'Brien were introduced
while Claude T. Hamilton, vice-president
of the Michigan Trust company
una chairman of the Kent County re
publican committee was on the stand.
The defense tried vainly to exclude
them because they were written in
(September, 1818, more than a year Af
ter the election Involved in the con
spiracy charge.-
Hamilton's preliminary questioning
Dy r ranK u. JJalley, assistant attorney.
general, brought that Hamilton had
been informed of the expenses con
nected 'with sending 10,000 Newberry
xorm letters to members of the club,
He said on cross-examination that
Ambassador O'Brien prepared this
circular letter.
The first letter, mailed to Washing
ton, by Hamilton, September 13. 1819,
said that the county committees bud
get had been exceeded in the cam
paign of the year before and that
Hamilton "had to put up for the
deficit." It continued in part:
Great Influence
"We formed the Gold Star club,
sending out a letter to each soldier's
" family. In the county. This letter was
signed by members who had lost sons
or relatives in the war. It had a tre
mendous influence and was exclusive
ly for the senatorial campaign. The
cost was $330 and I would be very
glad if you would see that this was
refunded."
The letter said that Congressman ,
Mapesand John Blodgett, were fa-1
miliar with the affair and added:
"Ambassador O'Brien, who la now
in wasnington. is also familiar with
this matter; in fact, he sorved on
the sub-committee which put this
over."
Senator Newberry replied five days
later:
"It seems that I should not con
tribute as I subscribed to the. state
central committee all that the law
allows."
He added that he would consult
Ambassador O'Brien "and see if
ome friend can be found" to help.
The correspondence indicated that
the senator and ambassador did not
meet and Hamilton wrote:
"I understand the circumstances
and if you wish to make a contribu
tion of $360 to the Kent county re,
publican committee, I would be very
gald to have you do bo."
Received Check.
A few days later Hamilton said he
received from Detroit a check for
3350 signed by the Newberry estate.
"Did you reimburse yourself for
the I860?" asked Mr. Dailey.
"No, sir, I put up for a deficit
which amounted altogether to $500."
"What did you do with the check?"
"I cashed It."
"Where did the money go?"
10 me.-
On cross-examination Hamilton
could not remember that the check
was signed by "Frederick P. Smith.
attorney, in fact" Ho Identified the
voucher which he receipted as chair
man or tne county committee.
James 6. Murfln. for the defense,
then obtained from the witness a
list of all campaign contributions
sent to Hamilton in 1918. It was
barred as evidence as -not begin ger
mane to the direct questioning.
The Smith-Newberry telegram was
dated August C of 1918 and read:
"Misinformed you this morning the
uate or close of regular expenses.
, Should have said August 37. Circu
lar work, advertising, clerical help,
postage and all reg ular overhead ex
pense will naturally continue Until
primary. Have written."
Telegram Not In Court.
The original telegram was not In
court and the Western Union copy
was not admitted In evidence because
the witness Eleanor Kllfot, a stenog
rapher, had not compared it with her
notes. She was allowed to ray how
ever, that it was the telegram dictat
ed to her by Smith and she read it
-Leo A. Barry of Barage, formerly
Continued en Page Tws .
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. Rejecting
President Wilson's advice, house
democrats in caucus tonight went on
record as opposed to universal mili
tary training by a vote of 106 to 17.
The president in letters to democratic
leaders earlier in the day asked, that
action be withheld so the party's
stand might be loft to its national
convention.
The rejection of the president's ap
peal was double In its scope, for be
fore declaring against military train
ing, the caucus rejected 88 to 37 a
proposal that action on the question
I be deferred "at this time." ThiB
vote, cast on the motion of Represen
tative Doremus, Michigan, came aft- j
er a three-hour discussion behind
closed doors, and immediately after
ward on the straightout question uni
versal training advocates dwindled
to 17.
"It is the sense of this caucus," de
clared the resolution adopted by the
democrats, "that no measure should
be passed by this congress providing
for universal compulsory military ser
vice or training."
Though- not 'binding on the demo
cratic membership of the house, the
caucuA decision was Interpreted by
Representative Caldwell, of New
York, who led the fight against the
caucus action, as precluding the pos
sibility of universal training being
Incorporated in the army reorganiza
tion bill that will soon be. brought
before congress. In a statement aft
er the conference, he said:
"Unless there is considerable change
in sentiment on the democratic side
of the house, it is quite apparent
there are not enough republicans who
favor universal training to include it
In the reorganization bill."
