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Vol. 101, 'Ne: 273,
New Lynching Adds Heat To Criticism Of Mob Violence
Drastic Reform Of Bank Laws Urged By Chase President
ILORICH ~ TESTIFIES
IT SENATE.
I STOCK DEALINGS
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Recommends Separation
Of Investment and
Commercial Banks
BLAMED ENOUGH NOW
Says Bankers Should Have
No Chance to Incur
Blame for Gambling
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WASHINGTON—(P)— Legisative
reforms ranging from mandatory
.nd complete divorcement of in
vestment and commereial ' banking
to restrictions forbidding reserve
member bank officers to partici
pate in stock pools were recom
mended Wednesday by Winthrop
Ww. Aldrich, president of the
Chase National Bank.
Testifying before the Senate
stock market committee as it pre
pared to end its investigation of
his bank, Aldrich conceded that
some “indefemsible transactions”
s marked ‘banking before the
depression, put added:
Bankers have enough to aton2
for without being held responsible
for orgies of gambling upon stock
or commodity exchanges or so&
the rapacity of indlviduals who
seck to gain inordinate financial
profits by reekless speculation, 1
undertake to condone mio improper
practices but do suggest that a
proper sensie Of perspective is nec
eEsary
Asked For Suggestions
The committee asked Aldrich sot
his suggestions, and he had work
ed for weeks on his 28-page state
ment, Some of the things he urged
were interpreted as applying to
activities of his bank before he
became its president,
Congress, Aldrich said, intended
u complete separation of commers
clal and investment banking, even
o barring interlocking manage
ments, and likewise wainted to
prevent interlocking managements
etween commergial banks operat
ing in the same area.
The objective was niot achieved
y the 1933 banking act, he con
tinued, bhecause one person can be
director of any number of com
mercial banks so long as none of
them is a national bank; because
e federal reserve board may per
mit -an individual to work with
national as well as two other
banks; because the reserve beard
may let one im investment banking
serve a member bank,
“The banking act of 1933” he
id, “in section 21:(Q) (1) prohni
bits unconditionally an investment
hanker from a¢. the same time
thgaging in commereial banking.
. Yet section 32 of the same
ict permits the fedefl"'csel‘ve‘
ward to “authorize indirectly an
fvasion of this prohibition by per
mitting am interlocking 'directorate
belween an investment bank and a
mmercial bank.” |
Talks On Pools ,J
On the question of memhcr’}
nk officers having a connectioni
with syndicates or poeo!ls, he testi- |
fied
As such officers may be called'
bon to make syndicate loans, and |
iv be responsible for the formu
wion of policies of their banks in
| “onnection' with loans on stock and
| bond collateral, they should be
prohibited from having any inter-l
®t in or subseribing {0 any such
vndicate or in joining in any such
{ ng accounts or pool opera-’
Banking experience has con- |
slvely demonstration the wnde-|
"ibility of participation by bank |
Oificers in' transactions of this |
kind * i
Of the same bar against fodoral!
eserve bank directors and officers |
e said: '
Directors of fedefal reserv? |
ks oceupy a very delicate rela 1
nship to the whole credit ma- |
‘hinery. Their decigions profound- |
v affect hoth the money markei’
I the securities market, conse'[
iently they should have no inter
st in syndicates which are ot‘fer-’
& securities to the public or in|
: ng accounts or pool npera-l
M$ in securities dealt in public-l
AGREE ON ALLOTMENT ’
: WARM SPRINGS, Ga. — (&) -—‘l
“sident Roosevelt and Secretary
‘s have agreed upon allotment
tya ) €Xcept $150,000,000 of the
*20.000.000 public works fund and
¢ Now estimating on the size of
W public works appropriation
T9m congress,
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD ¥
Full Associated Press Service
Use Of Lie Detector As
Legal Device Is Scored
By Athens Psychologist
Dr. A. S. Edwards Says
Instrument Used on.
