Show WILL FIGHT OFFICIALS Friends of Accused J Railroad Operator Come Jo to Ills III Rescue Lynchburg Va Ya a Dec 2 Friends 2 Friends of Tel Telegraph Operator G G. G D Di Mattox the he signal block man whom officials of oC the Southern railway assert was sole solely re responsible re- re for the he wreck in which President Fresh Fresh- I dent Spencer and others were killed came to his def defense nse toda today loday Langhorne D. D Mattox brother of the accused man declared tonight that G G. G D D. Mattox is at his home a mile from Crom the scene scone of the wreck and that he has made no effort to evade the tho officers of the law My I brother was on dut duty duly on the night of or the nth said Langhorne Mattox and he lie can prove that he did not go to sleep neither did he leave his tower Ho n let train 33 3 into the block under tinder instructions and called the operator at Lawyers three times to notify him that tho the block was tas hued filled Tho The card carll shows this to be true The TheIa day Ia operator found him on duty when he ho came on duty and he ho did not run runaway runaway awa away after the tho accident Other friends of the accused opera opera- lor br or are arc standing b by him and the they sn say they will furnish any amount of bail needed I If ho he Is 19 arrested In Tn the meantime the officials of the thc Southern their h hI railway are continuinG th I Investigation IS-a IS |