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Vol. 101, No. 271.
ob Lynches Two Kidnap-Slayers Of Young Brooke Hart;
| Governor Rolph At Once Promises Pardon To All Members.
‘ouzens Is Angered By
Interruption Of Probe
By Chase Bank Official
clls Aldrich That Com
mittee “Will Not Be
Dictated to.”
OLUNTARY WITNESS
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Investigators Find Bank
Lent 6 Million Dollars
;0 General Theaters.
By NATHAN ROBERTSON
Associated Press Staff Writer
WASHINGTON, —(#)— Senator
‘ouzens (R:-Mich.) denounced an
nterrupton of the senate’s stock
arket investigation Monday by
v. W. Aldrich, president of the
‘hase National Bank, and said the
nquiry committee would not be
‘dictated to.”
This took place after the inves
igators had received evidence that
he Chase National bank lent $6,-
00,000 in 1930 to General Theatres
Jquipment, Inc, for market opera
jons in Fox Film stock, designed
o strengthen the market prelim
inary to large refinancing opera
ions.
(‘ouzens expressed resentment at
an interruption by Aldrich to ex-'
plain that Herman Place, Chasel
vice president, was not a director
of Fox Film ecorporation in 193]1
when it paid dividends of §54,104,-
000 despite losses of §5,560,304.
[t was the second time Aldrich
had voluntarily taken the witness
<tand and the outspoken Michigan
senator plainly showed his dis
pleasure,
Couzens had justt remarked that
when the dividend was paid, thel
company’s obligations were larger|
than ils surplus.
Aldrich moved up to the table
and sat down beside Couzens to
remark that Place, who was then
on the witness stand, was not then
connected - with the Fox company
and knew mnothing about it.
“I'm not questioning Mr, Place,"‘l
Couzens retorted ‘angrily. “I'm |
making some observations and notl
charging anything against the
Chase bank and I don't want any |
interruptions from you, l
“Mr. Aldrich interposes observa
tions whenever he proposes to do‘
sO,” Couzens continued.
“I resent jt, the committee wfl\‘
not be di(:tgted to by Mr, Ald
rich or anyone else.
“I don't see that any comment
from Mr. Aldrich at this time is
necessary.”
Aldrich returned to his seat
without replying to Couzens.
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OVER WEEK-END
Motorlife Service Station
and Lamba Chi Alpha
Report Burglaries.
The Motorlife service station at
the intersection of Prince avenue
and Meigs street, and the Lambda
Chi Alpha fraternity house across
the street were broken into Sun
day morning. A small sum of
money was stolen from the service
tation, and. a quantity of food
stuffs was ‘taken from the frater
nity house, it was reported.
The robbery took place some
time early Sunday morning after
the closing of the station, and be
ore the college students returned
from Atlanta where they attended
the Georgia-Tech game. No ar
'sts have been made.
J. F. Brooks, New Orleans,
was released Sunday, after being
held in connection with an auto
obile accident at the cormer of
Washington and Lumpkin streets,
vhen he hit a car driven by How
rd Jarrell Saturday night, Mr.
Jarrell was slightly injured but
no serious damage was done.
Gislen Silvey was arrested by
Plainclothesmen Woods and Nelms
Sunday, and is being held on sus
picion, Police believed he assisted
\larie Webb in escaping from the
tockade last week.
A lighy weekend was recorded
it police headquarters, a total of
only 15 arrests being made: eight
v drunkenness, one for disorder
v conduect, two on suspicion, one
n a warrant, and three for reck
vs driving.
Police are still working on the
robbery at ‘the S. A. L. depot
carly Saturday morning. Two spe
il agents of the railroad are in
“";{i'ns‘ cooperating with the city
ice,
GLOOMY OUTLOOK
LONDON-—(#)—A gloomy outlook
or wheat still prevails, the World
International Wheat commission
found when it met today o review
the developments of the past two
monihs,
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD %
Full Associated Pregs Service
TODAY’S BEST |
HUMAN INTEREST
STORY |
ettt |
By DALE HARRISON l
NEW YORK,—(f)—Tonight
Broadway’'s “Dan the Dude”
will sleep in Beth David ceme- l
tery, hardly a Derby distance |
from Beltmont park where, in
season, sprint the horses that l
“always ran fast for Dan.” !
