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RICHMOND, VA., TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1917. -TEN PAGES.
?FAIR
PRICE, TWO CENTS
MIDNIGHT COURT '
STOPS LYNCHING
' OF TWO NEGROES
.Jud^e A. I). Dabncy Warns
Charlottesville Mob at
Jail to Disperse.
THREE MILITIA COMPANIES
ARE PLACED ON DUTY
Monticcllo Guard and Firemen
HoJd Masked Throng Back
Until Help Comes.
<??>\ Dlt.NOK ACTS IMtOM I'TIjY
6
M;i\??r linden C;tlls luteal Troops,
ami Adjutant-(General \dds
Slanntoii Companies.
i .i> n<; ill) angry :il III" ell
t?".in?to tin: Chat lolle: \ ilte jail. Judge
A I ? ImIiik v. of tli- ? V.wl?.tu-vi!W
?'orponitiou Court. formally opened
iourt .11 I o'clock thr- morning and
t ? ? t?l?? f ? ? ?I t] unlawful si: -i-nib'ag? dis
Pcrse.d Ucluctalllly the ling. CI'OV d
of men. nan: v. uli handkerchief :<?
masks. Ii;i< V ci| away from th? jail,
v. Inch for thrc.e hours had been be
M'geiJ by tin: throtit In-lit upon wreck
ing summary vciiRcatm- upon two al
leged negi*o inurdi ri-iOnly tlie pre?
< mo of the .Monticello Guards, fully
ai rncd; the ' 'li;i riot t es vi !!?? I re Depart
ment arid ? 11i?olt?-?? prevented thr
Virion from forcing their wa> Into the
jail.
