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Show NEGRO SAVED FR0MA MOB Sheriff With Thirty Deputies Dep-uties Held on a Special Train For Hours Hinton. W. Va.. Aug. 17. Sherirf Wiseman and a force of deputies who were in hiding all nl?ht in the mountains moun-tains with Thos. Ramond, a negro, accused of attacking and robbing violin Ailiss. a brakemaD. and then assaulting and murdering his bride oi j three weeks, have landed their pilson- I er In the Mercer county Jail, twenty five miles from here. Though Alllss. who Is near death I in a local hospital, did not positive- i Jy Identity the negro last night as his assailant, the sheriff has little doubt of Raymond's guilt. The arrival of Captain Samuel L. Walker, with fifteen militiamen Just at dark last night, made It possible to save Raymond's life. For five hours, the sheriff with thirty deputies held the negro on a special train which a mob of 1,000 men refused to let leave. On arrival of the first detachment de-tachment of roilitia, the sheriff escaped es-caped to the mountains with his prisoner pris-oner while the mob leaders were held at the point of bayonets. When three companies of militia arrived early today from Charleston, j the in'ob had given up the hunt The troops were sent home this morning, j |