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The News & Observer
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
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In Huntsville, Ala., on Sept. 19, a military court of inquiry begins investigating the militia's conduct during the lynching of Horace Maples at the jail, with testimony from officers implicating Sheriff Rodgers in surrendering the prisoner to the mob.
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Military Court of Inquiry Finds Damaging
Testimony Against the Sheriff.
(By the Associated Press.)
Huntsville, Ala., Sept. 19.--The military court of inquiry appointed by Acting Governor Cunningham to investigate the conduct of the militia on guard at the jail when Horace Maples, a negro, was lynched, today began taking evidence. Colonel T. S. Fraser, of Union Springs; Captain W. J. Vaiden, of Uniontown, and Capt. E. D. Smith, of Birmingham, compose the court.
Captain Robert L. Hay, of Company F, Lieutenant Thomas P. Hay and Second Sergeant Joseph Brock were the three first examined when the investigation began to-day. According to the testimony of Captain Hay he was to receive his orders from Sheriff Rodgers. Captain Hay testified that his pickets were posted on the stairway, and that the sheriff had cautioned the soldiers not to allow anyone to come up the stairway, and not to shoot until he ordered. After the mob had broken in the back door and fire started, they begged either to be allowed to shoot or to be ordered out of the building. In the meantime the mob was calling to the sheriff and telling him that if he would surrender the negro the fire would be extinguished. The sheriff finally acceded to the wishes of the mob, at the same time ordering the militia out of the building.
Sergeant Brock substantiated the testimony of Captain Hay. Lieutenant Hay testified that he went to the assistance of a sentry and was cut off by the rush of the mob and could not get back to the jail.
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Huntsville, Ala.
Event Date
Sept. 19
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horace maples was lynched after being surrendered to the mob by sheriff rodgers; testimony implicates the sheriff in failing to protect the prisoner.
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The military court of inquiry, composed of Colonel T. S. Fraser, Captain W. J. Vaiden, and Capt. E. D. Smith, began taking evidence on the conduct of the militia guarding the jail during the lynching of Horace Maples. Testimony from Captain Robert L. Hay, Lieutenant Thomas P. Hay, and Sergeant Joseph Brock described receiving orders from Sheriff Rodgers not to shoot or allow access until ordered; the mob broke in, started a fire, and the sheriff surrendered the prisoner to extinguish the fire while ordering the militia out.