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Description: Threatened By Negroes - Mob Gathers at Cates' Home;
Denounced from Pulpit - Charges Mayor with Drunk
Newspaper published in: Huntsville, AL
Source: Madison Co. Library, Huntsville, AL
Page/Column: Page 1, Column 3
THREATENED BY NEGROES
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An Armed Mob Gathers at Home of Charles Cates.
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ATLANTA, May 7.—A mob of negroes, supposed to be hotel waiters, was discovered Sunday night in an attempt to assassinate Charles Cates, the young man who shot and killed Lige Jefferson, whom he caught in the act of burglary.
The mob, in which there were 10 or 12 negroes, many of whom carried pistols in their hands, began to gather in the vicinity of Cates’ home at 145 Randolph Street, about 8 o’clock.
Policeman Kilpatrick, who lives in the neighborhood, was informed of the situation and telephoned to Captain Jennings, while he hid himself near cates’ residence.
A squad of policemen were dispatched to the scene by Captain Jennings, who went with them, and the men hid about the neighborhood for several hours.
One arrest was made, a negro named Miles Brinkley, who was caught prowling around the house, and a pistol was found in his pocket. He was locked up for carrying a concealed weapon.
Cates killed Jefferson Friday night. The negro was a union hotel waiter and had his card in his pocket when found.
After the killing a number of negroes, nearly all of whom were hotel waiters, demanded that Cates be arrested and an investigation be held. The coroner held no inquest and the police, believing the killing of the burglar was justifiable homicide, refused to take Cates in custody.
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DENOUNCED FROM PULPIT
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Dr. Broughton Again Charges Mayor Woodward With Drunkenness
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ATLANTA, May 7.—Mayor James G. Woodward was for the second time denounced from the pulpit by Dr. L. G. Broughton at the Tabernacle Baptist church Sunday night, and the second arraignment, like the first, was on the charge of drunkenness and immorality.
Dr. Broughton, in the presence of a congregation of 3,000 people, charged that the mayor of Atlanta had been on a drunken spree for the past week or ten days, and visited, while in such a condition, houses of ill fame.
Dr. Broughton demanded that the mayor be impeached, declaring emphatically.
“In the name of Almighty God, Christian men and women, have we not had enough? I for one have had, and I say that it shall stop and stop now!”
He gave a history of what he claimed to have been Mayor Woodward’s conduct in the past, and said there was no longer room for mercy.