RIOTOUS ARRESTS.

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 702, 30 November 1933, Page 5

RIOTOUS ARRESTS.

MILITIA BREAK MOB. New York, Nov. 28. While the controversy continues to rage over Governor Rolph's statement, with the clergy, public and newspaper editorial opinion taking sides, Governor Ritchie, of Maryland, has ordered troops to Salisbury to arrest the lynchers who last month lcilled a Negro who was charged with attacking an aged white woman. The State milita men, with four of the alleged lynchers as prisoners, broke through the infuriated mob, speeding in lorries to Baltimore after a clash in which the soldiers threw over 100 gas bombs. There were riotous scenes in which the State Attorney-General and officials were targets for stones hurled by the mob, marking the climax of the day. The accused men were roused from their beds and held in the armoury until the crowd became so threatening that the officials decided to break through the cordon and speed to Baltimore. Already repei*cussions to Governor Ritchie's _action have come with threats'of impeachment from State Legislators and praise and blame from various quarters throughout the nation. Women are sending the Governor telegrams of approval while public bodies excoriate his "lawlessness." The San Jose sheriff, Emig, and the deputy sheriff, Buffington, who were knocked down as they attempted to stem the advance of the lynching mob remain in hospital. Both are seriously injured. The city officials plan to dig up the trees on which the two men were hanged and to remove all other reminders of the event.