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TheTrialofSheriffJosephShippetal.:AnAccount11.THEFACT2.THETRIALANDAPPEALS3.THELYNCHINGOFEDJOHNSON4.TRIALINTHESUPREMECOURTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES2THEFACTTheShipptrialhasitsrootsinarapethattookplaceonadarkJanuaryeveningin1906theSt.ElmodistrictofChattanooga.OnJanuary23,1906,Twenty-one-yearoldNevadaTaylor,onherwayhomefromherbookkeepingjobindowntownChattanooga,israpedbyablackman"withasoft,kindvoice"shortlyafter6:30p.m.inSt.ElmoCemetery.SheriffJosephShippdirectsasearchfortherapist,witnesses,andevidence.Thesearchturnsuponlyablackleatherstrapusedintherape.January24,1906Shippoffersa$50rewardtoanyoneprovidinginformationthatleadstothearrestandconvictionoftheSt.Elmorapist.Bythenextday,therewardfundgrowsto$375.3theSt.ElmodistrictofChattanooga查塔努加圣埃尔莫区rapist强奸犯4January25,1906WillHixon,awhitemanwhoworkedneartherapescene,tellsShippthathesawablackman"twirlingaleatherstraparoundhisfinger"shortlybeforetherape.HixonlatercallsShipptoreporthavingseenthesuspectwalkingtowardtown.Shippeventuallyfindsthesuspect,EdJohnson,ridingonanicetruckandarrestshim.ShippquestionsJohnsonforthreehours,butJohnsonclaimstoknownothingoftherape.Over1,500peoplegatherinthecourtyardinfrontofthejailwheretheyassumeJohnsonisbeingheld.Manyinthecrowdhavegunsorrope.Thelynchmobstormsthejail.TennesseeGovernorCoxorderstheNationalGuardtoprotectthejail,butitisheavilydamaged.Johnson,whohadbeenmovedtoNashvilleearlierinthedayoutofaconcernthathemightbelynched,isunharmed.5Tennessee田纳西州Nashville纳什维尔jail监狱67additional额外assaulted殴打juror陪审员deliberation审议8February12,1906Johnson'sattorneystellJudgeMcReynoldstheyplantoappealOnMarch3，1906，theTennesseeSupremeCourt，withoutadissentingvote，turneddownJohnson'srequestforanewtrial.WritingfortheCourt，ChiefJusticeW.D.Beardwrote，"Wehavegiventhetechnicalrecordamostscrutinizinginspectiontoseeifseriouserrorsweretheretobediscovered，buthavebeenunabletofindany."SheriffShipporderedhisdeputiestobeganstretchingtheinchthickropethatwouldbeusedtohangJohnsononMarch13.Afteraseriesofappeals,JudgeClarkannouncedthathewouldissuehisdecisionlaterthatevening.Shortlybefore1：00a.m.，thejudgereturnedtohiscourtroom.JudgeClarkagreedthattheremighthavebeenseriousflawsinJohnson'strial，butheruledthattheSixthAmendment'sguaranteeofafairtrialdidnotapplyinstatecourttrials.HerejectedJohnson'sequalprotectionclaimaswell.Inasmallvictoryforthedefense，however，ClarkpostponedJohnson'shangingfortendays（laterreduced，inaconcessiontoangeredstateofficials，tosevendays）toallowtimeforhisdecisiontobeappealedtotheUnitedStatesSupremeCourt.92026/7/1710attorneys律师deputies人大代表stretching拉伸concession让步1112paraded游街示众innocent无辜brute畜生condemned谴责contemptuous轻视13TRIALINTHESUPREMECOURTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

Amonthlater，AttorneyGeneralMoodymetwithChiefJusticeFullerandJusticeHarlan.Anhourofdebateproducedanhistoricagreement：theChattanoogaconspiratorswouldbetriedbytheCourtforcriminalcontempt.Itwouldbethefirst——and，todate，theonly——criminaltrialinthehistoryoftheUnitedStatesSupremeCourt.TheAttorneyGeneralagreedtofilechargeswiththeclerkoftheSupremeCourt.TheJusticeDepartment，ratherthantheCourt（aswasatonetimediscussed），wouldleadtheprosecution.

OnMay28，1906，theJusticeDepartmentfiledpapersaccusingtwenty-sevenChattanoogaresidentsofconspiringtolynchandmurderEdJohnson.NamedinthepaperswereSheriffJosephShippandeightofhisdeputies.14conspirators阴谋家prosecution控告15OnNovember15，1909，SheriffShippandtheotherconvicteddefendantsstoodbeforetheninejusticesoftheSupremeCourttoreceivetheirsentences.JusticeFullerannounced：You，SheriffJosephF.Shipp，JeremiahGibson，LutherWilliams，NickNolan，HenryPadgett，andWilliamMayes，arebeforethiscourtonanattachmentforcontempt.Youhavebeenfoundguilty.SheriffShipp，LutherWilliams，andNickNolanareherebysentencedtoninetydaysimprisonment.JeremiahGibson，HenryPadgett，andWilliamMayesareherebysentencedtosixtydays.AllsentencesaretobeservedattheUnitedStatesJailintheDistrictofColumbia.

February24,2000,HamiltonCountyCriminalJudgeDougMeyeroverturnsEdJohnson'sconvictionanddeathsentence.LeroyPhillips,co-authorofa1999bookabouttheShippcase(Co