Atlanta world. (Atlanta, Ga.) 192?-1932, January 01, 1932, Friday City Edition, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextGEORGIA ENDS 1931 WITHOUT A LYNCHING "o " PR R @ Newspaper : \<@/| Yyndicale VOLUME 5, NUMBER Will Communists Sacrifice Eight Boys to Propaganda? Darrow, Hayes and Reds Leave Birmingham at » Odds; Not With NAACP BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Jan 1-— There still is a remote possibility that two of America’'s greatest criminal lawyers, Clarence Darrow of Chicago, and Arthur Garfield Hayes, New York. will join in the defense of the cight young boys condemned to die for criminally assaulting two voung white hobo pirls near Scottsboro, Ala., last Marehh but that possibility secmed ver® very remote as attornegys re prc _nting the International Labor Derense league and those retained by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, left Birmingham Wednesday with no definite conclusion as to the admittance of the distinguished crusaders for the cause of justice to the hearings before the Supreme court of Alabama January 21, or to the defense of the lads in the event that a new trial is allowed. Mr. Haves reiterated his expres sion of Monday, Tuesday evening when he made it quite clear that he and Mr. Darrow were not re presenting the - N-AACH. but wish ed to assure themselves justice would be given their clients, the bovs who are now at Kilby prison The two men ecame to Birmingham Sunday to complete plans for mak ing their appearance before the Su preme court as well as lay plans for further action, They conferred with a number of local lawyers at the time obtaining information as to Alabama court procedure. Send Wire However, while the distinguished legal lights who have won many battles in court rooms were here making their preparations. G. W. Chamblee, St., of Chattanooga, filed a certificate of employment to defend the condemned boys in the office of the clerk of the high court stating that his associates would be his son. G. W. Chamblee, Jr.. Allen Taub. Joseph R. Brodsky and Irv ing Schwob of New York. At that time, Monday. Lowell Wakefield. in behalf of the Inter national I.abor Defense, an orga nization with Communistic affilia tions. made public a telegram to Mr. Darrow and Mr. Hayes at Bir mingham from the eight defendants stating that Mr. Chamblee and the other lawVvers had been employed to defend them and thal they did not want Mr. Darrow and Mr. Hayes to fight the International T.abor Defense and make {rouble for Mr. Chamblee just to help the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People and asking that they help the Inter national Labor Defense and Mr. Chamblee. The condemned youngsters are Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson. Andy Wright. Olen Montgomery, Eugene Willinms. Charlie Weems. Clarence Norris and Haywood Patterson. Give Statement Prior to his departure for New Orleans, Tuesday night, where he and Mrs. Haves stopped for a short while on their way to Mexico City, Mexico. for a brief vacation, Mr. Haves had the folowing statement to make: . “The clarification of the differ cneee in the Scottsboro case is this: Mr. Darrow and I, believeing that innocent men have been convicted were brought into this case to help the defendants. “We are not interested in organi zations or causes; we deem it the dutvy of lawyers to represent their c¢lients and no one else. “The sole responsibility here is to these colored boys. We have no eriticism of any organization that may wish to help. We may disap prove of their tactics but that does not concern us directly as lawyers, (continued on page two) The Weather CLOUDY, slightly colder Friday; Saturday fair. Highest temperature 60: lowest temperature 49; mean temperature 54. C. F. von HERRMAN, Meteorologist, Weather Bureau. --- Best Wishes for a Prosperous Year in 1932 --- Sharpshooter Gets His Man in Good Leg:; Misses Bad Expert marksmanship on the part o ! Reese Russell, 200 Hilliard street, caused him to wound his victim in his real leg rather than the artifical Wednesday. The victim, Har vey Fears, 352 Frasier street artificial leg, hospital attaches reports. The wound was inflict ed by a shotgun. According t o police reports, IFears had attacked Mrs. Lilly Kate Star, 200 Hilliard street, Russell's sister, and cut her coat with a sharp knife. When Russell tried