Show I PRISONERS APPEAR I HIGHEST CHEST CHESTI I COURT ff IN NATION Charge of Contempt in Tennessee Tennessee Ten Ten- Lynching Establishes Establishes lishes a Precedent WASHINGTON Juno June 1 In I.-In In the cases of former Sheriff Shipp and others of ot Chattanooga a charged with contempt of the supreme court of the United States the court today postponed post post- the passing of sentence to permit permit permit per per- mit the prisoners to file petitions for a rehearing The cases es therefore go o over o until next term the prisoners remaining remain remainS ID ing out on bond The rhe arraignment of six men men before belore the bar bar- barof of the hi highest hest court in the nation was vas a It scene unprecedented in the annals of that tribunal The prisoners consist of former Sheriff Joseph F. F Shipp o of Hamilton county Tenn renn his jailer deputy Jeremiah Gibson and Luther Williams Nick Nolan Henry Pad Padgett ett and William Mayse lase aJ all all of Chattanooga They were found guilty a week ago by the court on the charge of permitting permitting permit permit- ting and participating in the lynching in 1905 of Ed Johnson a negro ro condemned condemned condemned con con- to han hang Tho The supreme court had hael granted anted Johnson permission to bring bring- hi his case before the court on ap ap- ap- ap pea peal This of course caused a postponement postponement post post- of the execution and the tho feeling feeling feel fee m ing in Chattanooga culminated the tho ni night ht following following- in the hanging by a It mob The act was resented by the court as one of fla flagrant rant contempt and immediately immediately immediately im im- im- im mediately complaint was made to President President President dent Roosevelt Proceedings were instituted in in- against the sheriff and a anum number num nurn- ber of his deputies as well wen as against ag about twenty citizens of Chattanooga a. a The inquiry which was subsequently subsequent Iv made on behalf of the court reduced this thil number to six The offenders came into tho the court today to to- day in a body They were accompanied accompanied accompanied nied bv by officers of the law and by their attorneys |