The broad ax., 1921-10-22

" AN ~ ANNas.A udNN
had my religion long time, and we
have gotten along we'll together, for
it has not given me any trouble and
| have not given it any, hence side
by side we have walked getting ready
for the Kingdom, and some day I
expect to step in and meet friends
who have gone before.
There are times that "cuss" words
just will crowd into my vocabulary.
and if you have any Kind of heart.
the same thing may get into your
mind, for when you see the way we
are treated by the hands of those who
execute the law, and then by another
lawless crowd, you would say with
one, I'VE have a heluva civilization"
l am not going to say that myself,
but | am thinking that way. | am so
full of "cuss" this week until | am
just running over. hence let us pray.
Every time there is a lynching,
every time we have mob violence, we
say to the civilized world that the
American white man shows that he
is not capable of enforcing law, and
that he himself is destroying his own
institutions, and some day he will
have to pay the toll 1t will be his
and not mine. for | am going to
serve God and do the right. have
in mind now. David Bum, whose
soul has reported before the throne
of God for assignment either to
heaven or to hell, and those who sent
him there will some day. Now here
is the record they have down for
Bum:
l9l6-Convicted of burglary in Tar
rant County in FIVE cases. Given free
dom at the end of two years service.
July IS, l92l-Robbed City Prose
cutor Raymond Buck at his home.
Aug. 9-Criminally assaulted Mrs.
Clara Connolly at her home on the
Keller road.
Aug. ll-Robbed H. L. Wallace at
Wallace Coal Company.
Sept 28-Criminally assaulted Mrs.
D. w. Simpson at her home on the
Cleburne interurban.
Oct. 1Robbed Miss Lillian Null
key and w. H. Ketchum in Forest
Park.
Oct. Robbed H. E. Crowley and
others at Lake Worth Summer Camp.
Oct. S-Arrested in connection
with six capital offenses.
Oct. Crushed to Dallas County to
prevent NOV violence.
Oct. lO-Shot and killed while try
ing to escape on his return to Tar
rant County to face trial Friday.
He was an accused criminal, and
was in the hands of white men who
were the officers, who would have
to select the jury to try him, and
that jury would have been white men
the Judge a white man, and there was
no way on earth for him to escape
conviction, guilty or not guilty. You
will note that after his arrest it was
necessary to rush him to Dallas
County jail, which is in Dallas. The
mob, am told, was forming, and
the high sheriff got him away. They
formed and followed the prisoner to
Dallas, saying, I'VE are going to
have a coon roasting"
When they reached Dallas, the
Sheriff of Dallas County met them,
informed them that the man was IN
Jail and was going to remain there
until turned over to the sheriff OF
Tarrant County. But that did not
satisfy the mob, they declared that
they were going to have him because
they had travelled all the way from
Forth Worth TO roast a coon and
they were going to do it
The sheriff pointed them to an ugly
machine gun planted in the jail, and
Informed them that it would be used
and used to kill If any one dared to
unlawfuIly enter the Jail.
Il faced them d things IN
France" said a member of the mob