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UNION & RECORDER.
An Outrageous Affair.
From the Macon Telegraph, 10th.
t There arrived in Macon on the 4:30
•.rain from Savannah, Saturday after
noon, a young lady who gave her
«ame as Mamie Little. According to
iier story, which was told with tears
us. her eyes, and in a straight-forward,
•ample manner, she had neither fath
er, mother, brothers or sisters, but
h^d been living with an aunt in Sa
vannah. Her aunt moving to Flori
da, left the girl alone. She went to
h' ve with some acquaintances at No.
forty-six miles from Savannah,
Lut she did not remain there long,
and concluded as she had a cousin
living here, Mr. Thomas Powell, run
ning on the road, she would come to
Macon and obtain a situation. She
wrote to Mr. Powell to meet her and
■came on. On her arrival she found
that her cousin had left the city twen
ty minutes before, and consequently
did not meet her. While in the wait
ing room of the depot she made the
acquaintance of a lady who failed to
give her name, and to her, in her
simple way, related her story.
At this time, Janies Moore, at one
time a police officer, happened in.
The lady knew Moore and told the
gi rl that as he was well acquainted in
a he city he might find her a boarding
house. Moore placed her in a hack
und carried her to a house in a ques
tionable quarter of the city. He then
ordered supper for the two, and dur
ing his absence the girl told her story
to Jane Kendrick, the negro woman
who kept the house.
Upon hearing the story, Jane.told
the girl that she had been misled, and
on Moore's return, refused positively
ix) allow the girl to remain in the
bouse. This enraged Moore, and with
t he vilest oaths he drew his pistol and
5 wore he would kill Jane if she did not
allow her to stay, and kill the girl if
she did not remain. Officers Wm.
Jones and Dan Thomas xygre called,
and on Moore's promising to go home
and behave himself, they gave him a
summons to appear before the recor
der on Monday morning, not know
ing of the young lady’s connection
with the case.
Moore afterward took Miss Little,
much against her wishes, in a hack
driven by Tom Alexander, and order
ed him to go to the house of Sarah
Robinson, on Cherry street. Accord
ing to the statement of the hackman,
Moore's treatment of the young lady
was of such a character as to make
him feel sorry for her, and he would
have stopped and called for help but
for fear of Moore’s pistol, which was
kept quite couspicuous. The hack
was stopped in front of Sarah’s house
•and the girl,'crying lustily, was led
■out and carried into the house. Moore
■engaged a room for»the girl and paid
Saraii one dollar and a half for it un
til Monday. He then went away,
promising to return. The girl, un
used to the ways of the world, again
told of her troubles, and the woman
Sarah offered to protect her.
After Moore had left the house he
went to Fourth street, and drinking
more whisky became more disorderly
in the billiard room of the Commer
cial Hotel. The clerk and barkeeper
failing to quiet him, officers Allen
.Tones and Johnson were called in and
he was placed in a hack and carried, to
the barracks, where he was locked up
for the night. On his way to the bar
racks he was particularly severe on
officer Jones, using the most aggra
vating language in addition to his
profanity. The officer remembered
that Moore was a prisoner and did not
•■strike him.
Yesterday the case was called and
the testimony of Jane Kendrick
brought out the foregoing facts. Her
testimony was corroborated by num
erous witnesses and the statement of
The young lady.
Mr. J. A. Laney, a well-known and
respected farmer of Warrior district,
happened to be in the court room and
heard the trial. After court he pro
posed to take the young lady and give
her a good home. Chief Wiley ap
proved the proposition, and she left
with Mr. Laney at once.
The Telegraph of the 11th says:
After reaching the home of this gen
tleman, Miss Little related to his wife
the story in full of the brutal treat
ment she had received at the hands of
Moore. Mr. Laney returned to Ma
son. The matter was fully investiga
ted. and a warrant was issued against
Moore charging him with rape. Ex
citement ran high and talk of lynching
was heard on all sides, and the pris
oner was transferred from the bar
racks to the jail which was heavily
gruarded.
Macon in Mass Meeting.
[Telegraph, 12th.]
A call was circulated Wednesday
afternoon for a meeting of citizens to
be held at the court house at 4
o’clock.
At that hour between six and eight
•hundred citizens met, among them a
•good number of the better class of
colored people. The Superior Court
room was densely packed, even to the
galleries. ,
' On motion of Col. B. L. Willingham,
Dr. John Ingalls was called to the
•chair. He stated that as he under
stood the call for the meeting, it was
for the purpose of taking some action
•in reference to the receht crime com
mitted in Macon.
