The Crusader. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1963-????, July 12, 1963, Image 1

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s VOL 1 NO. 1 SAVANNAH, GEORGIA JULY 12, 1963 PRICE 10 CENTS Clarke Out; Williams In Charge Marches Cause “Lost Sleep” Demonstrations To Increase - King To Aid Direct action by the Chatham County Crusade for Coter.s lias been stepped up rather than les sened following the arrest of Ho- sea Williams. “The arrest is part of a policy of harrassment of the leadership of the Savannah Freedom Now Movement in an attempt to disor ganize and stop it," said Cru sade spokesman, “but we will not fe stopped." Plans have been laid for a rapid step-up in massive demon- ‘•ure on city officials. Ncprro stration' in order to increase pres- leader.s hope to break the situa tion here by a combination of na tional attention and reaction, eco nomic pressure on local business men, and the eventual force of these factors on the local political community and die-hard segrega tionists. KING TO AID It is hoped that Dr. Martin Lu ther King will be in town to lend personal aid to the crusade. His organization, The Southern Chris tian Leadership Conference ras | pledged “financial, moral, and 1 physical support to the Crusade for Voters." Ben Clarke, Crusade ~ ! HARASSMENT” SAYS CLARK has stated that “King should oe here Wednesday night.” (The following is a prepared statement released by the Last night, the Rev. C. T. Vivian, Chatham County Crusade for Voters following the arrest ore of King’s top aides, led over; Q f Hosea L. Williams). a thousand people on a march to j HOSEA L. WILLIAMS, leader of the CHATHAM city hall. The Rev. Ralph Ab-, BOUNTY CRUSADE FOR VOTERS was taken out of “ inat J.’,5 easu T ier J ° ,, e ! bed and arbitrarily arrested at 2:00 A. M. this morning. He is being held on a Good Conduct Warrant swort out by a woman unknown to us. He is being held on bail of$25,000. We are informed by our lawyers that the usual bond for such a warrant is $200.00. In any case it is extremely unlikely that we will be able to post bail or obtain his release since Solicitor An- JAILBIRDS FOR FREEDOM JAILINGS “ARBITRARY BOND NOW AT SI 0,000 ON 000D BEHAVIOR WARRANT 2 A. M. KNOCK ON DOOR TO JAIL CRUSADER LEADER Loss than eight hours after Ben Clarke's release, inte gration leader Hosea L. Williams was arrested by Chat ham County officials. Williams had just gone to bed at a little after tw< on Monday morning when he was awakened and takei into custody by Municipal Court deputies Fred DerBain. and John Hughes. The basis of the arrest was a “good conduct warrant” sworn out by Mrs. Inell Lubeck, a white woman of MO West Broad Street. Williams was held on $2,500 bond, although the Crusade has been informed by lawyers that the usual bond on such a warrant does not exceed $200. Officials claim that the reason for the high bond is Williams was ■urosted on two previous demonstrations. While attorneys sought to file bond Tuesday after noon, three additional warrants are sworn out by Homer D. Williamson, William Canterbury and Daniel I. Fraw- ley. ali of whom live near the County Jail, site of many demonstrations during the past week. On the basis of these warrants, bond has beer! raised to$10, 000. ern Christian Leadership Confer ence ami Rev. James Bevel, the man most responsible for cracking B’rmingham through his organiza tion of the youth brigades have al ready spoken before Crusade mass meetings. TEMPO INCREASES ; drew Ryan has indicated an intention to hold Willliams ‘We will stage demonstrations I long as possible. Continued On Page Three 1 Continued On Page Three Charge Can’t Sleep All those who filed complaints stated that the night demonstrations had caused them to lose sleep, and that they sought relief. Municipal Court Judge Victor H. Mulling issued the warrant under a Civil War statute in the Georgia State Code. In a statement which integration leaders consider an open invitation for segregationists to file similar war rants, Judge Mulling told the Savannah papers “Our law' guarantees to every citizen in the community the quiet and peaceful enjoyment of his home and family. Any substantial violation of this right constitutes a breach of the peace. Therefore, anyone who feels that his persona 1 or property rights are 'being unduly interferred with may fesort to the courts to secure their protection. Judge Mulling did not indicate whether segregation might conceivably interfer with one’s personal or proper ty rights. The “good conduct Warrant” is a new weapon againsi the civil rights movement. Attorney B. Clarence May- field said that lie and other lawyers were attempting to determine a means of counteracting the warran. “By the way this thing is going, there might be 168,000 of these things (good behavior warrants) before its over,” Mayfield said. Youth leader Ben Clarke contacted the Justice D. - partment, and said Tuesday that the Civil Rights Division, I'nnfimiAd nn Pacp Six