Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-07-08
PR CE FIVE CENTS
\ BRUTAL OUTRAGE!
\ White Saioonkeeper. at 9I6 East
Twelfth street, Entices Color
cd Girl t3 Years of Age In
tn His Saloon aud There
Outragcs Her.
Outragcs Her.

Mr.. Editor-The cOlored pORula-
tion of East 18th St was thrown in
TO a frenzied state last "Wednesday az
ternoon. about p. NJ caused by a
brutal white saloon keeper enticing
little cOlored girl, ID years Of age
into the cellar of his place of busi-
ness and outraging her. This out
rage was duly reported by DR. I'm
thank. and Countee. OF the Under
taking firm of Countee Bros TO the
Journal and Star of our city. and ask
ed that publication be made Of the az
fair. A mob that was eager to
wreck the saloon was restrained by
cooler heads. believing that the
courts would do Justice to us. and
the city papers would take note OF
the affair. Policemen were called
and went into the saloon then
into the cellar and brought the little
girl out. carried her TO the police sta
tion i'm the hoodlum wagon. while
the guilty brute OF a whi'e man was
carried down in the streS5 car No
notice az all was made of this out
rage in the morning papers OF our ci-
~. II. however. the case had been
that Of Negro man against a low
bred white woman. instead of n child
an extra edition OF the papers would
have been published with glowing
head lines. but this white brute was
turned loose at the police headquar-
ters without even giving a bond.
And not one single line appeared in
the papers. We are beginning TO
ask ourselves where and TO whom
shall We eventually go for protection
We are striving 10 be law-abiding
citizens. and we mean 10 push this
case; for all negro children are by
the sanction of our police officials
who had this man in charge and
turned him loose without bond. left
TO the mercy OF every white brute
OF a saloon Keeper. who wishes TO out
rage them. White men in cases of
less magnitude than this, take the
law into their own hands. and here
In this case when we appeal TO the
of the law TO protect our
children from brutalism they laugh
In their sleeves and turn the scoun-
drel loose, and even protect him from
riding 10 the police station in the
hoodlum wagon with the victim of
his diabolic brutality. We appeal
through this article TO the people OF
this community TO help us save our
girls from such brutalism. We feel
cognizant of the fact if we could
only reach the ears OF our best citi-
zens through the daily papers, which
10 great extent molds public senti-
ment, that the negro would not be
any more diabolical than his Anglo
saxon neighbor. Every black man
who perpetrates a crime is paraded
without mercy. and white men are
shielded in crimes of greater magni-
ude.
The case is now in the hands Of
Knox. HuestOn and Wilson, attorneys
Who with the girl appeared before the
prosecuting attorney and a state war
ant was issued for the criminal.
Said firm will also assist in prosecu-
ing the case, and we appeal 10 every
good citizen TO help US in seeing JUS
Ice is duly meted out TO this white
'coundrel, the same as if he was 4
nan of color. that we may feel we are
living in a city where justice will be
accorded TO every man, irrespective
of race, color or previous condition.
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