Nevertheless, it is anticipated that
both house and senate will have to
vote on the universal training propos
al, for it la included In the senate bill
and Representative Kahn. republican,
California, chairman of the house
military committee which is framing
the house bill, reiterated tonight his
intention of pressing adoption of the
plan.
"Unfortunate" Action.
President Wilson in his letter, which
was presented at the caucus declared
any action that would , make the pro
posal a party issue would be "unfor
tunate." Debate In the caucus by those fav
oring universal training, reflected the
President's stand. Representatives
Kitchin, North Carolina: Flood, Vir
ginia and Dent, Alabama, were
among the speakers opposing the ac
ceptance of his argument. Though
urging; rejection ' of the President's
stand, these and other democrats of
fered no personal criticism of either
the President or Secretary of War
Baker who . recently announced his
support of universal training.
After the caucus some-of the dem
ocrats frankly stated that their ac
tion was an assertion of their "in
dependence" in. the belief that they
knew the sentiment of the country
better than either the President or
the party leaders.
By Billy Borne SOLDIERS FIRE WHEN
MOB, SEEKING NEGRO,
STORMS COURT HALL
Martial Law is Declared in City Upon Arrival of federal
j Troops From Camp Taylor Negro Murderer of Child
Tried and Sentenced Militiamen Fire Into Mob, Kill
ing Five and Wounding FifteenRioters Loot Pawn;
shops and Stores to Get Firearms City Quiet at Night, i
TREATY IS BROUGHT SHOPMEN'S STRIKE
INTO OPEN SENATE TO BEGIRTFEB. 17
Is Put, Aside For a Period Unless Government Grants
of Waiting. ' Wage Demands.
Parliamentary Barriers to
Its Consideration Are
Removed. .
LEGION BEHIND Dai,.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 9. The
Wadsworth army reorganization bill,
carrying a provision for- universal
military training, will be supported
by the American legion, with modi
fications, it was announced -this even
ing at the close of a conference of
state commander ' of the legion from
all parts of the country. After an all-
day discussion of the bill. National
Commander Franklin d'Olier was au
thorized to appoint a committee to
co-operate with the legion's legisla
tive committee and present the sug
gestions of the conference to con
gress. -
During the session a telegram was
sent to the chairman of the caucus of
democrats of the house of represen
tatives In Washington, announcing the
legion's support of the bill, and this
telegram- was supplemented by sev
eral messages from state command
ers to representatives of their re
spective states who were attending
the caucus. . The telegram to the
caucus chairmen stated that the con
ference of state commanders unani
mously endorsed the military policy
laid down in resolutions passed at the
national convention or the lesion.
which included universal military
training and also contained an -outline
or other provisions which the legion
favors for Incorporation in the army
reorganization mil.
These provisions, classed as modi.
notions, include elimination of con.
trol of the military establishment br
any exclusive military organisation or
(Continued On .Page Two.)
MOTHER TELLS OF KILLING
HER SLEEPING DAUGHTER
NEW TORK Feb. 9 Mrs. May
Favre sat for two days beside the body
of her It year old daughter. Margaret,
whom she shot through the heart Sat
urday morning as she lay asleep in her
apartment tn the Aahton hotel, she
confessed to the police today after her
arrest on a charge of homicide. She
had tried to turn her pistol on her
self but lacked the- courage to do It,
she said. The little girl was 111 with
Influenza at the time. - .
Financial worries had temporarily
unbalanced her mind, Mrs. Favro told
the police. 8he had been receiving
monthly payments from an Interest
la t luambar business left her by her
father and when these failed to 'arrive
last week she worte to a Mr. Jackson
at the company's New . York office
threatening to kill herself If the
money was not forthcoming at once.
The- malls were delayed by the storm
and Jackson did not get the letter
nntll today. --- - -
His - representative called , at Mrs.
Favre's apartment hotel without delay
and receiving no response, got the
house manager to force, the Favre
front door. They found Mrs. Favre
sitting beside her dead daughter with
a pistol in her hand. She made a
movement as though to shoot herself
and the two men overpowered- her,
taking the gun away. .