Wynekoop Imperfect
University Professor Uses
Psycho-Galvanometer
In Experiments
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By HERMAN J. ARONSTAM
r Scoring the use of the lie detec
[tor as a legal device to test the
‘truth of testimony given, as was
‘done in the Rheta Wynekoop slay
‘}ing in Chicago, Dr. A. S. Edwards,
professor of psychology at the
University of Georgia, stated that
no instrument has yet been per
fected that can indicate the qual
ity of emotion being aroused.
Doctor Edwards said that the
psycho-logalvanometer, similay in
construction te the lie detector,l
has been used extensively in the
past to register an individual's ex
pression of emotion, quantitative
ly.
Conducts Experiments ’
To prove that it could not in- |
dicate the quality of emotion being |
aroused, he conducted an experi
ment in his laboratory recently, in
which four students agreed among
themselves that one of their num-]
ber was tp commit an act, and
that all were to plead innocence
upon having their testimony sub
jected to the psycho-galvanometer,
Readings of emotional excitement
induced by the leading questions
asked were gotten, bu¢ it was not
possible to find the guilty one.
In the instance of the truth of
Earle Wynekoop’s self-incriminat
ing statements being tested by the
lie detector, the results might just
as likely have indicated inmocent
fear as guilty fear.
“Readings on the psycho-gnlvu-l
nometer can be gotten readilyl
enough, but a very conservative
evaluation of them must be made."l
Dr. Edwards said. I
Might Furnish Clues i
“At best,” he continued, “('ues|
may be gotten from the results,|
that might eventually lead to the
apprehension of the guilty person.”
Commenting on the possibility
of perfecting a mechanical means
of indicating the quality of emo
tion being aroused, Dr. Edwards
sald, “I don’t think it will ever be
accomplished.”
The instrument that Dr. Ed
wards is using in his lahoratory !
ig one that he has assembled him
self. Iy consits of a galvanometer,
a Wheatstone bridge or ba.lanr?er,’
four electrodes. a reflector, a lens,
and a dry cell battery. ,
Records Results
The results are measured in
ohms resistance, and the fluctua- |
tions of the indicator are recorded)
by means of a light beam thrown{
on a graduated screen. Emotional
excitement is accompanied by a
change in the moisture of the skin
and only this variation is recorded
by the psycho-galvanometer.
The psycho-galvanometer as an
instrument to measure the expres
sion of emotion is by no means
new. evidenice of its use being
found in the writings of C. Fere,
a Frenchman, who conducted ex
periments with it in 1888. F'urther}
evidence of the use of this appa- |
ratus is found in Volume XVI in
the Archives of Psychology of Co
lumbia University in 1910. Dr.
Edwards himself used it as earlyl
as 1910. i
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Banks, Postoffice
To Observe Legal
.
. Holiday Thursday
Thanksgiving Day will be ob
served as a legal holiday Thursday
by Athens’ three banks and the
postoffice. /i
The Citizens and Soathern Na
tional bank, the National Bank of
Athens, and Hubert Banking com
pany will be closed all day, while
the postoffice will gbserve regular
holiday hours.
Stamp windows will be open one
hour during the day, from twelve
to one o'clock, and the collection
of mail firom all over the city will
be made at 11:00 a. m. One deliv
ery will be made in the business‘
section at 8:30, but there will be |
no rural free delivery. 1
Mail will be placed in the post:
office hoxes as usual, however. |
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Here is. Dr, Alice. Wynekoop,
whose confession to the murder of
her dayghter-in-law,. Rheta, fol
loweéd the use of the so-called *lie
detector” by investigators. Dr, A, S.
Edwards, head of the psychology
department. at the. University of
Georgia said today that the instru
ment, whose technical name is a
“psycho-galvanometer”, can loffer
no conclusive evidence of guilt or
lying. :
- SPECIAL SERVIGES
Pastors Use Appropriate
Topics for Services
| Thanksgiving
I Several local churches are plan
lning to hold special Thanksgiving
services either Wednesday evening
!or sometime during the day Thurs
lday, at whieh the pastors will
|speak on topics related to the
| Thanksgiving season.