After speeches by prominent citi
zens, a committee appointed for the
purpose reported the following resolu
tions:
The undersigned, having been ap-
• pointed as a committee to draft suit
able resolutions, expressive of the
seiase of this meeting beg to submit
the following:
1. Resolved, That the assault upon
Miss Little, by James Moore, in this
city on Saturday night last, calls for
the most prompt and vigorous action,
in order that the law may be vindica
ted, innocence justified, and the in
terests of society protected.
2. Resolved, That his honor Judge
Simmons, be requested to convene
an extra session of the Superior Court
for Bibb county for the prompt trial
of said Moore, and in case he can
not be present himself to hold an
extra term of the court for this pur
pose, that he be further request
ed to call upon some other judge to
fill liis place.
3. Resolved, That We, the citizens
6f Bibb county, .in mass meeting as
sembled, desire hereby to call the at
tention of the proper authorities to
the fact that there are in the city of
Macon vile and infamous dens in
to which efforts are daily made
to lure innocent and unprotected
females; and to admonish all concern
ed that the good of society will not
longer permit their existence; and we
hereby call upon the legal authorities
of the city and county to break up
these agencies of demorlization and
crime.
4. Resolved, That the mayor and
council are hereby requested to place
the public hacks of the city under the
strictest surveillance, as evidence
constantly accumulates that the hack
drivers in many instances are assist
ing the perpetrators of all classes of
crime in their infamous work.
Resolved, That as citizens we here
by pledge ourselves to sustain in
every proper way the efforts of the
authorities to detect and bring to
punishment those who are guilty of
crime of any character.
6. Resolved, That when this meet
ing adjourns it shall adjourn subject
to a call of the chairman.
The following were the committee:
Thos. Hardeman, J. F. Hanson, W.
R. Rogers, B. L. Willingham, J. Madi
son Jones, S. B. Price, F. A. H^rvev,
N. M. Hodgkins, Theo. W. Ellis, B. B.
Jones.
After the adoption of the report the
meeting adjourned.
THE PRISONER.
Moore did not sleep but little dur
ing Monday night. Yesterday he
showed Signs of the night of terror
he underwent, and wholly unlike the
former Jim Moore. He had nothing
to say when spoken to except when
Deputy Sheriff Hodnet spoke of the
the chain of evidence that "was being
forged around him, he said they,
meaning Miss Little and the witnesses,
were telling a d ii lie on him.
In the morning liis wife went to see
him, but the interview did not last
long. Mrs. Moore was deeply affect
ed, and told him if he had gone home
with her on Saturday afternoon as
she had begged him to do, nothing
would have happened. She told him
it would be best for him not to come
out of the jail for a preliminary
trial.
It is understood that Moore will
waive commitment trial for fear of
being mobbed.
THE MOB TAKES MOORE
And Hangs Him to the Limb of a
Tree.
Telegraph, 13th.
James Moore was hanged this morn
ing at 1 o'clock by a mob.
It was thought that the feeling
against Moore would subside yester
day, and that the people had about
concluded to allow the law to take its
course in the matter. Such did not
prove the case. All day long there
were symptoms of an outbreak, and
rumors flew thick and fast. Some of
these reports were absurd, though
they were promptly smothered. One
was to the effect that Miss Little had
died during the morning.' There was
no foundation for the statement, as
Mr. Laney did not come in town. An
other rumor was that two hundred
men on horses would leave Holton at
dusk to come in and take Moore from
the jail. Another was that there
would be a meeting of citizens near
the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia railroad cotton yard. This
rumor proved true.
Solicitor-General Hardeman went
to Holton in the afternoon and re
turned last flight. He did not say
much about his investigation other
than the girl was alive and well; that
he had set at the supper table with
her, and that her story was true.'
Shortly after nightfall, men were
seen going in the direction of the old
fair ground, the rendezvous agreed
upon. By 10 o’clock the crowd had
increased to large numbers, and every
now and then squads were seen quiet
ly moving in that direction. A few
men actuated by curiosity, went to the
corner of the fence around the Macon
and Western shops, but were met by
sentinels. Each mah was asked if he
wanted to “be with us,and if the
reply waa yes, he was allowed to pass
on. If the answer was no, or if there
was any hesitancy, he was told to
moye away.