WASHINGTON, Feb. . The peace
treaty was formally brought Into the
open senate today but as soon as par
liamentary harriers to its considera.
tion had been removed It was put
aside again for a period of waiting
which the leaders said would last at
least a week. Suspending its rules by
bi-partisan majority of seven to one,
and virtually without debate the sen
ate reconsidered in short order tho
action by which ratification failed on
November 19 and then as a matter of
formality sent the treaty to .the for
eign relations committee with In
structions to report it back at once
with the reservations framed by the
republicans at the last session of con
gress The committee expects to act to
morrow, but it was announced tonight
that Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts,
the republican leader, would ask that
its report be not taken up for senate
consideration until next week. Urg
ent legislative matters, it was said, in
cluding appropriations and tariff leg
islation, were expected to occupy the
senate's time in the interval.
The complicated -technical operation
of taking the treaty from its pigeon
hole was accomplished in accordance
with a program agreed on by republi
can and democratic leaders, and with
no one but the irreconcilable foes of
ratification raising a . voice in oppo
sition. The debate was kept, strictly
to parliamentary questions and was
of short duration, ' disappointing the
largest crowd which has gathered in
the senate galleries since the treaty
was laid aside in November. Thirty
four democrats and 29 republicans
voted to suspend the senate rules so
that the treaty again could be consid
ered, while nine republicans, all of
them of the Irreconcilable ' group-
voted against It The action was tak
en on motion of Senator Lodge, after
one' of the "irreconcilablea, - Senator
Norris, republican, Nebraska, had
blocked suspension of the rules by
unanimous consent. . .
Goes to Committee
By acclamation, and again-on the
motion of the republican leader, ' the
senate then ordered reconsideration
of its previous roll call on ratification
and sent the treaty to committee. The
latter step. It was explained, wafe tak
en to abrogate the cloture which was
imposed last session and which vice.
President Marshall held must , come
back into the senate with the treaty.
- Only two roll calls were taken, one
on the motion to suspend the rules
and another on sustaining the vice.
president when he overruled Senator
Norris, point of order against the mo
tion to reconsider the ratification vote.
The latter resulted in a count of 62
to 10, the Irreconcilablea alone refus
ing to back up the ruling of the chair.
Later Senator Norris made a speech
bitterly criticising the parliamentary
methods by which the treaty's recon
sideration was accomplished.
In asking: that the commltteeebe in
structed to return the republican res
ervations along with the treaty, 8ona.
tor Lodge declared the stipulation
would bind no one and was reqquested
merely to get the reservations back
before the senate for possible revision.
SPENT $3,53146 TO
DEFEND W. C. HALL
RICHMOND, Vs.. Feb. 9-Prohl-
bltlon Commission J. Sidney Pet
ers spent 18.584.46 to defend W. C
Hall, a prohibition agent in his two
trials for murder, according to a re
port filed today In the senate in com
pliance with a demand for an ac-'
counting by Senator Walter T. Oliver,
of Fairfax. This sum la in addition
to the costs to the state) through regu
lar csannsla. -
Orders For Strike Are Sent
Out By Brotherhood
Head.
DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 9. Orders
directing 800,000 members of the
United Brotherhood of Maintenance
of Way Employes and Railway Shop
laborers to suspend work at 7 a. m.,
Tuesday, February 17, were going
out tonight to the various locals of
the organization. v
Decision to order the men out was
announced by Allan E. Barks, grand
president of the organisation, roi
lowing a meeting today tt the gen-
nhatrmon ftf Ih. Y nthertlOod.
The strike can be averted'nly lf.the
federal railroad administration before
Saturday grants wage Increases de
manded last summer, Mr. Qarker said
tonisrht f
The orders have gone out," ne
declared, "and we would require two
or three days to cancel them."
The strike in addition to wage in
creases requested laBt summer, Is to
secure a uniform rate front coast to
coast. It .would affect i storehouse
employes: stationary firemen; atn.
tionary engineers; steel bridge- work
ers: cinder pit men and oilers.
well as other members of the broth
erhood. In explaining the decision
to call a strike, Mr. Barker said to
night:
optimistic view.
The railroads are soon to be turned
over to private ownership and we feel
that this wage controversy which is
with the federal railroad administra
tion should ' be adjusted before they
are released. Our 'representatives
have been in conference with' the di
rector-genoral for 10 days.. He has
not promised anything and we do not
believe he is going to do so. ' we de
cided to issue the strike call before
the railroad administration , should
have opportunity to pass the burden
to the private owners of. the lines."
"The public should know," - , Mr.
