Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1911 — TROOPS ORDERED OUT [ARTICLE]

TROOPS ORDERED OUT

Negro Assaulter to be Given Orderly Trial in Georgia. Atlanta, Ga, May 26 Acting under orders from Governor Brown, Adjutant General A. J. Scott ordered out four companies of the National Guard to escort Tom Allen, a negro, to the courthouse in Monroe, Walton cotfnty, when he is placed on trial on the charge of criminally assaulting a white woman. The troops will remain in Monroe during the trial. The negro was brought here after the outrage to prevent a lynching. Threats were made to lynch the negro when he was returned to Monroe.