Somehow when the Broadway !
crowd read in the papers Nov.
14 that *Daniel Harris” had |
jumped or fallen from a win- !
dow of a seventh avenue hotel, I
it did not associate the name
with the character it had I
known so well. To Broadway,
Daniel Harris had always been !
“Dan the Dude.” ;
The body went to the morgue ]
and lay there unclamed, l
Last Saturday a policeman
dropped into the Seventh
avenue - store of Isadore Yer
eskefsky — ‘“lzzy the Cigar
Man”—and inquired abouty Dan
the Dude. Izzy had not seen
Dan for a week ;
“There’'s a body at the
morgue,”’ said the officer, bit- !
ing off the end of one of Izzy’s
cigars,, “and the mname they i
got is Daniel Harris.
“I'll go down and see,” the
cigar man sad. ‘“But is most
likely isn’t the Dude.”
But it was. The gambler for
whom the horses “alwayg ran
fast had died roke—he who
once was rated half a millionair.
Friends collected enough ‘
money, and more, to save the ‘
body from potter’s field and the
fun< was held today.
T §s
Winder Man Facin
inder Man F
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Murder Charge in
Saturday Shooting
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WINDER, Ga. — A charge of
murder has been placed against
Roy Smith, prominent husiness
man of this city as a result of the
fatal shooting Saturday of H.
Brannon Williams. Mr. Williams
died at the General hospital in
Athens Sunday.
| Funeral services were held Mon
;day afternoon at two o’clcok from
the Winder Christian church. Mr.
Williams is survived by his widow
and three children, three sistess,
and four brothers, among whom
are John M. and Pau: Williams of
Athens.
It was alleged that the shoot
ing ' occurred in Williams’, cotton
buying office when the latter re
quested Smith, who wasg engaged
in an argument with another man
to leave the office.
Mrs. Pearl Ashworth |
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| Dies in Rome Home:
’ Was Former Athenian
‘ Mrs. Pearl Ashworth, 48, form
erly of Athens, died at her home in
)Rome Sunday morning. Funeral
isorvinps were held this morning
in Rome.
Mrs. Ashworth is survived by
her husband, C. C. Ashworth, dis
trict manager of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance company, and two
'brothers, W. W. Suttles, St. Louis
land W. B. Suttles, Chattanooga.
' She was a member of the Bap
\tist church.
Returning Students Find Other Topics
Interesting Besides the Actual Game
l Not¢ all of the thrills of a foot
ball game are confined to the
gridiron nor its tragedies, not
its humor. Georgia students return
ing Sunday at various intervals
during the day and night had
talked themselves almost out on
the subject of the game itself but
lat the last conversational round
up there were still some new stories
being told about the game’s side
lights. 4
Among them:
‘ X one Tech man, dashing into
the Georgia stands, apparently for
an heroic single-handed massacre,
and leaving just as suddenly, al
though nrot under his own power.
The crowd booing the police of
ficer, leading away a young gentle=
man, apparently of Georga tenden
cies, who seemed to be somewhat
nonplusséd at the whole proceed
ings. z
The Governor of the State, The
Ex-Governor, now United States
Senator, The chidf-of-Staff, The
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WALLACE CONFERS
|
e chnmiminitie
Secretary of Agriculture
Comes Unannounced to |
i Warm Springs. ‘
' NO NEW MOVE SEEN i
. -
| Recovery Council Talks m]
| Progress At “Little
i White House.” |
ir WARM SPRINGS, Ga. — (#) —
| Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
!joined the recovery council talks
IMonday at the “Little White
{ House.” i
l Mr. Wallace arrived unannoun
ced by motor early in the day. He
!said the main purpose of his visit
was to take up with the president
ithe problem of liguor control after ’
Ipxjohibition repeal. l
With his arrival, Mr. Roosevelt
had with him today the three
heads of the recovery campaign.[
General Hugh 8. Johnson, indus
trial administrator and Secretary
Ickes, public works admin;‘stmtor
remained over Monday for further
talks with the chief executive.