It was impossible to get at anything
like a correct idea of the number of
men in the crowd. Various estimates
were put upon it by persons who had
watched for some time the people go
ing there, and it is safe to say that
there were more than 300 men present.
There was no loud conversation* no
noise of any kind. •
AT THE JAIL.
People began going to the jail
about 8 o’clock, and by 9 there were
perhaps fifty or one hundred persons
on the sidewalk and street.
Sheriff Westcott had received an
intimation of the crowd at the old
fair ground, and immediately swore
in a number of deputies, determined
to make all possible resistance, and,
if possible, without resort to arms.
As the night grew on, the appre
hensions for trouble grew more and
more alarming. The sheriff consult
ed with Mayor Price and Chief Wiley
and they were willing to help him in
any manner they could.
About 9 o’clock the sheriff tele
graphed the following to the Gover
nor:
H. D. McDaniel, Governor, Atlan
ta: I have a prisoner, James Moore,
who is threatened with mob violence.
What shall I do?
[Signed.] S. G. Westcott, Sh’ff.
The following was the reply:
Atlanta, August 12.—s. G. West
cott, Sheriff of Bibb county: Your
telegram addressed to Governor Mc
Daniel, saying: You have a prisoner,
James Moore, threatened with mob
violence, what shall I do? has just
been handed to me at the hour of 12
o’clock at night. The Governor is
absent on official business, inspecting
the Marietta and North Georgia, rail
road extension. Replying promptly
to your telegram, I can only say you
have the authority, as sheriff, to sum
mons every man in the county, if nec-
esary, to*act as a posse to aid you in
preventing the threatened mob vio
lence, and that such a call properly
made, will, it is believed, receive
ready response from the law-abiding
citizens of the county.
H. E. W. Palmer,.
Sec. Ex. Dep’t.
The reply was received a few min
utes after 1 o’clock, after the jailer
had summoned his posse.
About 10 o’clock Jailer Birdsong’s
family were removed from the jail
residence to another part of the city.
The crowd around the jail saw this
movement and suspected that the
authorities had received definite news
from the mob.
MOORE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
About half past 11 o’clock Jailer
Birdsong heard loud breathing in the
upper tier of cells where Moore was
confined. He went up stairs at once
and found Moore hanging by the neck
in the cell, his eyes protruding and
the froth hanging out of his mouth
like a long white beard. Jailer Bird
song ordered Will Jackson and N. M.
Williams, the two white prisoners
confined in the same cell, to release
Moore on pain of being shot. They
complied at once, raising him up and
taking the cord from his neck.
Dr. J. C. Johnson who happened to
be in the crowd on the sidewalk be
low, was called in, but there was no
need for his services, the prisoner
having recovered. Dr. Johnson said
that if Moore had kept the cord on
three minutes longer lie would have
been a dead man.
THE MOB STARTS.
When the city clock struck the hour
of 12, it served to be the signal for the
mob to start from the old fair ground.
In twenty minutes they had arrived
fii the jail. The mob seemed to be
about three hundred strong and as
they turned the jail corner from Fifth
street the huge crowd at the jail gave
way. The men in advance wore white
masks and carried sledge hammers
and crowbars. Each man had his
pistol drawn and marched into the jail
yard in good order.
On hearing of the approach of the
mob, Sheriff Westcott put a portion
of his posse inside the jail, and with
several stood upon the platform lead
ing into the jail office.
Mayor Price entreated the mob to
stop, promising that Moore would
have a speedy trial. Sheriff Westcott
also pleaded with the mob to stay,
but they refused to listen and soon
covered him with a dozen revolvers.
He refused to give them the keys,
and told them that if they got in it
would be by breaking down the doors.
THE ATTACK.
In an instant the sheriff was rush
ed off the platform, and a few well-
directed licks from the crowbar broke
in the wooden door which leads into
the residence part of jail.
Onoe inside, the mob fired off the
pistols, pointing them upward. They
were then met by the heavy iron
door which shut them off from the
apartment containing the cage. They
began on this with their sledge ham
mers, each blow being distinctly heard
by tho crowd on the outside. It re
quired twonty minutes of hard work
to break in the door, and when it
gave way a shout went up which was
echoed by the crowd outside. It was
a terrible surprise and the crowd in
the yard moved restlessly about.
