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WHY THE PRESS INTERVIEWED

With the greatest respect for Judge
Hundley's integrity both In his pri.
yate and public capacity, his
knowledge Of the law and his fairness
In its Interpretation, we still think he
Is III error in protesting against the
appeal from his decision In the Aubrey
Barrett case.
Granted that he had no recourse but
10 pronounce sentence, after the boy
mad entered plea Of guilty, neither
the law nor his court is in the least
danger of contempt because Of the
thirty.day respite accorded by Cover.
nor Stuart to permit investigation of
thefacts involving the young No.
gro i'll the Roach murder. The press.
which he seems to think Is misusinp
Its power, has only one desire: to sec
justice done. In view of the contro.
Verslses which have ariseI, to have
remained silent while the boy went
to his death would have been an OK.
hibltion of moral turpitude of unfor-
givablc proportions. Considering tho
rasped state OF mind, collectively, of
INC colorcd race, due to recent deplor-
able proceedings in the north and i'm
inc south, too, alas, 1t would have been
most 1mpolitic; to say the least to have
ignored the apparent testimony tend
ing to show mitigating circumstances
'ttachlng TO the younger Negroes al.
iceed share in the crime But It was
not question of racial policy that
s"aFed the press of Virginia to urge
the governor to take official copni.
Zance of the affair; it was solely no.
cause 1T was realized that the iudici,,
atmosphere might have been uncon.
sclously affected by the high foclinr
cheendcrcd locally, to the dctriment oi
! ,he younger prisoner. Virginia's good
name might have been impugncd had
inc DoY'3 sentence been carried out
. "ithout need to the charges so earn.
cS,lE pressed and the differences Of
opinion known to be held, even nj the
SHcehe OF the crime, in regard to thc
, lao 5 measure of guilt. AS il Is the
: governor lmpartially, wholly remoy
=" from local prcjudiccs, can go over
.ne evidence and determine whether
: IN MS opinion, the young Negroes son.
fence snail be imposed or be commit
: eo. mat Is not only his prerogatiyc
put MS sworn duty; and, even if his
/. oeclslon should be contrary To The
'erdlct OF tho court, it is innowiso r.
, construed as reflection on tho trio1
Judge IL that view were taken ovnry
tlhle higher court reversed tho oni,,
ION OF lower tribunal the judiciar,
would be In continual turmoii
rossiDlS' 1t would have been better il
chahgo of venue had been allowed
III the trial of the Barrctts. Foeline
was strong, naturally, in Charlotte
county, and when a community e
Justly incensed over a great wrone
,ne desire for vengeance is prone r.
transcend the awarding of strict ms
.hichmolld, Va Evening Journal,
Aug. 80, 1919 '''''
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Houston In almost every line OF work,
and no trouble Is experienced witt them
! am not prepared to say what caused
the trouble Thursday night, but l do
know that II Negroes are properly
handled they can be used anywhere.
1T Is absurd to believe that lust be
cause Il bunch OF Iawlecs Negrue. took
things into their own hands for a
few minutes that all Negroes who
might be brought here would cause
trouble. If a murder should occur
On certain street that would be no
justification for the street being
closed permanently to prevent
further murders, and the same prin-
ciple Is involved in regard to the Nc
gro troops"
WILL HAVE FULL AUTHORITY.
When asked whether, In case of fu,
lure trouble he would have the au-
thorlty to declare Houston under mar.
tial law, General Bell said significant
~: Martial law or no martial law |
; VIII have full authority to qleel any
trouble. and the people may rest as
sured that l will not mince matters If
, anything is started"
General Bell said that he found the
construction Of Camp Logan a great
deal further advanced than he had ex.
pccted 1T to be, and that as far as he
mas seen 1t is very good site for a
framing camp. He is especially pleas
ell with the great number of shade
trees which have been LEFT among the
mess halls and on the sites for the
company quarters.
mere Is plenty Of ground without
trees for drill purposes" he said
and the trees which have been left
where the men will pitch their tents
Will be gratifying to them, especially
during this warm weather."
work is In progress on the division
headquarters and as soon as things
are in order General Bell and his staff
VIII move to the camp permanently
lie said Sunday afternoon that he OK
poets to be in his new quarters moi
later than Tuesday or Wednesday.
investigation Of the causes of the
riot were completed Sunday by Colo
mel George O. Cress. inspector of the
southern department, who arrived In
houston Saturday. He left Sunday
night for San Antonio, where he will
report the result of his findings tc
the Southern department commander
after which he said he expected to be
ordered at once to Columbus, N. NJ, tt
take the testimony Of the Negro
troopers who were involved in the al
fair.
Colonel Cress was assisted in tn,
work Sunday by United States Dis
trlct Attorney John e. Green, Jr.. II
that the latter furnished witnesses
whom his Investigations had showed
were either at the seat Of the trouble
when 1t was in progress or had in
formation OH different phases Of Tho
affair.
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MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED LATTER