The congregation and friends of
the First Baptist church are invi
ted by the pastor, Dr. J. C. Wil
kinson, to gather for a special ser
vice Thursday morning at 10
o'clock. Dr. Wilkinson urges that
the congregation bring staple gro
ceries and clothing, which will be
turned over to the needy.
! The First Presbyterian church
'will hold its annual service Thurs
day at 11 o’clock, at which time
’Dr. E. L. Hill, the pastor, will
speak on the subject, “What We
'Have to Be Thankful For.” A vol
'untary offering will be taken for;
the Thornwell Orphanage of Clin-'
fton, 8. C., which is Georgia
]o'.&'l}((l. 1
| At the Central Presbyterian
fchurch the regular V\'ednesdayl
evening prayer meeting will be a,l
special Thanksgiving service at
which the pastor, Dr. 8. J. Cart-‘
ledge, will speak. A special offez'-l
ing will also be taken for the!
Thornwell Orphanage. }
The Episcopal church will h(Jld}
two services Thursday. Holy Col-|
munion will be held at 7:30 a. m.,
and at 11 ¢’clock a special Thanis
giving service will be held with the
]HL;}_\ Cotmmunion. Rev. Cady
Wright, the rector, will lead the
services |
The First Methodist church, will
lspunsnr a radio program from the
studios of WTFI at nine o’clock
‘Tixursday morning. Rev. Lester
’l{umble will lead the servic and
{ Mrs. Katie Griffeth will be in
lcharge of the music.
The Prince Avenue Baptist |
fthurch had planned to hold spe- |
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' LOCAL WEATHER
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{ Fair and slightly warmer to
| night and Thursday.
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| TEMPERATURE |
! Highest.s.v seké siek sansv 980
TOWOSE: cii. sodn Rhah Sonee BB
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Warmal. v il ......49.0‘
RAINFALL |
Inches last 24 h0ur5........ 0.00
Total since Nov. 1......... 1.47
Deficiency since Nov. 1.... 1.33
i Average Nov. rainfall...... 2.89
Total since January 1......31.53;
Deficiency since January 1 13.95
Athens, Ga., Wednesday, November 29, 1933
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'Mayor and Council, Bonds
And Committee to
Be Voted Upon *
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POLLS OPEN AT 9:00
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Dudley Unopposed; Two
Wards See Contests
For Council Seats
Managers and clerks have been
selected for the election to be held
here Saturday in . which mayor,
council and members of the city
Democratic executive committee
will be elected and citizens will
vote on bonds for city schools and
and waterworks. The polls will
open at nine o'clock and close at
four.
Polling places and workers an
nounced are:
First Ward— Downtown Fire
station— George Burpee, Jonas
Saye and Mrs. C. S. Denny.
1 Second Ward — City Hall —
Lloyd Bruoks, R. C. Ray, Thad
‘Hawkins, Mrs. W. J. Russell,
Mrs. Howard Huff.
Third Ward — Y, M. C. A.—
[Mrs. Thomas F, Green, Miss Mary
}Fred Broughton, Mrs, R. P,
White.
’ Fourth Ward— Prince Avenue
| Fire Station — Mrs. George
Storey, Mrs. E. 8. Kirk, Mrs. J,
H. Epting, Mrs. J. W. Wester,
Mrs. J. H. Griffeth, Miss»Carrie
‘Beer.
Fifth Ward — Cody’'s David's
store — Harry Kinnebrew, Mrs.
Preston Almand and Mrs, D, L.
Earnest. ‘
| In only two of the five wardsl
are there contests ofr council seats.
In the Second ward, Charles 8.
Martin, manager of the Frigidaire
company, is opposing Dr. H. B.
Heywood, incumbent. In the
Fourth ward, Fred T. Moon, Harry
Merk and R. W, Phillips are con
testing for the seat of George D.
