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| here to get Williams and we're going to take him." The quartet entered the ward, where there were four patients in addition to Williams. IN STRAIT-JACKET Silently, the terrified negroes pointed to Williams' bed, where the killer lay. with his head swathed in bandages and his arms and torso confined in the strait-jacket to prevent an attempted escape. Williams was lifted from the bed and hurled through a window to the lawn, where members of the toob dragged him to his feet. At this point Sheriff U. Murray Phillips arrived and attempted to rescue the negro. A member of the mob said quietly: "It's just too bad, Sheriff, but we have him. Best thing for you to do is get back into your car." SHERIFF SURROUNDED Members of the mob surrounded the peace officer and prevented him from approaching the wounded negro. Williams, jostled roughly by the mob, was forced to walk six blocks to the courthouse lawn. On the way one of the mob entered the fire house and obtained a rope. Word of the nob's intention spread through the city and a crowd of at leas,. 2,50( persons, including hundreds of women, gathered at the courthouse The lynching, only 40 feet from the spot where a negro was hanged by a mob in 1895, took place under a huge Community Fund banner, depicting Christ with arms outstretched and the plea: "He who gives all feeds three— himself, his poor neighbor and Me." There was au ominous hush as a man climbed'a tree a few feet from the sidewalk. The rope was Continued on Page 2, Column 1. prosecution of the mob's leaders.' CHILD BLAMES LEAGUE State's Attorney Godfrey Child, who will have charge of the prosecution of Lee next week, said: "This lynching indicates that If the International Defense League doesn't stop meddling on the Eastern Shore we're going to have serious trouble." Bernard Ades, Lee's attorney, and attorney for the League, declared: "I expect to be attacked myself when I go to Cambridge. But what can I do about it? I still hope, however, that the Court of Appeals will now move the trial from there." Levin C. Bailey, State's Attorney for Wicomico county, said: "I was out of Salisbury last Continued on Page 2, Column 2 Temperatures Midnight.. .. 51 7 A. M.. . 46 1 A. M.. .. 49 8 A. M.. . 47 2 A.M.. .. 48 9 A.M.. . 5C 3 A.M.. .. 48 10 A. M.. . 5( 4 A. M.. .. 47 11 A. M.. . 51 5 A. M.. .. 47 12 Noon . . . 5' 6 A. M .. .. 46 1 P. M.. . 51 In The News Today Editorial....... .Page 12 Financir' ........... 14-15-16 Amusements ........ 4 Comics.............. 7 Fiction.............. 6 Radio .............. 10 O. O. Mclntyre...... 12 Sports .............. 8-9-10 Local News.......... 11 Society............. 18 Shipping ............ 16 Contract Bridge...... 13 Daily Short Story.... 6 Church News........ 13 ------------------------------------- |