Baker continued, "that this strike call
is not something that has been de
cided upon precipately but dates back
to last July, Wage demands were
presented to the railroad administra
tion at that time and brotherhood
membership authorised a strike
enforce them. We h'eld a strike in
advance, however, upon , President
Wilson's reduest that he be permitted
an opportunity to bring about a re
duction in living costs. He asked for
a 'reasonable time' which he fixed at
80 to 90 days. We have waited six
months and there has been no reduc
tion in the cost of living." I
The wage demands of the men aver
age 40 per cent. Air. Baker said, add
ATTACK ON
L
ABOR
IDE
BY BLANTOM
Federation Head Replies to
Address of Speaker
Gillett.
WASHINGTON, Feb. . The first
reaction in congress, to plans of or
ganized labor for intervention In the
coming political campaign today in
the house. Attacking the labor an
nouncement as "a pronunciamonto
against congress," Representative
Blanton, democrat, Texas, said it was
the greatest menace ever sounded in
this country."
Representative Nolan, republican,
California, defended labor's program
and charged that Blanton, in a pre
vious extension 'of remarks In the
Congressional Record, had "stolon in
as a thief in the night". Mr. Blanton
cut the defense short by objecting to
Mr. Nolan's remarks.
The Texts member declared "the
showing of Samuel Gompers hand' is
going to wake up the people of this
country."
Whonever Samuel Oompers puts
LEXINGTON, Ky., Feb. B. Martial law prevails Ucje tonight Sis bun
dred federal and state troops are patrolling the streets to prevent further '
rioting which during the day exacted a toll of five dead and IS wounded.
Tho city' was quiet early tonight, but authorities fear a recurrence I
violence. Five hundred additional United States troops are tnroote from
Camp Taylor, Kentucky.
Lexington and all of Fayette county was placed under martial law at t
o'clock by Brigadier General F. G. Marshall upon his arrival from Camp -Taylor
with 300 troops of the famous first division,' which helped repulse;
the Germans at Chateau Thierry. . ...
Rioting began this morning when a' mob bent upon lynching William ;
Locket t, a negro, who confessed to the murder last week of a 10 year old, ...
Geneva Hardman, was -fired upon with rifles and machine guns by state
militiamen as the mob was storming the Fayette county courthouse to get
, uie negro nunng am inai. . . v "
I The attempt to lynch Locked was made Just after he had. confessed .
to the murder and the Jury found him guilty of murder In the first degree,
He was sentenced to die In the electric chair March 11. The shooljng tsm-
! porarlly dispersed the mob and gave the authorities time in which to rush .
Lockett to a secret place of safety. The mob reformed, however, end
looted pawnshops and hardware stores to get fire arme. ;"-':":,,$;'?' ,
Fearing an attaok upon tho handful
of national guardsmen on duty, th
authorities appealed to Oovernor Mor- -row
for assistance. - A a result 300
troops, members of the 26th and 28th
infantry, arrived at I o'clock on a spe
cial train from. Camp Taylor.
The federal troops immediately be
gan the work of patrolling the streets
to keep crowds from congregating.
Arrested Tuesday ; v ; i
Lockett arrested last Tuesday, night
and held in the state penitentiary at
Frankfort for-safekeeping, ... was In
dicted lust week and- was brought
here on a special train this morning
for trial. He was heavily guarded.
Hundreds of farmers from tho sur
rounding country arrived early to at
tend the trial, and sullenly watched -the
prisoner as he was marched from
the train to tho courthouse - between
lines of .state troopers. , -When the
trial opened the courtroom was crowd-,
cd to capacity. Every ne was .
searched tor firearms before being ad- '.
mitted to the courthouse. Hundreds
were unable to gain admittance to the
courtroom and congregated in the
street in front of the courthouse. ,
Tho cry "let's get him" from a ,
brawny farmer on the outskirts of the ;
crowd, turned the erowd Into a mob '
which began surging toward the en
trance to tho building. Soldiers and '..
police dropped baok Into close forma
tion and trained their guns on the
mob. which never hesitated, v AdJu-' . '
tant-General Deweese, In command of
the militiamen, shouted a final warn
ing to the crowd and then fired a re-
volver into the air. It was the sig
nal for the troops to firs.
EFFECT OF CREDIT
SITUATION ON U. S,
Urges People to Defeat England Buys Most of Am
Gompers' Selections, i erica's Export Cotton.