! There is nothing in prospect in
|the way of new recovery movos.!
lßa.ther, the president appears tc|
be checking up on the situation |
]:md at the same time having his
{ principal aides enjoy his vacation
with him.
Control of liguor wunder the
nearly completed arrangements b_vl
the government will come under
the authority of the agriculture
adjustment act and probably un
der supervision of this agency.
“you can say for me,” said Wal
lace, “that Secretary Wallace, a‘
“tpersonal dry, ‘is working to have
the treasury handle as muc¢h of the
liquor regulation as possible.” |
! Mr. Roosevely turned today to a|
| coordinated demestic recovery pm-i
gram in further conferences with
General Johnson and Secretary |
| Ickes. |
. Henry Morgenthau, his actingi
‘secretnry of the treasury, tooki
j over the commodity dellar momne
tary program Monday in Washing
[ton with fresh instructions from
the president, This program is
!gofn;: ahead and early moves by
:§Morgenthau to project it farther
‘lalong its course for early fulfill
! ment were helieved in prospect.
‘ While, Mr. Roosevelt has ingist
lea upon a vacation during his stay
‘ lhoro and also a rest for his impor
| tant official callers, nevertheless
‘thorc\ are signs that things are
' Imoving along in the meetings
: 7 here.
l General Johnson had some 22
codes here for presidential appro
;lval. He gave assurance Sunday
i night that “unavoidable violations”
;lnr the hotel code going into effect
Monday would. be pardoned for a
Ilt.pn day period.
|Case of Meningitis
l . Reported in Athens
\| A case of meningitis, one of the
| most deadly of-all diseases, is re
{ ported in Athens by the city and
[county health department, swith
riot‘fices in the city hall.
l| Other diseases reported during
' |the past week were two cases of
!meas]es. one of scarlet fever, and‘
'|one of tuberculosis.
' No epidemics are in the offing
at present, but Dr. W. W. Brown,
| eity and county health officer, |
:‘warns all people to be extremel}"
'careful in the prevention of dis
‘eflso. and to see a physician at the‘
slightest indication of trouble. :
Charman of the State Democratic
five of the biggest men of the
State of Georg", present in a body.
| Another youhg gentlem&n try
ing desperatey to get change for a
dime so that he could purchase
peantuts. ;
| And here’s another:
“'m a damn yankee, How do
you get out to East Point?” An ex
cited Georgia partisan hurled the
question at the man ehind the desk
in the lobby of the Henry Grady
| Hotel. Getting his answer, he
dashed away as qQuickly ag he had
run up.
She was young. She was blond.
She was beautiful. But she hadn’t
Iheard that Georgia men need no
lintmduction. Score: 0.
There was a ministerial conven
tion being held at one of the lar
ger Atlanta Hhotelss A somewhat
inebriated gentleman strolled into
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Athens, Ca., Monday, November 27, 1933.
Ihanksgiving Service
To Be Tuesday Night
At University Chapel
Dr. Louie D. Newton, pas<
tor of the Druid Hills Baptist .
church, Atlanta, will deliver i
the Thanksgiving address at
the seyenth annual service
sponsored by the University
Volunteer Religious association
Tuesday night at 8:00 o'clock
in the chapel. Dr. Newton’s
subject will be, “When We
Think.” |
The University Glee Club
guartet, consisting of Deming
‘Whiting, J. L. Oliver, Ed Cun
ningham and Hugh Green, will
sing two numbers, accompanied
by Mike McDowell, who will
also play the organ prelude
and postlude. Miss Virginia
Frick and Claud Green will
“also take papt in the program.,
J. Milton Richardson, presi
dent of the Unviersity Y. M.
C. A., will preside. The public
is invited. \
Rumble, Langford and
Jones Reassigned to Ath
ens Churches. 1
ATLANTA—(#)—New congrega
tions will be served this year by
117 ministers of the North Geor
gia conference, Methodist Episco
pal Church, South. 1
This number of changes was
made in the announcement of ap
pointments which brought the
sixty seventh annual session of
the conference to a close yesterday.
