Evening star., 1922-01-31
SON WAS BETRAYED,
+ DECLARES PASTOR
Rev. James Bullock Tells Of
Situation Which Sent Off,
spring to Canada.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
OTTAWA, January 3O.-The Rev.
James Bullock, colored. Of Washing
ton, D. c.. father of Matthew Bullock.
is In Canada and watching closely
the developments. now that the litiga-
tion necessary to settle whether his
son is to be extradicted from Canada
by the Washington authorities is un-
der way.
The Washington clergyman told
many unusual incidents; why he
moved from Norlina, N. C., to Wash
iingtOn; the difficulty he had in get
ting coffin and hearse and properly
'burylns younger son who was
lynched at or near Norlina. and EN-
IphatlcaHy protested against his son
Matthew being taken across the line.
Canadians who heard his story do not
wonder that he is opposing either ex-
tradition or deportation.
How Did NOrlina Learnt
How did Norlina learn that Matthew
Bullock was in Hamilton? That is
the question that has been on every
ones lips since the beginning of the
now famous case.
1t was practically settled when a
reporter interviewed Rev. James Bull
luck.
Mr.. Bullock was found resting in
the parlor of sympathetic colored
family in the east end of Hamilton,
Ontario. He was worn out and tired
showing all over his face the worry
which has been his for the past twelve
months. since his sons flight from
arrest here Rev. Mr.. Bullock was
utterly exhausted when he first reach
ed Hamilton.
Though each of them felt the meet
ing keenly. there was no emotion
when father and son met After the
salutation the father uttered words
of encouragement to his son. telling
him that friends were fighting in his
interest and advised him to pray
to his God for support and assist
were quoted. and after !. few min
utes of friendly conversation Mr..
Bullock, ST.. left.
II How did the Norina authorities
first learn that your son was in Ham
ilton?" This was the first question
which the reporter put to the Rev.
Mr.. Bullock.
II Says Son Was Betrayed.
"My son was betrayed from here.
was the reply II would. not know
that and we would all merely be
guessing about it had it not been
for the fact that I was in Norlina
at the time when the letter describ-
came from Hamilton. 1t was not
from the Hamilton police, but was
from some private Individual" Mr..
Bullock added that this person must
have been very close to his son in
order to be able to get the photo
graph, and was. in fact. comrade.
While they were not certain. they
had a pretty good idea who that per-
son was.
asked as to what percentage of
the white population of Norlina har-
bored extreme hatred against the
black population. Mr.. Bullock replied
that. they nearly all did.
"Oh, there are few good people
there, just as there are everywhere,
but there's a whole host of bad
ones," he said.
Feeling still ran pretty high be-
tween the two races in Norlina, Mr..
Bullock said. and he had been in an
excellent position to judge this as he
visited Norlina since the arrest of
his son. Although there had been
no more riots since the fatal one in
| which his son was concerned. Mr..
Bullock continued, that for black
there could be no justice in Norlina.
Il don't want him to leave Canada
if 1 can help it," he said.
III "He is as innocent as you or l."
Now that all this fuss has been
III ra is,ad = what are the chances for a