Inability to Purchase Will
Mean Big Cut in U. S.
yU Export Traded;. I
WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.-Indlea-
tlona that England's inability to. pur
chase American cotton because of
the exchange situation may mean
virtual cutting In half of the United
States export trade in cotton are
shown In statistics issued today by the
department of commerce,
Mora than SO par cent of tho cot
ton exported by the United States dur
ing the five months ending wttn De
cember 1, went to England, according
to the department' latest foreign
trade reports. For the five montns
the total exports of cotton amounted
to 2.869,670 bales of t, 472,623,970
pounds valued at IB43, 784,60 of
which England took 1,475,900 hales
of 766,867,780 pounds 'valued at
1388,477,660. For the month or De
cember, England Imported 449,210
bales of 231,285,100 pounds of cotton
his hand on a representative and says vslued at 94,231,966.. while i tho total
elect him' the people will keep tlti" " "n" """"A
man at home." said he.
"For once I heartily agree with
Qompors and his associate leaders
when, they say a national crisis is
threatening the institutions of the
country," Blanton continued.
"When an organized minority of
less than, five per cent of the people
can control legislation, and now
threaten to elect a congress of serfs it
lrf indeed 'a national crisis' threaten
ing the institutions of the country."
Declaring that Mr. Oompers want
ed ta elect a congress "pledged to
carry out his orders," Mr, Blanton
said it behooved "all Americans who
love their country to - find out the
names of the candidates Oompers is
trying- to , elect and elect V other
man,: in behalf of the people.'
GOMPER'8 STATEMEHT.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. In a state
ment today commenting on the asser
tion of Speaker Gillett yesterday In
ah address at Springfield, Mam., that
the nation faced a now problem tn
dealing with combinations of the em
ployed, Ssmuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation of labor,
hotly denied that labor" was a menace
to the country, and charged that con
gress has "utterly failed" to protect
the people from trusts and profiteers.
"Mr. Gillett said that the congress
mads a fight upon the trusts," Mr.
Gomper's statement said. "That
kind of a fight seems to the people of
the United States to be more of a
htirIaniiA AmU inv ritlcAn ' nf nr
ing, "there are more than etOO.OOO of country; ask any housewife what they
our members-who reoeive less than fei tt, tne reult of the 'fight on the
98.00 a day. More than 100,000
mechanics consisting ' of carpenters,
masons andjjpalnters are receiving an
average of A cents an hour which Is
about one-half the wage received by
the same class of labor in the build
ing trades."
- VIOIiATION OF AGREEMENT.
WASHIHNGTON. Feb. 9. 'Action
of the United Brotherhood of Main
tenance of Way Employes and Rail
way Shop Laborers in calling a strike
of the membership, was declared by
railroad administration officials to be
a violation of the union's war agree
ment This, agreement was said to
provide that no strike calls shall be
Issued without giving the "railroad ad
ministration 80 days notice.
DECOURSEY NAMED
RED CROSS OFFICER
WASHINGTON, .Feb. - 9. Appoint
ment of Thomas Deooursey Ruth of
Baltimore aa manger of -the Potomac
division of the American Red Crosa
was announced today. Tho Potomac
division Is composed of the states of
Maryland. Vrrslnla and West Virginia
and the District of Columbia.
The oost has been vacant since the
resignation of Colonel Willianl Cary
aTe-ry mors than a year ago.
trusts.' And the answer will be
readily forthcoming.
"Congress has utterly failed in any
kind of a fight to protect the people
Continued on Pas Tw
the month was 876,840 bales of 450,
980,800 pounds, valued at $180,641,-
J70
France stands seoond to England
s a market for American cotton and
Japan third but department of com
merce experts assert that little of the
surplus which will follow the closing
or England s ports to American cot.
ton can be diverted to either of the
other eountrlns. France is facing the
same situation with regard to the ex
change. It Is pointed out, while Japan's
consumption of the raw material is
limited by -its restricted market for
the finished product, which is confined
mainly to China. '
t .Little hope - of an immediate fall
in the price, of clothing due to the
reduction of America's cotton ' ex
ports is held out by commerce offi
cials.. The effect of an ovor-aupply
of raw matsrtal in this country will
not oe teit lor sometime . by the
manufacturer and retailers as - the
clothing Industry, It la explained, is
generally from six months to a rear
ahead of the retail market and most
of next year's commitments already
have 'been completed.