Bennett, who is not a cundidutof
for re-election. |
Unopposed Candidates '
Unopposed candidates are Mayor
A. G.. Dudley, now serving his|
fourth consecutive two year term;l
Henry T. Culp, First ward coun- |
cilman; Bolling 8. Dußose, Third
ward cuur_lcilman; D. D. Quillian,
councilman from the Fifth ward.
Registration lists show that 180
are eligible to vote in the First
ward; 214 in the §c0011d: 477 in thel
Third; 284 in the Fourth, and |
182 in the Fifth, '
One member of the city Demo
cratic executive committee are
also to be elected. None of the;
candidates are opposed for re-elec- .
tion. They are George James, |
First ward; K, A. Hill, Second |
ward; John Green, succeding!
Thomas F. Green, jr; George S.l
Crane, Fourth ward; L. L. L(‘,h’lt‘l‘.g
Fifth ward. Others members are
Rufus Crang and Hugh J. Rowe,
chairman, from the city-county at |
large. |
The bond election will dw:idei
whether the city is to issue bonds |
in the amount of SIOO,OOO to bel
fdivded evenly between city Hchools}
and the waterworks. In order for |
the bonds to pass it will be neces- |
sary for two-thirds of those listed |
on the registered voters list tul
cast ballots and a majority of]|
those voting must favor the bond{
issue. i
Thalian-Blackfriars Reach New Heights
With Cast of 39 and 23 Scene Changes
Never in the history of the
Thalian - Blackfriars, University
dramatic club, has a show of such
vast proportions as “Beggar on
Horseback” been presented before
Athens theater-goers. The play
has a cast of 39 and 23 changes of
scenery.
The scenery is all different and
has ail 'been made by the memoears
of the dramatic club. Although
there are 23 scenes, there are but
15 settings including , pantomine.
Members of the pmvlJlonal divis
jon of the dramatic club have been
at work on the scenes for the past
five weeks.
Wild, dreamy, fantastic scenes
are portrayed in “Besgar on
Horseback” by a cast that has
been hard at work for the past
month and is expected to reach
perfection Thursday and Friday
nights to make Marc Connelly’s
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One of the rare occasions on
which the British King figured in
a court trial which took 'place to
day, when Clarence Guy Gordon
Haddon was charged with an at
tempt to blackmail England’s ruler.
Claims to Be lllegitimate
Son of Duke Clarence of
England
LONDON —(AP) — Clarence
Guy Gordon Haddon, a middle
aged, well-dressed man, was
charged in Bow street police
coprt Wednesday with an attempt
to blackmail King George.
“#Hiddon told the Scotland Yard
inspector who arrested him:
“I do not see why I should be
hounded for being the illegimate
son of the Duke of Clarence.”
The Duke of Clarence was the
‘eldnfit son of King KEdward VII,
| then Prince of the Wales, and the
|title became extinct when he died
in 1892.
The specific charge made in
court was that Haddon had \\'ril-i
ten a Jetter “demanding money
from the king with menaces and
without reasonable or probable}
cause.” |
i Haddon replied to the charge:
| “I deny that. [ pleaded for the
'right to live, as the letters I|
’wrote to the king show.” '
The hearing was short and w;ml
|adjourned to December 4 withl
rHaddon remaining in police cus- |
tody. !
| The interest was intense, for the |
case ig one of the rarities in whicnl
royal figures in court' proceedings. |
A big crowd besieged the drab
building m: which so many Lordon
prisoners rececive their first ar«
‘l rangements. l
~ Elaborate police precautions,
however, prevented any deviatinnl
from the usuval orderliness.
Haddon said he was 43 vears Oldl
and a consulting engineer, ’l‘he‘
brief hearing, which was t-nnfinod{
to the circumstances of the pr;s-i
oner’'s arrest, did not permit elab- |
oration of the claim of royal kin-|
shit:. |
The death of the Duke of (Jl:u'-(
ence, the Prace Albert Victor, was |
a shock to the whole British wm-i
pire. As the son of the Prince of |
Wales he was next in line for the
throne., His passing made the |
present king who was then the!