to stop him, Fears attempted to cut him and the later was forced to shoot him. Eye witnesses collaborated Russell’'s statement, Russell was carried to the hos pital where he was admitted. His condition is not thought 1o be serious. Raeing across in front of a sireet car Monday, Lawson Burdett white, 58 Alabama streets, 8 W, driving north on Central avenue at the intersection of Mitchell street and Central avenue, struck a roadster was following the car on the right side. The roadster was operated by Joseph Johnson, 490 Tatnall Street, who was going west on Mitchell. Miss Bdna King, 516 Tatnall street, S. W, student at the Atlanta School of Social Work, was injured in the collision and treated at a private doctors office. Miss King's condition is reported improving. It was learned she sustained a leg and head injuries. | Spelman t o Begin p £in New Year’s Work On Monday, January 4, Spelman colleze will reopen after the Xmas holidays which began on Decem ber 23 Activities for 1932 will be gin with the regular chapel exer cises in the morning at eight o'clock. After this service the usual sche dule of classes will follow. and the students will begin the long stretch of work which ends in June. e r o Burned by Lye Water Burned on the left foot by an overturned bucket of potash water, with which she was serubbing the kitchen floor, Mrs. Dora Alexander who gave her address as 267 Chf ton Place, was released from Grady hospital after being treated in the emergency clinic. . Struck With Rock by Unknown Assailant Struck in the head with what he thought was rock. George Nev.- some, 1051 Queer street. had s:v eral stitches taken at Grady hos pital Wednesday night. Newsome isaid he was passing in front of 1055 Querry street enroute home when ‘ihc was hit. He was unable to de sceribe his assailant. g i g g = e T A < T TSN i = ) t&‘ - W T, gt 'Qg‘h » S S i I™mY =\ = = ’%g . QQ SR -N-R— N t&/ ¥ T e TR AR WAL [T R\ EWAVAY ‘. ﬁts o N> ) & —- £ » ‘; | ., ) /3 L/ T ——— G o it bl st £ - » # A DIXTE'S STANDARD S~ #/YRACE JOURNALU#A A () “Entered as second-class matter ut the pust office at Atlanta, Ga. under the act of ;;mir('b 8, 1879" COMMON-LAW WIFE OF DEAD MILLIONAIRE SUFS ESTATE FOR $80.000 TRUST FUND B Wideawake Sheriffs Hustle Prisoners to Safekeeping ! . LED LIST.- IN ’30 (By A Staff Writer) Although Ripley may never men tion it in his world famous column entitled “Believe It Or Not,” the great commonwealth of Georgia | has performed a miracle the equal of those heralded through history Not a single lynching was re corded in the state from the 12 months beginning January 1, 1931, and ending yesterday. [ This is going to the other ex treme from the year 1930 when Georgia led the roster of states ’\ulh a high mark of seven for that 11\\1-1\'0 month period. ~ Lynuching throughout the nation ‘decreased in the year just closed. The total for 1930 was 21 while in 1931 only 13. 14 or 15 (depending on whether you accépt Tuskegee, N. A, A C P or Associated Nesro Press figures) fell victims to the lusts of the mob. A large part of the responsibil- | ity for the state's attempt at de cency lies with the sheriffs throughout Georgia. Many threat- | cned lynchings were averted pure- | ly because officers rushed suspects to safety or else showed mobs they j meant to keep their prisoners at all costs. | Probably the most noteworthy | ease of this sort is thal of John | Downer, which attracted nation- | wide attention. Changed with an | attack on a white woman and her male companion, he was brought | to Atlanta for safekeeping return ed to Elberton, tried, and sent-! enced to die while soldiers kept a mob at bay. At the present time | he has a chance of winning his | freedom or at least a committment | of his sentence through appeals taken to U. S courts, yet even this chance would have been denied him had not the Elberton sherift spirited him to safety when a mob formed. On the other hand. there have been various police killings in At lanta a n d throughout Georgia which might have been called lynchings had the deeds been done by private citizens. There are also several cases with t h e “legal lynching” angle where Negroes were railroad to the electric chair after what apparently were far cical trials. And yet all of this is a long step in advance of Georgia's past re cord. That the state will be able to go through 1932 without revert