The conference will be held here
again next year.
In the appointments read by
Bishop John M. Mgoore, seven pas
tors were transferred out of the
conference and eight more were
brought in from ‘other districts.
One of the featues of the clos
ing: day events was the marriage
of Misg Selma Pederson and the
Rev. Young Allen Oliver. ;
Athens-Elberton district, J. W.
Veatch, presiding elder,
Apalachee, Y. A, Bailey, E. A.
Caldwell, supply.
Athens, Firsy church, Lester
Rumble; Oconee Street, J. A. Lang
ford; Young Harris, 1. B. Jones.
Athens circuit, D. L. Hagood;
Bishop, W. (. Davis; Bowman, E.
E. Purceil, Buckhead; S. H. Se
well.
Canon cireuit, G. T. Shell, Carn
esville, R. J. Kerr. Comer and
Colbert, R. W. Allison. Commerce,
A. Lee * Hale. Crawford, H. L.
Wood. Danielsville, R. W. Han
cock. Elberton, First church, J. F.
Yarbrough. Elbert circujt, C. C.
Knowles, Hartwell, H. T. Smith.
Hart circuit, H. C. Bryant, supply.
Lavonia, 8. H. Dixon, Lexington,
A. S. Ulm. Little River, J. A.
Sprayberry. Madison, E. ¥. Demp
‘sey. Middleton, W. A. Woodruff,
;Princeton. J. W. Nichols. Royston,
A, E. Crutcher. Tignall, J, A.
Griffies. Washington, J. G, Brand,
Watkinsville, Carl Stanley. Win
terville, A. K. Barton,
Director Wesley foundation, First
church Athens, John B. Tate.
Gainegville district, B. H.
Smith, presiding elder. Bethlehem
B. C. Mateson. Blairsville, T. E.
Sherwood. Brockton, M. M. Brack
man. Buford, J, 8. Thrailkill.
Chicopee, G. M. Spivey. Clarks
ville, J. B. Smith, Clayton, J. A.
Davis. Cleveland, E. O. Vickery.
Cornelia, A. E. Silvey. Dacula, S.
A. Dailey. Dahlonega, Walter Mil
lican. Duluth, ‘N. G. L. Powell,
Flowery Branch, J. H. Smith,
supply. Gainesville, First church,
G. M. Acree, St.. Paul, B ©.
Swetnam. Homer. Max Whitte
more. Hoschton, R. I. Johnson.
Jefferson, E. G. Thomason, Jef
ferson circuit, H. 1.. Smith. Law
renceville, W. W. Cash. Lumpkin
circuit, E. W. Dunegan. Laula
circuit, T. L. Noble, supply. Mays
ville, W, L. Brackman, New
Holland, Jesse Warwick. J. P.
Smith, supply. Tallulah Falls, W.
E. Chappel. Toccoa, J. P. Erwin.,
Toccoa circuit, J. B. Ward. Wind
er, W. T. Irvine. Young Harris, A.
B. Elier. .
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I.‘OCAL WEATHER
————————————
Fair and warmer tonight and
Tuesday.
TEMPERATURE
Highost ,scs "visd vend sus.BLo
TOWBEL it - ai4s ddiiii e 29N
MOBR +iiu wive Beik dnis w 909
NOPBBEE Siis . i Pisna ssa 90
RAINFALL
| Inches last™ 24 hours .. <... .00
Total since Nov. ¥ .. .. +. 147
Deficiency since Nov. 1 .... 118
Average Nov. rainfall .. .. 2.89
- Total since Jan. 't .. .. ..3153
Deficiency since Jan. 1 ~..13.75
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ATTACKS AL SMITH
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Detroit Clergyman Says
‘ .
“Boloney Dollars’ Edi
torial Is “‘Boloney.”
IS INITIAL BREAK:
Must Answer Anyone
Standing in Way of
Gold Program.
NEW YORK — (AP) — Father
Charles E. Coughlin, Deu'oil.'s'cru-‘
sading clergyman, arrived, in New
York Monday, again asserting that
Al Smith’s ideas on “boloney dol
lars” were a ‘“lot of boloney.”