When the cage door was opened the
mob rushed in, but Jailer Birdsong
and Deputy Sheriff O’Pry had skip
ped out by the back way. They were
brought back and displaying some
dynamite cartridges gave the jailer
three minutes in which to unlock the
combination. In the meantime the
key to the corrider had been found
hidden under a lounge in the jailer’s
sitting room.
Jailer Birdsong saw that resistance
was useless, and as he had some Unit
ed States prisoners to protect, he held
a hurried consultation with Sheriff
Westcott and Mayor Price, and then
at the point of pistols unlocked the
combination.
TAKING HIM OUT.
Moore was in a state of nervousness
bordering on insanity. Two nights
of horror, added to the near approach
to death he had made by his own
hands,.and the fact staring him in the
face that in a moment more he would
be hanging from a limb, nearly pros
trated him. He asked if there was no
escape from being mobbed, but the
men said nothing.
The combination unlocked, Moore
was pulled out of the cell. The act
was seen by some of the crowd on the
outside as if in shadow pantomime
through the shade of the windows; A
shout went up, and then the tramp
of the men and their prisoner was
heard on the iron stairs.
The crowd gave way and the mob
lost no time in taking Moore from the
jail. He wore no collar and was bare
headed. The men who had him rush
ed out of the gait, the crowd follow
ing. The masked portion of the mob
marched with drawn pistols, and al
lowed no one but their own crowd to
get near him.
The line of march was down Fifth
street, the dust raised by the tramp
ing of hundreds of feet nearly blind
ing the eyes, down Fifth to Cherry,
and then down Cherry to
SARAH ROBINSON’S HOUSE,
where Moore last saw Miss Little.
The mob here halted, the maskers
keeping back the crowd that follow
ed.
When in front of the house, Moore
was placed upon the sidewalk and
facing the house, was told that if he
had anything to say now was the
time. He managed to speak, hut the
noise of the crowd prevented him
from being heard. He said that if he
was guilty he did not know it, and
whatever was done was done while he
was drunk. The last he remembered
of himself was when he was at the de
pot. He made an appeal to the
crowd for mercy. He was then told
to pray, and the crowd stood back to
give him room to kneel.
Moore prayed fervently for his wife
121 and child and for himself, and then as
is he said amen, he was raised up, and a
call was. made for the rope. There
was some delay in getting the rope
and the time was occupied in tying
Moore’s hands behind him. While
this was going on Moore begged that
his body would * not be riddled with
bullets.
THE LAST ACT.
One of the mob climbed up a large
tree that stood in front of the house
at the edge of the sidewalk. The rope
was then tied around Moore’s neck
and the knot placed behiiid his right
ear. The other end of the rope was
then thrown the man in the tree and
tied to the limb, Moore being held up
by three of the mob. When it was
fastened Moore said: “Lord have
mercy on my soul,” and the three
men who held him moved away.
There was a gurgling sound, but the
mob soon saw that they had made a
bungling job of it. Another man was
sent up the tree to adjust the rope,
Moore being again held up. He said:
“Boys, give me room,” and in two
minutes more he was allowed to swing
again. He drew himself up several
times, and in a few minutes James
Moore was dead.
There were a few calls to bring out
Sarah Robinson, but the mob had
agreed previously that they would
take only one person from the jail. It
was also proposed to burn the house,
but this was not listened to, the mob
seeming satisfied with their night’s
work.
The body was cut down and turned
over to Sheriff Wescott who had it
sent to the city hall, where it was
laid out.
SUMMING up.
The resolutions adopted by the citi
zens’ meeting on Wednesday, calling
on Judge Simmons .to hold a special
session of the Superior Court in which
to try Moore were telegraphed to the
Judge at Saratoga yesterday morning
by Dr. John Ingalls, chairman of the
meeting. Up to last night there was
no reply, owing*perhaps to the Judge
being sick.
The mob which did the work of last
night seemed well organized. They
obeyed the commands of their leader
and had little or nothing to say.
Those of them who were not masked
concealed their identity by freely min
gling with the crowd in the jail yard.
The men in mask went into the jail
and began work at once. They lis
tened to no remonstrances, and seem
ed to have gone to the jail for one ex
press purpose, and would not be de
terred by anything.
The Right Step.—Mayor Price has
given orders to the chief of police, to
order all women who keep assigna
tion houses in the city, to leave town
in twenty-four hours, under penalty
of imprisonment. This is a step in
the right direction and the mayor and
chief of policfi will be backed squarely
up by the community.—Macon News.
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