ing to savagery is something hoped for by many of both races. Man Butted Head on Jail Door; Is Dead “ack Woodall, address unknown v ho Tuesday attempted to break ais way out of the city jail by but ting his head against the bars, died at Crady hospital Wednesday night from cerebral hemorrhage of the brain doctors said. The man was unconstious more than twenty hours before his death. ATLANTA. GA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1932 White Killer Freed on Appeal Jailed as Thief ; From all indications and as near Iy as records can be traced, fate has played one of life’s little tricks on Ormond Bell, white of a Mills street address. The white youth beat the Old liady at her own game, through the aid and cunning of Colonel William: Schley How ard, aided by 100 character wit nesses, on September 30 in a mur der trial. But now. Bell is being held on suspicion and also on a ‘charge of robbery. | Bell was tried in Fulton county ‘superior court September 30 and found guilty involuntary man ?sluughter of an aged Negro, re ceiving a sentence of one year. He ‘motioned for a new trial which vet has not been heard before the court. Bell obtained his release October on bonds of $15.000 Neither Solicitor John Boykin nor his assistant, Ed. A. Stephens, could be located early Thursday but it is believed that they will use every available method to fight the motion and try the bonded defend ant for his new offenses. Bell is accused of having broken into a calfe together with another white yvouth Tuesday at midnight. The other youth, Bural Story. 294 Techwood drive was the first to be arrested and Bell was later arrest ed at Story's home. Both were positively identified by persons who saw the robbery committed. Officers Tuggle and Roper also identified them and said that Bell was wanted for a holdup expected sometime ago. . Officers Tuggle and Roper had received a call to Little Jim's cafe just a stone's throw from the scene where Bell is said to have slain an aged Negro last August 18. Frank Harris, at Simpson Street and Jones avenue. and found that bur glars had enter the cafe through a vacant basement next to the cafe by b,_‘;;’cuking a glass window. They dug a tunnel througn the walls to the basement of the cafe. They stole a sackful of loot The two youths upon arrival of police, fled. Police gave chase. Finally they dropped the sacks which were recovered by police. They were seen crossing Simpson street a block below Jones and Marietta, the scene of the slaying ’uf Harris in August. Police talked® (to E. D. Gates, a night watchman (at an apartment house located at 25 ;Alcxander street, and N. W. Lord, iwho saw the boys around the cafe. {Vory soon they arrested Story and iBell who were identified by the [two men as the youths seen in the lcate. The officers themselves re- Jazzin' The News By FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS | Georgia had clean lynching slate; ‘ what will state do this year? ' Darrow, Hayes, at odds with Reds; | may not aid boys is fear; | Baptists want all cash that's pledged; ‘ it's needed to pay debt {Tulsa police head is jailed; | was caught in own dope net! ' Wedless wife sues for back cash; I the case shocks staid New York; l('ull head's income botihers whites; ! he's never known to work; White youth free in murder case now nabbed for being thief Last year's full of long sal days; may this one hold no grief! cognized them as the ones they 'fhad chased. i In the offense committed last {August, Bell is alleged to have ! killed Frank Harris when the lattes | was unable to give him a cigarette ‘at the Jones avenue bridge. 1 { was indicted along with three oth ters youths for the murder. They were Everette Abercombie, Jack | Eubanks, and a youth known only tas Green. The last two escaped | and are still at large. Large bits of jconcerete were thl‘OWn at the vic |tim, hitting him in the head and ‘killing him instantly. { In the trdail, which was one of the most sensational of the year, one Bell's associates admitted that Bell killed the Negro. The high light of the trial was the testimony of Mrs. Lula Sims who lived not far from Harris at 353 Tyler street i She testified that Bell had rocked fher home a year before and charg led the police force with negligence in arresting Bell. She based her |claims on racial prejudice. ! - - - | i | alhbbl ! Stabbed on both