“It is the first time that I have
taken issue with Mr, Smith on
any question,” Father Coughlin
said, “and I regret that I had to‘
do it.
“But anyone standing in the way
of President Roosevelt's monetary
program musi be answered.”
Father Coughlin declined to ela
borate on his address of Sunday
night in which he sharply attacked
Smith for an editorial upholding
the gold standard and terming
“boloney dollars” any bug gold
dollars.
He would reserve that for
Monday night, he said, when he
will make an address at the hip- |
podrome. - |
“Tonight,” said Father Coughlin,!
“] ghall summariye my ‘four pré
vious speeches on the administra
tion’'s monetary policies—and no
doubi elaborate a little.”
He would advocate, he said\‘
maintenance of a gold smndnrd‘
“gupported by silver brought back
so its normal value.” |
Attacks on the President’'s mon
etary moves as profuctive of un
sound currercy were “a lot of bo
loney”, Father Coughlin said.
He was met at the train by a
police guard. The vaulted celling
of the Grand Central station re
sounded {o the cheers of a large]
orowd whjch had gathered to greet
the clergyman.
Asserting that Presidefit Ro@®se- |
vely stands for ‘sound moOney and
will not be stopped by “bankers
and their puppets,” the Father |
Coughlin in a speech Sunday at
tacked Alfred E. Smith for his
editorial in the New Outlook in
which he calleq for a return to
the gold standard.
Without immediately referring
to Mr. Smith b{ name, Father
Coughlin asserted in his opening
remarks that “A Catholic gentle
man of high social standing . , .|
has 'loaned his illustrious name to
a cause that is inconceivable.”
“We find no fault with Mr.
Smith for defending the. principles
in which he believes,” Father
Coughlin said. “We do find fault
with him for not ascertaining the
facts before the unkindest cut of
all was delivered.”
Key Men Quit, Demand
ing 1929 Wages, Yard
Operation Is Blocked.
CHICAGO, —{(®P)— Striking em
ployes of the Chicago union stock
vardg Monday caused a virtual ces
sation of the livestock market.
Only about 800 men were on
strike, seeking 1929 wages, but they
were the key men of the yards, the
handling crew. Trains and trucks
poured in as usual, but there was
no method of getting them un
loaded, exeept for the few heads
that salemen for commission
houses were able to drive out of
the cars,
The main entrance to the yards
on Halsted street wag picketed by
scores of strikers. Inside the yards,
many trucks were parked in all
available space, all loaded with
livestock which could not even be
weighed.
The union which called the strike
i¢ the livestock handlers union, and
officials said that 1,700 men were
out in sympthy. However, govern
ment livestock authorities said that
only about 800 were out.
No employes of the big packing
plants have been affected, vet. but
the operations of the plants are
limited of the livestock in the
killing ' pens on Saturday.
Other union which are involved
include the cold storage workers as
dociaton and the packing house
butchers union.
The demand for wages paid in
1920 would result in an increase
of approximately 50 per cent.
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Inflamed by the finding of the body of young Brooke Hart, kidnaped
and slain by Jack Hoimes, left, and Thomas Thurmond, right, accord
ing to their own confession, a mob of several hundred, with thousands
looking on, Sunday night stormed the San Jose prison, seized the two
prisoners and lynched them. ;
Deputy Sherift Describes
San Jose Prison Storming
Says Mob Seemed Insane;
’
Not “Fazed By Tear Gas
Defense.
SAN JOSE, Calit—(@®)—Here is
the story of deputy sheriff John
Moore on the lynching of John M.
Holmes and Thomas H, Thurmond,
confessed kidnap-killers of Brooke
Hart;
“The inside of the county jail
was fogged with tear gas when
the mob rushed in behind the bat
tering ram. ;
“I was standing on the stairs,
inside the steel mesh door. With
Deputy Sheriffs Earle Hamilton
and Howard Buffington. We had
only a few gas bombs left and we
knew they huad us.
“The mob brushed past us to
Holmes’ cell on the second floor,
and four men stood me against a
wall, searched me and took my
keys. They went in for Holmes,
who was hiding in the lavatory
of his cell, ?