one Of the Daughters of Zion"
hereabouts has been getting things
IN shape for the past few months and
her friends thought that she was pre-
pairing for the Kingdom. She was
unduly solicitous as to her general
appearance and tho Straps" were
Delng drawn little tighter so az to
give very neat and trim effect to
hef contour. Her face was washed
exceptionally clean and her hair was
improving as the days went by. She
mas always possessed n very smiling
sort OF smile, but these days she ia
working It overtime, scattering sun.
SHINE and gladness promiscuousJy
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FEMALE
EN- BALMER

MADAME LUCIE CHRISTIAN
SCOTT is associated in business
with her husband, Mr.. Alpheus
Scott. Madame Scott claims the
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She ranks with the best in her
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She is prominent in fraternal Or
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1T REALLY HAPPENED!

fer friends began to wonder over the
activities Of this sister and the con-
clusion was reached that she was
preparing for that rest that remains
for the Daughters of Zion" |. e.,
getting ready to take that last long
journey to the land from which none
ever return. But the friends were
way off" in their conclusions. If
they had noticed things a little closer
they would have observed that q good
Old widowed deacon brother was also
smiling unduly. Anyway one OF her
friends said to her this week, Child
we thought You were getting ready
TO meet tho Lord" She relpfed, "Ob
no, ! WAS ONLY FIXING UP For
ONE OF HIS DISCIPLES"
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ESCORTED TO TRAIN BY
GUARb OF FIFTY SOLDIERS

1t was admitted by the officer who
escorted the Negro to Richmond that
the people OF Fairfax and Alexandria
Counties were greatly wrought up by
tho alleged attempts of the prisoner,
and 50 intent was Sheriff Allison in
carrying out the strict provisions OF
Governor Stuarts demands to safe
guard the prisoner, that the Negro
was escorted to the train between a
squad Of fifty soldiers.
Richmond citizens had not been an.
prlsed of the grave crimes attempted
by the Negro, and no excitement was
caused at Elba Station, when Sheriff
Sydnor and Chief of Police II. Wilson
Seay, of l1enrico County, met tho
Fairfax Sheriff and the prisoner there
and transferred the Negro to the
Henrico County Sheriffs automobile.
Heavily handcuffed the Negro was
soon at the Jail When asked several
questions by reporter for The Times
Dispatch, the prisoner made no reply
ana stared at the floor. Sheriff Syd.
nor explained that he had been told
not to talk by the officers.
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and no defense an be made. Nothing
remains but for the court to ascertain
the degree Of guilt.
AS for State Senator Addison. lot
me say that he needs no aefense at
your hands. l did not allude to him.
l knew his people yell IN Richmond,
and J. know his reputation as an able
and honorable man.
WILLING TO TRUST CASE
TO GOVERNOR STUART
The SHOWS of eighty winters have
not cooled that quality in my blood
which rises In resent. lent at unfair
treatment, nor has 1t assuaged my IN
tense aversion to AL sham "rd ire
tense to mushy and morbid scnti-
mentality, that in order to accomplish
It's ends is willing 20 assail the court,
and their officers without the slight
est justification.
Now l want to unite with Judge
atkins in saying that hope tho ur
wise action Of certain persons in seek
ing to have this boys sentence com
muted by an assault upon the action
OF the court will in no wise hurt the
boys case
We can all trust such a man as
Governor Stuart. The law has proper-
ly provided for extending executive
clemency. and If the Governor thinks
1t wise to exercise his power l have
no word to say against 1t.
(Signed) GEORGE ]. HUNDLEY.
/, Farmvillc. Va, August 80, 1917.
tRichmond Times-Dispatch, Aug. 81
| 1919
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SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER s, 1917
COIORED MAN REMOVED TO
PREVENT LSNCIIING.
William II. Burgess Is Charged With
Attempted Assault OH Two
Women in Fairfax County.

