Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-07-20
1 NATIONWIDE APPEAL.
TO ALL COLORED
AMERICANS
and Co.Workcrs:-

Friends and Co.WOrkCrS:-
Since the Mr.. G. A. Hardy Circular
was put out the writer and subject OF
this circular letter has been convict cd
and punishment assessed at 80 days in
the County Jail. and Il fine Of $4,000.
The County Attorney in presenting the
case confessed that the Sta:c failed to
produce any evidence against the
writer---howcvcr had he been a Just
and far man, willing to give an Afro
American Il just, fair and square deal,
without facts for his case he would
have agreed with my attorney, that
the case should have been dismissed
All efforts were made to Manufacture
false v!dence--crooxcu and dirty
work.
They called in a Negro woman for
secret work on the case. to help make
evidence who l am told came TO this
State i'll collation. of the White Slave
Act. But she was sharp enough to
not allow them to use hcr as witness
SUI she told my friends she would
hang me, if she could get o. the stand
She did the best thing to stay off the
the sand.
l wish to show TO the public what
method was resorted to make Il case
against me. | will have nothing to say
about her work, il she can prove where
she married? This good uplift woman
as many call her, who don't know any
better, or don't care how much they
misquote the truth, had one woman
Brought there whose testimony did moi
touch the case.
Many people in the Unitcd States
race man or woman wo,sld dislike Rev
Branch on account of his work for
the race" l wish to say not q single
lady or gentleman OF my race, who
has always been such dislike me, any
where in America.
Now about this so-called uplift wo--
man and why she doesn't like mo, IL
Is this: She had Il friend to die in
me North, and because l could not
afford to stand good for the shipment
or the body, she became angry, en-
ragged and won't speak to me, and
helped to convict me. Now will the
race stand by meg l am not crimi
nal. L did make loans to race men
and women to go North. l meant no
harm. l wanted TO help the individual
or individuals.
MY case comes under tho migration
laws of Texas. And that law does not
prohibit Exodus loans, if the party or
parties do not charge the individual
any fee. l have never charged any
man. VIII my race allow me go to
Jail, by this weak charge, and in q
Jail which is unsafe? 1t was unsafe
n x1,l,n ,l,o.l
from this Jail.
Yes: crday 60 minutes after I was
convicted one of the 1urymen passed
me and said: Branch, don't you think
we got through with You quick?" l
turned to him and recognizing him
and smiled. | said it was a made up
thing. ] smiled because I saw some
thing good in him. re said I could
not do anything with tho other five
men. / told them that we had no evil
dence in the world to convict Branch,
and they said they were going to vote
for verdict OH account Of this book he
wrote, and told them, L didn't know
how they could do such under their
oath.', [ did not know the man.
About the book: Labor Commissioner
Garrett had both books in court,
which action will cause The Appeal to
Justice to go to tho Supreme Court
with my case, If need be. s',
This is not Branch case If Branch
alone is only before the Court; it is
nothing less than a race case. The
little flip County Attorney abused the
writer on account of The Appeal to
Justice. The Appeal to Justice de-
nounced injustice only. The white
man who dislike that has race pre-
judicc. The 1arpoon Is loved by men
of his type who hate my race. That
same sheet in the March issue, saith
the Editors that he would rather see
Germany, Japan, China and Mexico
conquer the United States than to see
the Negro rule" The writer sent the
Postmaster General a copy, but he DID
not take any action or make q reply
to me. I have come to the rescue Of
my race, when in trouble, and I now
call upon the race to helm this case at
once and not let it stop until it reaches
the Supreme Court Of the Nation.
The County Attorney declared
would not answer questions to the jury,
because I did not tell some of the
private business, however I did an
swer some questions the Court told me
I did not have to answer. Will you
say with me, the fight is on?
I am respectfully,
REV. 70. G. BRANCH,
Postofflce Box 48, Galveston, Tex.