“He came out crying ‘l'm not
Holmes, I'm not Holmes,’ but one
of the lynchers rushed up and
grabbed him by the neck and told
him to shut up. Another fellow
cracked him in the jaw.
“Holmes went down and when
he got to his feet another man hit
him, and another, wuntil he lay
sprawled at their feet, unconscious.
“They pulled him to his feet and
stood him against the wall, still
unconscious, while other kept hit
ting him in the face with their
fists. They finally put a rope
‘around his neck and dragged him
head firs¢ down the steps.
“Then they went up on the third
floor and found Thurmond hang
ing by his hands to the iron grat
ing of a high window inside the
lavatory, where he thought they
woudln’t see him.
“He didn’t ¢ry to deny his iden
tity but he came out sniveling and
his face was very white. I have
never seen human beings look so
terrified as Holmes and Thur
mond.
“Thurmond kept repeating ‘Don’t
string me up. For God’'s sake don't
string me up. And they hit him
as they did Holmes and dragged
him down the steps with a rope
around his neck.
“They took both men across the
street, threw the rope ends over
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Roosevelt Will Be Asked to Petition
Congress For Increased Army and Navy
WASHINGTON—(®)— President
Roosevelt, whose budget bureau
already has approved an increase
in naval and marine forces, will be
requested to ask congress for
funds .to raise America’s army
strength from “below the danger
line.”
It is at that point now, says
the army’s highest ranking officer,
General Douglas Mac Arthur, in
an annual report to the sec.retary
of war which will be transmitted
to the president.
Mary army offiecrs were oqti
mistic Monday about the prospect
of getting some of the things rec
ommended by Mac Arthur, chief
of staff. ¢
Mac Arthur found that although
the United States is 17th in_ world
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—sc¢ Sunday
IORK, SIS GREEN
Explains Why. October
Figures Show Slight ' In
crease in Unemployment
\
WASHINGTON —(®)— A slight
increase in American Federation of
Labor unemployment totals last
month was attributed Monday by
Willlam Green to reports that
more men were seeking work.
The federation president said
preliminary reports showed 10,076,
000 out of work in Octobgr, a fig
ure 11,000 higher than September
total. Then he added:
“This slighty increase is due to
the fact that although emplOyment‘
gained a little in October the gain
was not enough to absorb those
seeking work for the firsy time.”
He warned that “wholehearted
cooperation of our entire citizenry"l
will be needed during the worst
months of winter and asserted that
the “NRA program is keeping the
employment situation under better
cdontrol than is usual at this time
of year.”
Ordinarily, he said, October
shows a seasonal decrease of about
450,000 in the number of men at
work. The one exception S&ince
1928 was last year, he added
when there was an unusual busi
ness increase, 1
He found, too, that average
wages increased 1.4 per cent fmmf
September to October; that the}
cost of living yose only 1-2 of one
per cent; that the total huyin,':‘
power of all workers went up 2.2
per cent even after deducting
higher living costs; that all work
ers’ “real buying power is now 23.1
per cent above March.”
OMMERCE OFFICER
WOUNDED BY ROBBER
COMMERCE.—Lit Smallwood is
in a serious condition as the result
of bullet wounds sustained early
Sunday Mr., Smallwood, member
of the Commerce police force, was
shot while attempting to arrest a
burglar breaking into a filling
station. A nurse from Athens was
called to the case.
strength that alone is no cause for
particular worry since America’'s
needs are different. But in recom
mending an increase in regular
army enlisted strength from 120,-
000 to 165,000; expenditure of
around $200,000,000 on aircraft,
modernization and motorization ot
artillery and similar projects, and
restoration of other funds elimi
nated in recent years, Mac Arthur
added:
“In the cbvious state of unrest
now prevailing throughout the
world . . . an efficient and depend
able military establishment . . .
constitutes a rock of stabHity. .. .
It is my conviction that at this
moment the army's sterngth in
personnel and material and its
readiness for employment are be
low the danger line”. .