William H. Burgess, thirty-two
years old, Of Halls Hill, Fairfax Coun-
ty, Negro towering over six feet
and having rather II vicious face,
breathcd a deep sigh of evident re-
lief last night when the heavy doors
of the lIcnrico County Jail shut him
in from the out side world. The
prisoners left baud was heavily
bandaged and he was suffering from
a shot through the palm, inflicted by
officers from Sheriff Allison's office
in Fairfax County before they affect
ed his arrest on Saturday. Burgess
is said to have confessed to an at
tempt TO attack Mrs. Mildred Miller
and Miss Mary Davis in Alexandria
County on Friday.
Burgess was brought to Richmond
for safckeeping Oh the order of Cover
nor Stuart, when the Governor was
told over the longdistancc wires by
Sheriff Allison Of Fairfax and
Sheriff Fields, of Alexandria County
that there was danger of the Negro
being lynched.
There will be no lynching in Vir-
ginla in this instance said the Gov.
crnor. and ordered the prisoneI' sent
to Richmond at once. Sheriff Allison
arrived with him on the $50 train
last night.
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NJ nlCa.si. - ...-s''s.N-oN'-N ooiii
The restrictions on omen soloons
ana places OF business where arms
ammunition and explosives are sold
arc Withdrawn. All business housos
saloons and pool halls closed bv ro
uueSt the early morning Of August ID
are at liberty to open for their usual
business at the usual or legal hour
MONDAY August 81, 1917.
I'm, me exercise of martial law in
i'aIris County will cease at 10 o'clock
~. A., August 81, 1917.
ny erection of Major General Rel,
JOHN A. HULEN, Brigadier Gem
Aiter having been under martial
&c lo' almost four days as a result
rr,> ,nc uprising OF Negro soldiers
Suay night Harris county viii
w creased from military rule Mon.
GaS l'orning at 10o'clock. All United
,;,"oS Sololers which have been sta.
tn ""cu over the city as guards since
dro, ,'sn' OF the trouble will be with
assume control "s'"''i
captured Sunday by a Negro n;v,, W"s
and turned over to the no1ico ~'''''"i'
rrho.o - NC no luTtncr trouble
nnI "e were the words Of Major George
thlrd division of the IJnitnd ctnt ~
afmy' when interviewed snnd .,,
night. THE people of Uouston n a.,
III no more danger now than thou o ano
every day OF their lives" bo sa 81. =
me fact that companv of Noa" "'u
members Of the Illinois Not;a, w.,
Guard, are stationed at Camn onn,,
onouid not worry anybody Tbov ,,,;ii
cause no trouble In the first ,, n..
ahey nave no ammunition and CON p "ot
ontalh any, and in the second nloon nv =
VIII see to it that thew ara Ln n%'"
der CONTROL" "'p' "n-
WILL MAKE NO
RECOMMENDATIONS
ueneral Bell stated that aftor rooo,,
'ns mere Saturday and finGina ~
o"noltions that existed as q ros,,,. 'n ne
inc riot he had thought of rocon,n,o,,a
In ms 70 the war department. that tho
sishth illinois infantry all Neoro
'oops. be not sent here e''
but l have decideI to n,oLo w.
recommendations" ho continmnd Is
should recommend that thcv no
sent Sc elsewhere, the impression womb
10 given that I was afraid comid
not control. I do not want to Joavo
1nat impression with OFFICIALS ~
washington, for 7 can control tbo ~,
ana II the war department wants Them
framed at Camp Logan that's where
.hey VIII be trained-and there will
be no trouble VIII
=, General Bell explained that usua1-
regiment Of Negro troons Ia
stationed in a training camp. a,one
win a complete division of wbite
troops, which makes a prepondcronco
or whites about six or seven to one
There is really no reason whv Me-
gro troops should not be trained IN
the South, he said. ~
ihey must do their proportionate
part In the war with Germany. Tia
same as any of the rest of us. and or
course, will have to be trained re-
the government wants them trained
IN the South there is no reason whv
they should not be trained here with
out particle OF trouble. There are
scores Of Negroes employed here in
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DO YOU KNOW HER?

