Troops Protect Wounded Negro From Angry Mob Part 2

the request of County Judge H. B. Foster. The three negroes were charged with the murder of Vaudine Mad- dox, 18, white. When they were ar- raigned, attorneys for the Internal Labor Defense sought to serve as counsel, but were disqualified by Judge Foster. The attorneys were threatened by a mob and authori- ties fearing for the negroes’ safety, ordered the prisoners transferred to the stronger Birmingham jail Saturday. En route to Birmingham the, sheriff. was waylaid by a mob that seized the three negroes. the request of County Judge H. B. Foster. The three negroes were charged with the murder of Vaudine Mad- dox, 18, white. When they were ar- raigned, attorneys for the Internal Labor Defense sought to serve as counsel, but were disqualified by Judge Foster. The attorneys were threatened by a mob and authori- ties fearing for the negroes’ safety, ordered the prisoners transferred to the stronger Birmingham jail Saturday. En route to Birmingham the, sheriff. was waylaid by a mob that seized the three negroes.