Duke of York, the second heir to
the throne, When Clarence’s |
father, King Edward VII, died
King George V became ruler of |
British empire. i
Clarence Guy Gordon Haddon H!
listed as the author of a l)m;l\’i
“My Uncle, King George,” pub-|
lished in 1929. (by the .\lux'mll!
wress, New York.) |
and George S. Kaufman’'s comedy
!s&tire the hit in Athens it has
been in every other city where it
has been presented. “Beggar on
Horeback” is being presented by
the University theater under .the
direction of Edward C. Crouse
director of many former successes
presented by the University play
ers.
For the first time the University
‘theater includes in its cast mem
!bers of the old Teachers College
Dramatic club. Many of the feat
'ured roles in “Beggar On Horse
lbaek" are portrayed by girls who
were members of the organization
which merged with the Thalian-
Blackfriars at the beginning of the
scholastic year, g
The curtain opens upon an apart
ment in a cheap New York apart
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Hitler Sees Clear. Path
To 100 Percent Rule Of
Nazi Over All Germany
| Staff Member of AP Gives
Analysis of Berlin
' Situation .
BUILDING NEW STATE
Future Reichstag Seen As
A Rubber Stamp
Institution
s e oy
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Ban
ner-Herald herewith presents
the first of a seres of four
stories which go to the bottom
of Chancellor Hitler's revolu
tionary reconstruction program
for Germany. They will appear
' daily,
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: By LOUIS P.4LOCHNER |
\| Associated Press Foreign Staff
| BERLIN—(®)—A clear path to a
1 100-per cent Nazi Germany is seen
Iby Chancellor Adolf Hitler as a re
sult of the endorsement of 93 pet
lcent of the electorate given him in
the unusual elections of November.
‘While the Reichstag will contain
a sprinkling of non-party mem
bers, for all practical purposes the
Nazis are in absolute control. The
Reichstag will be not a delibera
tive, body, but a rubber-stamp in
| stitution. |
. Must Toe Mark ;
Ewen before the election refimlt‘
was known, Hitler had instituted
the arrangemen; of putting speeial
| “SA” and “SSB” men (brown and
black storm troopers) into all gov
{ernment offices. Their job is ta
| wateh both. the bhureaucracy and
jlocal or state leaders who might
have ambitions of their own—with
1!‘:;, view to making themr tee the
Nazi mark. 1
,i Hitler hag hy no means wiped
- out the whole bureaucracy of pre
[N’azi days. He has attempted to
juse the experience, technical
| equipment and proverbial fidelity
,'wo‘t German petty officialdom sot
building the new state,
1 However, he has found that the
bureaucrat, while faithfully sery
ing every government—from Mon
archist to Socialist, from Demo~
cratic to Nazi-—a¢+ the same time
clings tenaciously to practices
hoary with age.
The storm troop officers “Z. B.
V.”, as they are known or literal
ly, “Zur bhesonderen verwendung”,
meaning “on special assignment,”
lare Hitler's watch-dogs in the va
rioug government offices. They
see that bureaucracy conducts its
{ work in what is termed the Nazi
| spirit,
There To Advise
The “Z. B. Z."” is not there to
run the office himself, he is there
to advise and to warn the official
if he strays from the Nazi path.
l It is for this reason that the “Z
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'Acreage Reduction Con
| tract Made Public Today
| After Slight Change
! WASHINGTON — (AP) — The
g farm adjustment administration
! cotton acreage reduction cont.ractl
ff,,r 1934 and 1935, made public
l\\'(‘-rln!‘:*d.’l}' provides that cotton
| growers who agree to reduce will
| be paid a rental on land taken out
iuf production ranging from slight
| ly less than $3 to $lB an acre.
' This was a change in the origi
{nal plan which called for rentail of
i from $3 to sll for the land taken
!c)u! of production.
‘. The farm administration is seek
|,ing to reduce cotton acreage next
]y:..-“- to 25,000,000 as compared to
{an average planted area of aroundl
1.40,000,000 acres.