Richmond, Va,
Adele Hopkins,
communicate with undersigned n.
,erney or Washington, d. c., an
learn Of something to your interost
state If you can come to Washina
ton in September IL necessary.
ATTORNEY B. w. 7,
Care PLANET, Richmond, Va
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GESEIsAL JONES' HOPES
tCincinnati Ohio, Fraternal Monitor J

Supreme Chancellor S. w. Green
and Grand Chancellor John Mitchell.
Jr., met at dinner in New Rochelle. N
Y, recently and arc both alive and
happy. The greetings between the
two were so cordial no one could dis
Germ they were the great opposing
generals in the big Pythian fight.
meet oftener.
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", r,r,,,, ,s2PLE' CONSrDnnl >,
BURGESS TO BIZ INSANE.

It was learned that many people in
Alexandria County, and in Fairfax
County consider Burgess insane II
was stated that he recently had been
released from Jail after waiting scvor.
al weeks for trial on a charge OF com.
m1ttlng statutory crime. Sheriff Al.
iiSon "hllc declaring that he wished
10 h!iay all danger Of a lynching in
Firsihla, admitted that Burgess had
confessed to him his attempt to AT.
TACK holh OF the women. The confes.
SION was said to have been made Inv
me Negro while the Sheriff was talk
ing nm from Clifton, where he was
caught to Fort Myer Heights.
1t was s'id that the first alleged at
TACK of the Negro occurred at the
nome OF Mrs. Miller i'm Aloyandri,
county, Friday afternoon. She WAS
aiohc and she fought yaliant1v
"renching herself frccf rom the Ne.
gro she called for help, and he IS said
10 nave fled precipitately when he saw
'ch'cle approaching. The search for
burgess began immediately. Rlood.
MOUNDS were brought from Occoouan
Workhouse. They picked I'D the No.
sros trail and followed it to his HIDING
pace. When he was driven from covnr
'o ram ana was shot in the hand.
IL appears, the sheriff said. that tho
attempted attack on Miss Davis was
i!aoe by the Negro while he was RIM
nins away from the Miller home. Mrs
M Ia.Ior was struck in the mouth by the
NeSro "hcn she fought him, and two
~, y, nef tecth we're knocked out. Her
1,p was lacerated by the blow. Miss
laws was not struck, it seems Inf
the Sheriff said she was sill ,nn n"'
Se'ouS from the shock OF the attack
'i'ooNfii tERE BY DIRECTION
OF GOVERNOR STUART
burgess has wife and two chill
dren at Halls Hill. He is said to hovo
gone to work for the Southern Rail
way near Fairfax on last Wednesday
re stayed just two days and left with
out asking for his pay. The attack an
MIS-. Miller is said to have occurrod
soon after he had left his Job.
Governor Stuart took charge of tho
ease early yesterday. SO far as dircc.
IONS went, and in every instance tho
noVerhor told the law officers that
'nere was to be no lynching
nave saved the lives of several,
men ana guaranteed to them the con.
stitutional privilege of trial by iurv !"
sa'd the Governor last night, and ada
ca. 1 nave told Sheriff Sydnor and
MS assistants that they must take
care or the prisoner intrusted to their,
care ana the sheriff will have the en-.
tlre aid of the Governor in the premi-
me death Of William Page. who,
was iynched at Lillian Va, near
Iieathsvllle, on August Is, was the
lirst case Of lynching in Virginia in
oIshleen years The last lynching
prior to the Page case was during the
aaihlhlstraIon Of Governor J. Hoee'
I'ler' when a Negro was lynched near
the town Of Emporia.
'T1mcs-nispatch Aug. 81, 1919
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w
ercise of Executive Clemency.
Albert Barrett. sentenced To death
For .nB murGer oil w. L. Roach n
Charlotte nty farmer will nay
the death penalty for his crime at the
State Penitentiary this morning at