legs by a man i whom she described as being tail and dark, Hattie Favors, 262:. Old Wheat street, told doctors at Grady hospital that the man had attempt ed to rob her. | The stabbing occurred while she was walking up Hilliard street be tween Auburn avenue and Old { Wheat. Her cries which attracted | I passersby, she said, frightened her“ tassailant away without him achiev ing his purpose. | | | : . | 1st Baby Born in | ® i ~ Leap Year a Girl i | Mrs. Rosa Mae Kinimore, 22, of | {269 Vernon place was a proud wo- | {man this morning and prouder still | { was her husband, Luther, as it was | ishe who gave birth to the first baby f (of the new year, a girl. The infant | ibegan bewailing her troubles int 'this stricken old world at exactly | ;3:11 a. m., January 1. She weighodi 'seven pounds. i | Mrs. Rochelle Harvey 48 Thur- | man Street came within twelve !minutes of stealing Mrs. Kinimore's | laurels as she gave birth to a seven !pound boy at 11148 p. m. Deec. 31. ,Both mothers and their children are | iresting well, doctors at Grady hos- § ipital where the infants were born, | say. { .‘ e ® ¢ r Emancipation Day Observed Toda - y by Spelman Spelman college will holds its annual observance of the manumis sion of the leaves with an Emanci pation Day Program to be given in Howe Memorial hall tonight at 8 o'clock. A scene from John Drink water's play. “‘Abraham Lincoln.” will be the feature of the evening, which will also include the singing of spirituals by a costumed chorus and three dramatic readings with INGE AGAIN JAIL B 100 WEAK 'Escapes from City's Bastile for Fourth ~ Time in 12 Months 'HUNT HIM AGAIN ’ The steel bars of the city bastile 'are as a tin can to John Brockman, 48, address unknown, who Tues !day for the fourth time in less than a year escaped from the toils of ‘t_he law. _ . About ten months ago Brockman was held by police on a charge of burglary and so was placed in the Decatur street jail. Appearing pale of hue, one morning shortly after his arrest, he told officers at the 'institution that he was ill. A block from Grady hospital where officers were obligingly taking him, Brock man did his first of his now famous series of disappearing acts. This time he avoided all bluecoats for | a period of seven days. He was re- | captured. | ~ City police refused to trust him | to the thin bars of the city jail and | lso escorted him to the stronger | |cells of Fulton tower. A few stops‘ away from the county Dbastile, | Brockman peeled off his coat and | made a fast fadeaway. Seeing the man running down Butler street, Patrolman F. C. Foster opened fire | injuring Brockman in the legs. Po- | lice kept watch on the elusive pri- | soner at Grady hospital for a per- | iod of six weeks. : f After his recovery he was escort- | ‘ed to the Fulton county courthouse. | When the judge read off the sent- | ence of ten years at hard labor, the prisoner was not there to hear it. He had again disappeared. | Peeved law enforcers started a | diligent search for the prisoners | with the result that after a week's | time he began his sentence with | the Monroe county chain gang. | Last Tuesday state officials again | received a call that Brockman had | severed his chains and escaped to | freedom. ! HOME BURNED ; The home of Henry Buck, 275 | Henry Street N. W . was badly | burned by flames Thursday morn- | ing. The fire is believed to have | originated in the kitchen of the | house and defective wiring is re- | ported as the cause. 5 C ° (Canned Milk Cows Save Overhead { A | | ANOTHER BIG TALE FROM MISSISSIPPI GOOLA GOOLA, Miss. Jan. 1—One enterprising farmer near the vicinity of Chitlin Switch has been able to make quite a bit of money out of the canned milk business within the last few years. He s able to sell his product more cheaply than his competitors because he does away with the factory and the resultant overhead. This farmer, Bill Martin; obtains the finished product direct fram the cow. Instead of being fed grass or hay only, the cows in the Martin pastures have the'r diet wixed in with thinly cut strips of tin which have been painted green o gray to resemble the grass or hay, Con sequently, the milk and the t'n cans are produced at the same time and all the farmer has to do after “can-milking time” is stack the filled can up and label them for shipping The only difficulty ‘= the inability to get large eans