Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-01-18


day handed down decision grant
ing to these colored men a new trial.
announcing that the orinion or rath-
er the cause for SO doing would be
delivered later.
The opinion viii be given by jas
tee James Keith. president of the
court This is the famous Accomac
county case that has been so freely
discussed in these columns and the
colored men ina question were per-
sons of high standing in the com
munity
The affair was trivial in the be-
shining and was the result of an
alteration between collector OF "a
livery bin and Conquest. NIr. Bur
ton. who conducted a large store was
practically by-stanler Mr. W.
1'e. who was a teacher in the schools
there and the editor of a newspaper
OF The most conservative type was at
tackled by white men and narrowly
ESCAPED with his life
Burton place of business was de-
srIoyod by a mob of white men and
bis savings of lifetime went up
i1 smoke. The situation became So
aggravated that Gov. Claude A.
Swanson ordered troops TO the scene
to preserve order and to protect life
and uropertv For This be D,s o.
penly criticized and nr.cticaih. com
demned by Judge blackstone who
since was found 10 no fp , stste or
coma while trying a case for n c,p-
ital onense.
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leeed bv some to have hoo, c,rsos
by his conviv.al habits srrori,5rood
bv ar observation-disclosures in .Job- Ran
l,.rorn.~ while his attending rb,ei-
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bis bodily mgrmuies be- that ass
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mdulreuce in Ifruor has besr o.
characteristic of this msee rar many
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tho body imam is orasif.I o,s~ b,
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deaI' from its hands
We are eradfad ro be all, I'm -e-
cord another case as evidence off
fairress and ,.e home th., a,.~, .it-
izeu of color i'm the Old Doainior
wW realize that despite fbe sprainr
waves of prejudice and tho storms
of racial enumeration that at tires
aover over and beai down imam ms
taero are calm. determined ustice-
loving white men i'm this locality
who hold I'm their hands poetic ips-
tice and IL We apply pronerlv will
see that we get it,
This decision is especially gratifv-
ing for tne reason that Burton and
Uz4Ie represented the new TYNE of the
energetic progressive. Industrious
Negroes. men who were adain, t,