The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-22
TAFT PRAISES
Or. WASHINGTON
Writes Letter of Sympathy to Negro
Educator and Declares His
Confidence in Him.

Taft has written Dr. Booker I. Wash
ington personal letter expressin
confidence in him and the hope tina
no harm shall come 70 his work as tn
result OF the assault made upon hin
by Henry A. Ulrich.
At his apartments in the Hotel Man
haitian the Negro educator said toda,
that he has received more than 10
600 letters and kilograms from per
sons in every section O: the Unite'
States expressing confidence in him
He said he will be able to keep tn
lecture engagements entered into las
week.
DR.. Washington today proudly ex
hibited a letter penned by Presiden
Taft himself. which reads as follows
My Dear Washington am
greatly distressed at your misfor-
tune and hasten to write you OF
my sympathy. | hope that you
will soon recover from the wounds
inflicted by insane suspicious or
viclousness and desire 10 assure
your integrity, your morality or
character and in your highest use
fulness TO your race as well as 10
all the people of the country.
IL would be national loss II
this untoward incident in any way
impaired your great power in the
solution of one of the most diff
cult problems before us.
| want you to know that your
friends are standing by you in
every trial and that | am proud
to subscribe myself as once.
(Signed) WILLIAM II. TAFT.
In court yesterday afternoon Henri
]. Ulrich, accused of felonious assault
on Booker T. Washington, the Negro
educator, waived examination. IA
was held In $500 bail, which he furn
ished, for trial in special sessions
court. DR.. Washington was presen
In court but was not asked TO give
his version of the trouble, the pro
ceedings being purely formal.
Accompanied by Former Governor
Pinchbeck, of Louisiana. d. MacoI
Webster and Nathan Hunt. DR.. Wash
a
2:35. His head was bound up and hi
showed plainly the fact that he hat
been badly beaten, but he was very
cheerful and said that he had NJ
doubt that he would be indicated.
His attorney brought to court a wo
man who said that she was Mrs
Mary ]. Ulrich, OF Orange, n. j., ant
that Henry A. Ulrich, the defendants
in the case was her husband. She
said that she was separated from hin
and that he paid her five dollars ,
week for her support and the supper
of her ten-year and two-year-olt
daughters. She said that there wa
no doubt that she was Ulrich's lega
wife, but the attorneys spirited he
into the back room OF the court AM
refused TO permit her to be inter
viewed
Before going TO court. DR. Wash
ington said that he wanted the en-
tire truth known. as he had nothing u
hide.
Sunday night DR.. Washington wen
to ia West Sixty-Third-st. to lool
for the McCrary fiat to find Auditor
smith, of Tuskegee. He could no
find that name, but found which he
thinks was "Eleary" and he punched
the button but got no response. Think
ing the occupants at church. he wen
out and walked around the block
When he came back ne rang the bel
and again got no response. He wait
eG few minutes and went back. He
was looking at the name under the
bell when a man rushed In from the
street and hit him. The man accused
him. Washington said, OF hanging
around the house for five or sin
weeks" AS he was trying to explain
a smaller man who. he thinks, was
Ulrich, rushed out of the house and
hit him with club. in conclusion DR.
Washington said
AS | am a man of honor, ] spoke
10 nobody either on the way to the
house or in the vestibule. | certain
ly followed no white woman. | dc
not recall that anybody passed me IN
TIE hallway, and nobody spoke TO me
there. | did not peep into any key
hole. That is ridiculous"