Show TEXAS MOB RULE petition asking the governor to recognize lynch law chicago oct 7 A dispatch from houston texas says A petition from a number of citizens headed by G W knight of san marcos has been presented to gov lanham asking that tho state permit mob punishment 0 negroes who assault women the governor Is aked to a policy ot absolute election to no groes guilty ot assault that they be given no trial by legal inquiry of any kand and that they may be hanged instantly as soon as apprehended gov lanham t response principally Is directed to the legal phase of the proposition it is set forth that it is impossible for him to countenance the policy in view of th oath of office and the bbate legislation which ho is bound to |