‘ In addition to the rentals, pro
: ducers will be paid not less than
| one cent per pound on their “do
| mestic allotment.”
{ The domestic allotment is 40 per
;l'(fill of the average yield of cotton
{ land during the years 1928-1932.
; Originally, the farm administra
%Yinn planned to virtually assure
| growers who signed contragts a
i parity price on their domestic allot
i ment for the average five year pe
‘ riod. ‘
| Oscar Johnston, finance direcmr’
| of the administration, and its cot
'ton authority, told newspapermen
Wednesday that the plan to assure
growers a price approaching parity'
on their domestic allotment had
not been abandoned but that un-!
certainty as to funds available had
precluded any commitment on_pay
ments above one e¢ent a pound on
the domestic allotment.
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—sc Sunday
Heavy Guard Placed Over
Former Machadists;
Welles Returns Today
HAVANA—~—~(#)—Fear of mob ac-l
tion led authorities to arrange for
a heavy guard Wednesday for fu
ture transfers of alleged Macha
dist prisoners to and from Prin
cipe prison,
~ More than 2,000 persons gath
‘ered outside the prison late Tues
day and threatened violence against
‘three men charged with crimes un
‘der the regime of formwer President
‘Gerardo Machado.
. The three—Ramon Souto, Segun
do Prendes and Braulio Ortega—
ave on trial before the court of
sanctions, © The death penalty is
asked,
In .the mids¢ of excitement over
the trials and the arrival from the
United States Wednesday of the
American ambassgador, Sumnet
Welles, further action on the po«
litical conciliation plan of Benja
min Fernandez De Medina, Uru
guayan minister, was held in
Abeyance, '
He announced Tuesday nigh!
that all factions, with the excep
tion of two, had accepted his
plan. One of those, the A B C
secret society, wasg expected to
take a poll of its membership
within the next few days.
Plan for a hostile demonstration
against Welles at the docks, were
abandoned and a cheering throng
greeted him when he returned by
airplane Wednesday after a con
ference in the United States with
President Roosevelt.
More than 1,000 persons, both
Cubans and Americans, cheered
the returning envoy at the Pan-
American airways dock with cries
of “viva Welles”! and “welcome
back!”
MRS, 5. 5. SMITHS
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Services to Be Held Thurs
day Afternoon for Mrs.
Martha Francis
Mrs. Martha Francis, 93, mother
of Mrs. 8. 8. Smith, died at the
home of her daughter, 135 Prince
avenue Wednesday morning at 7:30
o'clock. Mrs. Francig had been ill
for two weeks.
Funeral serviceg will be conduct
ed at the residence Thursday af
ternoon at two o'clock by Rev. John
Wood, pastor of the Winder Chris
tian church, assisted by Rev. Stan
ley R. Grubb, pastor of the Athens
First Christian church. Interment
will follow at Oconee Hill ceme
tery, by McDorman-Bridges, and
grandsons will serve as pall-bear
ers
Mrs. Francis is survived by six
daughters, Mrs. S. S. Smith, Ath
ens; Mrs- D. O, Maguire, Oconee,
Fla.; Mrs. Tom Whatley, Helena,
Ga.; Mrs. P. M. Born and Mrs.
H. ¥. Upshaw, Atlanta, and Mrs.
P. C. Upshaw, Logansville; a son,
J. S. Francis, Long Beach, Cali
fornia, and a large number of
grandchildren and great grandchil
dren.
Born in Ireland
Born in Belfast, Ireland, Mrs.
Francis came to the United States
with her parents when she was 15
yvears old. For a short time the
family resided in New York, and
then moved to Rockdale county,
Georgia, where Mrs. Francis re
mained until about 25 years ago,
when she came to Athens. l\
A member of the Christian'
church, Mrs. Francis had main
tained an active interest in chumhl
work despite her advanced age.'
She was one of the oldest citizens
of the county and until stricken by
illness two weeks ago she was quite
active in the affairs of every day
life.
