Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-02-03 | Page 2 | Army Officers Face Criticism

ARMY OFFICERS FACE CRITICISM Lynch Murder Trial Defense May Charge Authorities With Negligence ST. ST JOSEPH Mo Feb 3 UP UP- UP Criticism of ot all nil civil and military of officers f 1 cers who were on on duty the night of ot November 28 for th the protection of prisoners from mob violence was anticipated an an- Saturday in the trial of ot Walter Carton Garton itinerant cook charged with murder in connection with the tho lynching o of Lloyd Warner negro Defense cross examination cross indicated indi that an attempt would be made to prove that officers vere were verc negligent in protecting Warner who was held In jail on charges of attacking a white woman Members of the Thirty fifth divi divi- sion sian tank company summoned to pro protect Wet the jail from the onslaught of the mob were sharply questioned regarding re ro- ro garding the elapse of time between when they were ordered on duty and the time of or their arrival at the Buchanan Buchanan Buchanan Bu Bu- Bu- Bu chanan county jaiLA jail A defense of ot prejudice also became a possibility when the name of Carl Cowboy Fisher was introduced into th the testimony Fisher was arrested on charges of possession of ot stolen property wh when n he was found with Sheriff Otto Thiesen's pistol following follow follow- ing log the lynching Several witnesses testified Fisher incited the mob to storm the jail He pleaded guilty to the stolen property charge but was not indicted by the grand grond jury which eight first degree murder indictments