Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Thirteenth Year - Number 36
Marlin, Texas,Thursday, November 6, 1902

WANTED TO LYNCH HIM.
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Mob Tried to Get a Houston Negro From the
Officers.
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       Houston, Texas, Oct. 22.--Nothing but a riot call to the police department from the judge prevented a negro from being taken from a court room in this city this afternoon and lynched.  Santa Montalbano, a 13-year old Italian girl, had accused Will Carter, a negro, of criminal assault and he was having a hearing on the charge.  The girl told a story that enraged the people, and an effort to get possession of the negro was held in check by the court officers until a police force of sufficient strength reached the court room.  The trial was stopped by Judge Matthews, who ordered the prisoner to jail with out bail.  The jail is strongly guarded tonight.  The girl swore in the court that the negro entered her room before daylight and accomplished his purpose by repeated assaults.  Military protection may have to be invoked to save Carter from lynching when his trial shall be resumed.

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