The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-20
viii E. Matthias Go.
Cor. 9th & Cedar SITS.
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venireman to express himself as to
his prejudices against the colored
race, as examined by Assistant States
Attorney Fred Fake. " "a
Il could give him fair trial in this
case, because the murdered man and
the defendant are both colored," said
Schneider, ,t'but if he had killed a
white man I could not give his de.
Tense fair consideration" He was
excused. "If
John Chilmot, who lives at 6125
Peoria street, was also called, Asked
if he could give the defendant a fair
trial, he replied: a" .-:..<
mo; would be delighted to con
vict him." He was excused for
"cause" without delay. ~.
| thorities of Belleville or st. Clair coun.
| this disgraced commonwealth to bring
| the savage perpetrators of this horror
| to Justice; therefore, be it
Resolved, That by the organized
calm and silence of Belleville's best
| citizens on this outrage, we are com.
| PEELED to denounce them as accesso.
| ries after the fact, and hold them re-
| sponsible for permitting this horrible
crime 10 go unreDuK0Q.
Resolved, That we urge in behalf of
all law-abiding citizens of Illinois that
! the governor and attorney general of
| the state use all means and authority
! at their command to bring to the bar
| of justice those persons who unlaw-
fully took the life of Wyatt.
The reading Of the resolutions was
| greeted by an outburst of applause. 1t
| was followed by the appointment of a
committee to visit the state officers
and demand the punishment of the Of
tenders. Another committee was ap-
pointed to raise funds for Wyatt's fam
lily.
The committee to go to Springfield
is composed of w. w. Johnson, Hale
G. Parker, S. A. McElwee, DR.. Alexan-
der Lane, E. H. Morris, j.. G. Thur
man, T. T. Allan, F. L. Bennett, D. R.
Wilkins and Robert M. Mitchell.
A mass meeting of Afro-American
citizens was held at the Institutional
Church, 1926 Dearborn street, Sunday
afternoon, censured the state officers
for their failure to arrest and punish
members of the mob which lynched
David J. Wyatt, an AfrO-American, at
Belleville
Resolutions are Adopted.
The resolutions adopted, after recit-
ing the incidents leading up to the
lynching, continued as follows:
Whereas, No action has yet been
taken by the legally constituted au-
Blame Placed on Yates.
Inaction by Gov: Yates was charged
as being directly responsible for the
lynching. This statement was made
by the Rev. G. H. Thomas, pastor of a
church at Belleville.
when the shooting which led to
WAITS arrest occurred" said Pastor
Thomas, 81 went to the mayor and the
sheriff and urged that extra precau-
lions be taken to protect Wyatt, as I
knew the public mind was in1amed.
They told me they would not shoot
into mob and kill white men to pro-
tect a colored man. They said they
cared nothing for colored people, and
| would take no steps to protect them.
| 81. then wrote to Gov. Yates, but he
declined to act saying that in his
| opinion the local authorities were able
| Yates had done his duty when l asked
| llm ~ tu0I0 WOulu nave UCOA liz
! lynching at Belleville. . Lieut.. Gov
Northcott was appealed to, but he did
nothing"
| Speaks of "LittIe Governor"
| when appealed to for protection by
the colored people of Belleville." said
the Rev. R. G. Ransom, "the little man
who is governor replied that he could
| do nothing. venture to say that il
mob of 'colored men lynched white
man, the little governor would have
found some way of arresting and pun
ishing every colored man in the moi
that committed the crime,
J! Canvassers for the Lakeside City
! directory for 1903 assert that the new
directory will contain more than 1900,
900 persons, an increase over last veal
of $4,000. Chicago had an increase ir
population in 1902 over 1901 of Ga ,O0(
persons. y
.Canvassers have been at work since
the first of May, and every effort il
being made to have the list of name!
complete. 1t is expected the work viii
be finished about July Is.