Z o'clock. Governor Stuart although
he granted respite to the son, Au-
prey Barrett also under sentence OF
death for completely in the crime, re.
FUSED to take any action in the case
or the elder Barrett. The Governor
gave as his reason that the father had
the services OF an attorney, and was
tried by jury III the lower court, and
IL any steps were to be taken, the
proper means would be by way of a
petition to the Supreme Court.
-Four OF the five members of the Sill
preme court have refused to grant n
writ OF error in the case and all eff.
FORTS to save Albert Barrett or to stay
his execution seem to have failed.
1t is understood that even the at
torneys for the defense have given up
nope, and have begun to concentrates
their attention upon the case of the
younger Barrett. Judge Prentis is tho
only Supreme Court judge who could
now grant a writ OF error that would
stay The execution of Albert Barrett,
four Of his colleagues have already
refused to grant an appeal and by
their action have indicated their he
lief that tho elder Barrett had a fair
trial
fhe contention of the attorneys for
tho dclcnse was that the prosecution
mad failed to show that there had
been any generalization in the muir
der or Roach, and. therefore, that Bar
rett did II merit the extreme pcnaI.
ty.
When Governor Stuart granted q
respite OF thirty days to the boy It
ala not mean that he thought the boy
was innocent of any crime The bow
was ignorant. without counsel, and
was not tried by jury. The Cover
hors action postpones the execution
until he has had time to give tho case
q thorough examination.
JUDGE HUNDLEY ISSUES
HiS"LAST SAY" ON THE CASE
Judge George J. Hundley, of the
circuit Court Of Charlotte County. is
SUED yesterday what he describes as
MS last say" in regard to the Barrett
case His signed statement follows.
Slr.-ln regard to the Barrett ease
TINS Will be my last say on that mat.
ter. some people seem determined to
try that case over again in the news
papers. Let that trial proceed. 7 never
Try cases in newspapers. The court
trial with its records, is behind me.
For the integrity OF my action T am
Responsible only to God. For its wis.
dom, l abide by the Judgment of tho
people whom I serve. The Governor
whom l respect and admire. knows
lnaI l asked him to keep troops in
readiness for my call, to protect that
very boy rom mob violence, in case
aftcr l heard the evidence, sbouId
Ihink ne ought not to be sentenced to
aeath. He knows I told hir, 7 wouId
nor be dictated to by any mob.
nave never failed to appoint conn.
sci to defend persons where tho death
penalty was involved, but never
nave done so, and never expect TO do
so, where prisoners appear ~ com
sci or their own choosing, emploved
ny or for them, as in this bows nasc
l nave no power tt prevent any ono
from pleading guilty and when he
does so, the guilt is acknowledged
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MILITARY RULE IN UDJrSTON
COMES TO AN END.

iiocsamatlon Declaring Martial Law
III issued Sunday Night by Gener.
a. Halen. on Orders From Major
Generai Hell-Will BE No Further
Iiouple--Local Investigation Com
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ALBERT BARRETvT PAYS DEATI,
PENALTY.
f1nni Efforts to Stay Execution of
Charlotte County Nun Without
Avail.

Judge Hundley Willing to Trust
Case to Governor Stuart, and III
dlcates That He will Not Oppose Ex.
ercise of Executive Clemency.
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WAN TED

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THE COURTS DESCRIPTION.
1T was murder in the first degree
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"hsn writing mention The Richn,ond Plane,