Hide Article Text (OCR)
No special grand jury was impan elled to Indiet the negro Raymond (or Wayne) for the unspeakable crime of which Mrs. Allift was the victim. No special grand jury was promised or impannelled for the atrocious mur der of Foreman Withrow, but after the seeming indifference of the authorities had had its most natural result in the stimulation of mob violence, behold the haste with which a special grand jury is sum moned to indict the leaders of the mob which threatened to take the prisoner from Huntington jail and act in Hew of the sleeping Inn. If this genus of one-eyed Justice is to continue to preside above the desti nies of West Virginia, then the fine may soon come when the leaders of mobs, through placed behind prison bars, will be glorified as heroes and martyrs by an outraged sentiment,— ‘Monroe Watchman. Over in the Old Dominion they have a better way of doing things. It is a safe guess that if Wayne had com mitted this atrocious crime in Virginia if he would have been tried within a week of his arrest. The prompt action of the Virginia courts in such cases has done away with the mob spirit and the Old Dominion has not had a lync thing for years. ‘
Newspaper Details
Bluefield Evening Leader
Bluefield, West Virginia, US
Tue, Sep 06, 1910
Page 4
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
USA 08 Jan 2026
Other Publications Near Bluefield, West Virginia
Bluefield Evening Leader
Bluefield Daily Leader
Bluefield Sunset News
Bluefield Sunday Telegraph
The New Daily Telegraph