of milk and Martin is at present working on a plan to remedy that. I ® Auto Hits Wagon and Mule; Both . Drivers Hurt Again the old argument between the horse and wagon versus the automobile for supremacy came in to play Tuesday when an ice wagon and mule driven by W. B. Janks, 109 Fort street, N. E.,, was struck by an auto driven by R. B. White, Jr., white, of Jefferson Place, at the intersection of For rest avenue and Bedford Place. The dispute ended in a virtual tie with both vehicles escaping dam akes while the drivers were ser tously injured. Both men were carried to Grady but no case was made against either at the request ' of the other. The wagon and mule were the property of the Southern Ice company. STARBING VIGTIM [03ES MIND ¢ Doctors at Grady hospital are of 'the opinion that Alexander Amos, 1536 Whitehall Terrace, who was ‘admitted to the hospital seven days ago suffering from a serious stab wound in the back, has gone in sane. Just when doctors were thinking the man was improving, he suffer ed a relapse which apparently has effected his brain. The inan con stantly talks of policy and spends the day rattling ort what he says are ‘‘choice gigs.” | ~ s Hold Up Store | At the corner of Sunset avenue and Simpson street. the L. W Rogers store was robbed by two men who not only rifled the cash register but also took al!l the mon ey off the manager, R. A. Brown, that he carried on his person then escaped. The men were described to the police, as both wearing brown suits and caps, weighing around 130 and 140 pounds, five feet several inches tall and carry ing pistols. Rob Delivery Boy When Barnard Kelly, of Glenn wood avenue, R. F. D. No. 3, a de livery boy for the Medlock drug store, 2005 Boulevard drive, at tempted to deliver an order of ice cream and change for $10 to a fic titious address, two young white men held him up in front of 1641 Woodbine street. Thursday. The youth was unable to describe the robbers any further than that their hands were white. FIVE CENTS EXGEORGIAN A 0FaUED TRUSTEES Interracial Marital Tangle Uncovered in N.VY. “Suit DEATH INVOLVED NEW YORK, Jan. 1-—-Both Har lem and greater New York were agog this week over the sensation al suit for an $80,000 trust fund in volving t h r e e internationally prominent white leaders which may revive investigation into a two-year old unsolved murder, was filed in New York county Supreme court. The plaintiff, an elderly col lored woman, a resident of Flush ing, claims that she was the com mon-law wife of Clarence King. white o0il millionaire, who died imore than thirty years ago. The woman, Mrs. Ada F. King, (137-55 Kalmia street, Flushing, has }med the suit against the trustees of the dead man’s estate in an ef fort to recover the alleged trust fund, which she claims was es tablished for her more than three decades ago. These trustees are George Foster Peabody, interna tional banker and philanthropist; Seth Sprague Terry, millionaire New York attorney, and John S. Melcher, wealthy cltbman of this city. Peabody is a widely-known pa tron of Negro art and education. He has contributed large sums of money to Hampton and Tuskegeo institutes and sponsored several scholarships, one of which allowed Ballanta Taylor, a native African, to return to his cuntry for the pur pose of making an intensive study of African music. The banker, who was born in Columbus, Georgia, but has lived for many years in the North, is also a backer of thme Southern Commission on Inter racial Co-eperation, l The white millionaire, according to Mrs. King's suit, created the $80,000 trust fund for her and two children born of the alleged com-. mon-law union. Following King's death in 1901, the suit contends, the woman kept the alliance secret be cause of an agreement that she was Po rqeeive (@ monthly payment of $50 for the rest of her life, The money, Mrs. King contends, came to her regularly in Ch::; form every month for the' lasé thirty years, but suddenly the pay ments ceased. When she received no check this month, she alleges, i (Continued on Page 2) - 1 e ———————————— | Z i ‘ : 2 o . = A & | II 1/// L | ¥/, 0 ’ . ‘ ’4 ] 5.5“% | DEACON JON®S . . ¢ | By I. P. Reynolds \ ——— T——— g | The Pastor said in his WI‘% watchmeeting night, I AM SHEPHERD, FOLLOW ME-— Bro. ther Bell said. that's just whﬁ;,., other pastor said last year and b fore the yeur passed he wask B JAIL, i g