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Thurmond and Ho‘m?t
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Left Dangling From
Trees Near Jail. .
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SHERIFF IS HURT
Six Thousand Witness
Lynching; Tear Gas Fails
to Halt Huge Mob.
' SACRAMENTO,—{(P)—Gove
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ernor James Rolph, jr., said 't.o-fl
day the lynchng in San Jose .
last night of Thomas Thurmond -
mond and John Holmes, con
| fessed kdnapers and slayers |
of Brooke Hart, should result
in fewer kidnapings throughout
the country, and that he would .
bl pardon any one arrested, for
; the lynchings. .
| SAN JOSE CALIF.—(P)—Thoma
mas H. Thurmond and John H,
Holmes, confessed kidnaper-slayers
of Brooke Hart, were lynched here
{ Sunday night by a mob of 100 men
| who smashed their way into the
icounty jail after'a 2-hour battle to
|suiz<* the pair. i
, ) o
| A whooping, cheering crowd
| estmated & 6,000 persons looked on..
Thurmond, first to confess, was
unconscious when dragged to St,
Jameg park, 100 yards from the
jail, partially stripped and hanged
to. a tree. Faiin
Holmes, a powerful man, fought
{for his life in vain. Twice he
{wrenched his hands free and
(liftcd the noose from his head, but
the third time it was put there to
‘|stay and, still kicking, he' was
vanked into the air. ; i s
‘| In the glare =of ““torches and
| fashlights the bodies dangled for
half an hour or so—a mdcabre pic
ture for the thousands who had
|assembled swiftly after the news
of the lynching movement had
spread through the city. Then the
lifeless forms were cut down and
there was no further attempt to
interfere with officers. i ;
Thurmond's body had Been
slightly burned by flames from
!blazing newspapers held up by the
mob as torches during the hanging.
Hart's Body Found = =
The lynching, occurring only a
If;-w hours after the torn body of
iyvoung Hart, son of a wealthy Sanse
!.Ios» merchant, had been taken
from San Francisco bay, climaxed
Iu spectacular battlée between offl-j
| cers barrcaded in the Jjail and the
determined mob. ¥
The muttering throng -began
gathering about the jail about 9 p.
m. The jail, an antiquated br!ek,}.
building to the rear of the court
house, had been prepared against
ithe possibility of a lynch move
ment but was unable to withstand
the improvised battering rams of
the attackers. Automobiles, parked
across the alleys about the j&fl
buiding, did little to impede the
bzulvzmce of the besiegers. :
| Two shots, fired from the crowd
fas a signal, started the first attack,
Officers within the jail let lnose
with three tear gas bombs. Blind
led and wesping, the attackers feil
back. %
! By this time some 3,000 persons
!hud gathered to watch., The lin
{gering tear gas from the fiest
!thrvv bombs was still hanging like
{a thin veil about the building
| when the second attack begamn A
Ljstw-i, pipe about 8 inches in difm
leter and about 20 feet long was
lused as a Pattering ram and the
| front dvor broken down.
| Doors Battered In ;
! After waiting a few moments
{for the gas to lift, the mob storms=
'led ahead once more, playing a
| fire hose on the building as it ad-"
| vanced. A second group seized an
| other pive and joinel the attask.
iers. The steel doors of the jail
{gave way and the mob poured in,
jencouraged by cheering thousands
| outside.
Sheriff William J. Emig, whose
‘| quick action had resulted in the
arrest of Thurmond while the lat-*
iter was making a ransom demand
{ by telephone to the Hart home a
| week after the young victim had
been put to death, was knocked
senseless. Other officers were man-
I handled and brushed aside. i
! Once inside the mob laid hands
on | the whimpering Thurmond,
| dragging him to the street and
|raining blows upon him. * )
| Holmes likewise was dragged
jout and pummeled.,
| The meb selected a limb of a
[ tall tree, looped a rope about the
| unconsciuos Thurmond’s neck gnd
{ hoisted him aloft while the crowd
{of thousands whooped its ap=-"
| proval.
| Mob Selects Tree i
i The business of choosing a limb
{for Holmes ‘' required about tqv;;
| (Continued On Page Three)