Show police save brutal father from death by angry crowd COLUMBIA S C A husky Q foot railroad shop laborer was rescued from a mob shortly after police charged he lashed his 11 year old son to death william A plott richland county coroner said a threatening crowd of more than people had gathered outside the home of thomas andrew white 34 only the arrival of the police cars averted mob action against white plott said chief of city detectives william A rawlinson reported the pound father formally charged with murder calmly admitted having tied up his ills son in the bathroom and beaten him into unconsciousness rawlinson said the boy boys s wrists were tied together behind his back and his body suspended by a rope under the shoulders he ile wouldn t tell me the truth police quoted white as saying about a dollar bill the boy had collected yesterday I 1 beat him and he wouldn t tell me rawlinson said the father called the doctor when the boy tailed failed to regain consciousness |