SOCIETY PLANS TO
EXTEND ACTIVITIES
NEW TORK, Feb. .Extension of
the activities of the Pan-American
society by the establishment this year
of a council in each of the large cities
of the united States was decided upon
at the eighth annual meeting of the
organisation nere today. It is pro
posed to increase the usefulness of the
society and to obtain a more general
distribution of data on Latin-America
by means of thesis councils,, '
jonn Bassett Moore, was re-elect
ed president of the society .
Soldiers and notice fired point blank
PRACTICALLY ALL BRITISH
LEFT THE CITY OF ODESSA
. LONDON, Feb. 9 Virtually all tho
British escaped from Odessa, accord
ing to C message despatched .by Con
sul Lowdon Friday evsnlng from thai
city. The consul hoped to get the
remainder out safely while th-j Brit
ish military mission was endeavoring
to rescue a few Russians whom it was
feared the - bolshevik! -would mas
sacre. - . .
Apparently tho commander or tne
Russian defenders of the city fled and
his whereabouts Is . unknown. ,
The Denlkine forces in that sec
tion, adds the consul's message, are
completely demoralised. v
Bolshevik troops' enierea - uaessa
to a wireless message from Moscow.
Tho foreign elements began the
evacuation of the city on Friday
when tho bolshevikl were reported to
be within four miles of the city and
British warships were throwing shells
over tne entire district
AMERICANS CAPTURED
' WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, A con
sular report from Harbin today gave
the following list of Americana as
recently captured by the bolshevikl
at Kliuchicskaya, - Siberia, but con
tained no details or. Initials.
Red Cross: MedUle. eTord and
Char tee; engineers. Blunt Cuchanan being
ueise, - Aicvziniy. (jnavannes, nofiin- ,
.probably on Saturday last, (jficvrdlos sxn and Meredith. ,
into the erowd and a nearby machine
gun rattled. From the windows of ,
the courtroom above, another hail of
bullets spattered down on the as
phalt street
v Font Men Frll. -
Four men fell at tho first volley.
The mob 'Which, had' surged half '
way up the steps pressed back an
broke. Quick action on the cart of
tho authorities got tho negro out ot .
the building.. '
Those killed in the clash were R. ,
F. Carrier and I M- King, both of :
Lexington and John Thomas and Wil
liam Efflngton, both of Versailles. -
Among those wounded were J. W.
Stansell, W. J. Rees, Otis Sharp, Em
mett Dosler, Irwin Gwynn, Emmete
Danslger, Fred Sowders, H. CvWeath- -'
ers, Mrs. E. T. Cross. James Maasev.
gall and J. M. Rogers. . . .
Foiled in Its first attentat ta vat the .
prisoner, the mob broke up Into small
crowds which paid hurried visits to
all of the pawn shops and. hardware
stores in the city in a quest for fire-
ara There were ominous mutterinca
on all sides. In some stores as mam
as titty or sixty revolvers and guna
were seised., .
Lockett's arrest Indictment, ' trial'
and sentence sets a new record for '
rapidity In Kentuoky. He waa arrest
ed last Tuesday night indicted Friday
and was tried, found guilty and sen- -
tenced In a few minutes today. Un
der his sentence ho will die in tha
electric chair March 11.
Body Was Mutilated. '
The little Hardman girl's body was
found mutilated in a corn field last -Tuesday
morning, soon after she had '
left her home for school. , . Her head .
had been crushed In with a stone and
her body partially covered with corn
stalka Lockett, reoently discharged
from tho army, was suspected anil :
posses were formed immediately to.
look for him. Ho was found at the
homo of a friend six miles from the
scene. of the murder late that night.
Police announced that tho negro had t
confessed to tho murder, adding that
he "didn't know" why he had killed
the girl." '
It became known tonight ' that
Lockett was never taken out of the '
court house and that he is still con
fined there under a heavy guard. Dur
ing the excitement tho impression '
prevailed that he had been taken out
of tho elty.
Groups of men gathered on the
streets tonight and discussed tho day's
events. Their temper apparently had
cooled and there was no indication ' ;
that they would resort again to, law-.
lessneas. .--
Rumors that a band of 1,500 tnoun-. '
taineers from Breathitt . county.
heavily armed, were on f a train '
bound .for Lexinkton. and would
make an effort to seize tho negro,
were discredited by Brigadier-General
Marshall. . A survey of the paasen- .
gers on the train supposed to be 'car
rying the mountain men showed only
a normal number aboard, military
men said. -
- Twelve outposts of troops are on
duty in the warehouse district, to
night and ail roads lnt the city are
guarded. ungaaier-uenerai
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