Show I j WHITE CITIZENS EXCITED Crowd lay in Wait for Negro Who Was to Be Arraigned for Insult Insulting Insulting ing jug White Girl Pittsburg Feb 8 Many lany persons persona gathered in the vicinity of or the east cast end police station this morning believing that James Dickson a negro arrested Saturday S night for Insulting a white woman and who narrowly escaped be being being being ing lynched 1 chod by b an infuriated crowd croWll would be given glen a hearing Owing to i the Inability of the tile young oung woman to appear against the negro until tomor tomorrow tomorrow row the case ease was postponed When at attempt was swan made Saturday night by b a plain clothes officer to arrest Dickson the negro knocked the officer down and fought so eo desperately that the clothes were almost torn off oct The Thc fight tight attracted a large crowd which became threatening when It was learned that Dickson had In Insulted insulted suited a white woman Throwing the negro neto to the ground the drew crew his revolver and held the crowd off until a squad of police came to the rescue Magistrate Brady who has sentenced a number of negroes to long terms in inthe inthe Inthe the workhouse during the past p st week today received an anonymous letter tetter ad advising advIsing advising him to be more lenient in dent deab dentIng Ing with negroes or he would me m meet t with violence Notwithstanding the stringent meas measures urea ures taken by the authorities a major majority majorIty majority ity of ot the negro population Is defiant and there is apparently no abatement of assaults assault against white women |