The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-26

spread no hrebrand at the meeting, but
pc moderate n temperate in their re-
marks he paid a nigh ribute to the
enaraclef and work of Miss Liggens.
The Rev. o. M. Bonheld spoke highly
Of Miss Liggens.
ITO my mind" he said, 'the main ques-
tiion Is why there is not a clearer revela-
ton OF the case before us? Is It because
the city authorities are not doing their
duty we dare not say this. 1t was the
ueau OF night when some one saw a car
rage or conveyance taking a woman be-
tween " men. 1t was gong at a rapid
rate and the woman was weeping. A man
follows the carriage after having no heed
paid to remarks addressed to the men In
the conveyance. He hears a woman's cries
and shrieks from a meadow, and yet says
nothing about the incident until after dis
covery of the body. All the men arrested
were negroes. If l were the man who
saw the carriage 1 would nave notified the
police at once.
"If I were a detective / would have run
with the case. Who knows but what a
white man might have committed the
murder? The eyes of the authorities should
be opened wider on the case
j.. H.. E.. Scotland followed Mr.. Bonheld
IF a white woman had been the victim
of such a crime,' said he, II believe a
more direct effort would be made and more
money spent to find her assassin
Il think" said Lawyer Cosey, that If
al the forces at the command of the police
and detective bureau be put in operation
the mystery can be solved. Some or the
forces were exerted and some negroes were
arrested but released.
Il don't believe a negro TINS
crime. | have read the criminal history OF
England and the United States. n can
find nothing to slow, as a rule, that a
negro committed a crime OF this char
acter.e
Mr.. Cosev said the ease was a simple
one in some respects. II would not be
hard. he said. to trace the wagon. to find
who let it out and get Il description OF the
man who hired it. and to run him down.
He asked why the police did not find the
Waterman who saw the wagon.
He favored the appointment OF an intelli-
gent vigilance committee of men and
women. with a man of brains at their
head, to work to find the murderer; 80
The Rev. Paul Thompson praised Miss
Liggens and her work:
Action toward the formation OF an Or
ganization was then taken.
The general committee who arranged the
meeting was composed of ]. w. Holmes,
chairman; Allen L. Bland, secretary; A. r.
Jackson, John S. Pinkman, G.. w. Jones,
S. r. Williams, Andrew Reyes, Divas
Coleman, Allen O.. Sydnor. A. j. Toler,
Walter White. Gilbert sherman Frank
Anderson, H.. D.. Lynch. William Watkins,
w. +. Duval. w. II. Simmons, c. w. An
derson, N. Weekly. Lewis Berry. Clemens
Henry. George Eheny, Richard Raisen, N.
Holmes, Martin Berry, Daniel Matthews,
Charles Johnson. Walter Johnson. 10. Car
roll Gibson, Seneca Wright. George w.
Luff. Benz. T.. Green, Joseph II. Brown,
Ralph Bell. Charles Harris. John Freeman,
Charles w. Long, Adam Smith, Fred
Stats. Carrot Rogers. p. y. Purvls, j.
e. Walton, William Hedden, Jordan John
son. Robert Steele, Charles Bruce, Royal
Wilson, John II. Rodgers, Daniel Lee,
Moses Webb, Adam Costly, w. Fl. Gala
way, George Baptist, lux Dancy, Algie
Thomas, Harry Brown, Henry Rainey,
Joseph Wright, Warner Rich. Elisha
Weaver. Edward Wright, Earl Henry,
Ralph Hilton, J.. D.. King, John Eheny.