Show GUAR GUARI lA nR Rumors Rumo s That Attempt to Lyn Lynch h Would Be Made Bring Troops to Town MEDIA Pa Pa Dee Dec 16 AP AP Lest Lest Lesta st a L confessed negro murderer be lynched I armed armed peace of officers pa pa pa- patrolled trolled this town tod toddy today y especially in the thc vicinity of the tho Delaware county Jail jall Forty Fort state troopers and anI more than deputy sheriffs constables constables constables consta consta- bles aAd members o of the police pollee force of or nearby to townships guard guard- guarded ed cd the jail and watched all all the highways entering the town The prison corridors bristled with rifles and shotguns and tear gas bombs w were re stacked in ht handy places In Inthe Inthe the ard sto stood d a truck loaded with ammunition Rumors Humors that plans were being made to storm the jail Jall and lynch Ollie Strickland a negro indicted for or the murder of Collins an year old white girl were re responsible rc- rc e for or the tho precautions When the rumors first reached Sheriff Isaac W. W Johnson he threw an extra guard around the Jail J ater Governor Pinchot informed the sheriff he had received reliable information that an attempt was attempt was to tobe tobe tobe be made to I lynch the the negro The governor sent a squad of ot state police police po po- lice from Harrisburg Miss Collins Collins- was shot and killed d last Wednesday night when she re refused refused refused re- re fused to to hand over to Strickland Christmas presents she had purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased for her father |