During the time she had made
her home with Dr. and Mrs. S. S.
Smith, Mrs. Francig has endeared
heself to a wide circle of friends.
By her sunny disposition and cha
ritable demeanor, she was con
stantly adding new friends to the
many she already claimed.
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Mob of 7,000 Hangs and
Burns Youth; Admitted
Assaulting White Girl
CRITICISM HEATED
California Governor Sees
No Similarity to San
Jose Kidnap Case
ST. JOSEPH, MO.—(®)—Lynch
law has settled the case of Lloyd @
Warner, confessed attacker of two
women. Hiia
The 19-year-old Negro died in’
flames at the end of a rope last
night before the eyes of a mob of
7,000 which battered | its way’
through national guardsmen and
t peace officers to seize him in the
Buchanan county jail. B
Warner was hanged to an elm
tree near the courthouse, drenched
with gasoline and set afire. Women
and children watched him die.
Some were friends of the white
girl of 21, who, officers said, War
ner assaulted in an alleyway hera
Sunday night.
“String him up,” shouted from
many throats, drowned out the
last attempt of the muscular young
Negro to speak.
“Terror-stricken and stripped to
‘tht» waist, he was pulled from a
third foor cell by four young mems
bers of the mab, beaten kicked
and cursed. !
“I'm a fighting Dutchman,” said
Sheriff Otto Theisen, 60, “but theres
are too many Irishmen, here for me
Tear gas fumes, remnant of the .
{defense .of forty city and county
officers and the hastily moblized
members of the 35th tank company,
Missouri national guard, floated en
| the stairway down which the Ne
gro was dragged to death, s
l He was hanged and burned about
a block from the jail after impa<
tient members of the throng des
cided against a plan to lynch him
at the scene of the asault, a mile
away. :
The girl victim of the attack, way«
laid on her way home from a maos
tion picture theater was reported
near hysteria, Battered and
bruised by her assailant she was
found in the alley tied with her
own stockings.
Officers said she was the second
woman Warner had attacked. He
was accused of assaulting a Negro
girl six months ago, but there was
no prosecution. e
Officers said Warner sought to
plead ! guilty Tuesday to the ass<
sault charge, Judge J. V. Gaddy,
however directed postponement of
the case until today. .
“l don't want to rush things”, he
said. - A
The jail wrecked Tuesday mnight 5
three years ago withstood the as
sault of a mob seeking Raymond
Gunn, a Negro accused of the
brutal slaying of Velma Colter, a
voung Maryville, Mo., school teach«
er,
A few days later, however, Gunn
was seized by a crowd on hig way
from jail to court ay Maryville. He
was taken to the frame school
Ehnusw where Miss Colter was ‘slain,
chained to the roof and burned'_
with the building. ;
Condemns Lynching
‘i JEFFERSON CITY, MO.—{(#f)—=
i(}u\'m'nor Guy B Park in a state
| ment today said that “there is moy
!juslil'it'atiun" for the lynching last
I night of Lloyd Warner, Negro, at
}St. Josepha
i “While it appeares from press
(reports that Lioyd Warner, the
{ Negro boy lynched by a mob in St.
| Joseph last night confessed so &
|heinous crime, ,punishable by death
|vgt there is no justification for
QU;«- action of the mob, said the
governor.
! “Mob violence whether in the
| puhishment of crime or in attempts .
to atain alleged civil rights § al
| ways wrong and is destructive of
'good goverhment” the chief execu
tive said. \ X
“To condone such an offense is
to encourage lawlessness, deny the
efficiency of the courts and the
power of constituted authorities,”
The governor read the statement
to newspaper men upon his arrvival
at the executive offices this meorn- '
ing. *
Throughout tbe night he was in
close touch with the stuation at
St. Joseph. = 1
Governor Park had no comment
on the action of any officials in
connection with the lynching. He
has asked Attorney General Roy
McKittrick to make an investigas
tion. ’ o
PRISONERS RETURNED g
BALTIMORE, — (@} — WM:;;;’ZE
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