Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-21
BROADCASTING LIES
ON SOUTH MUST STOP.

the South, must supp anu H4i'li
Griffin, writing in the Griffin
News and Sun, goes about stopping
this practice in vigorous manner.
The occasion for the effort is found
in a dispatch from indianapolis,
which is quoted under the caption
ats a Lie, Gentlemen" as follows
lows:
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug.
18.-Governor McCray was ask
ed yesterday to investigate al
legged threats of mob violence
made against Clarence Crenshaw,
negro of this city, who is said
to have been unjustly convicted
of attempted murder in Georgia.
Crenshaw, VINO was a Pullman
porter on the Southland, a
through train Of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, was arrested aft
ter a fight with a white man in
the wash room Of Q sleeping car
near Griffin, Ga, according tC
statements filed with the COVER
nor.
Frank Duffy, of indianapolis,
secretary Of the United Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners
of America, who witnessed the
fight, declared in a statement to
the governor, The negro acted in
self defense, after being attacked
by the white man,
"The case was placed before
Governor McCray by Crenshaw's
wife and Hazel Sparks, a sister,
who declared Crenshaw is in
danger of being lynched. Cries If
Take him out and string him
up" were heard in the court
room during the trial, it is
charged.
Governor McCray will inves-
tigatd the whole matter with a
view TO determining if an Illegal
injury has been done an Indiana
citizen, it was said"
Commenting on this Editor Crit
fin of the Griffin News and Sun
writes that the bave clipping APP
peared in one of Saturday morn
ing's papers under an Indianapolis
date line. 1t is relative to a trial
that took place in SpaIding superior
court last Thursday in which Clar-
ense Crenshaw, an Indianapolis
negro, was charged with assault
with intent to murder Thad Huck-
abee, a prominent and popular
business man of Albany, Ga.
The court house is a place of
justice, says Editor Griffin, and
if ever a person got justice, Cren-
shaw got his share with about
two and three-fourths bushels
of mercy thrown in for good
measure. He was ably repre-
sented by four good attorneys
who put up an eloquent plea in
his defense and the trial was fair
and impartial in every respect.
at was brought out that Mr..
Huckabee boarded the train late
at night, paid for a berth on the
sleeper and started to Atlanta.
When the train was approaching
Griffin the negro awakened him
and told him to get up as they
wanted the berth. 2he@a was alb
solutely no reason in the world
10 wake a mon who has paid for
for a berth while the train is
that far from its destination SO
early in the morning when he
had boarded it late at night.
The negro was reprimanded
for awaking him SO early and
fight ensued. Mr.. Huckabee is no
physical match for the negro and
according to affidavits of reput-
able physicians, serious wounds
were inflicted-wounds that
were likely to produce death.
And this took place while a
northern man looked on and did
not attempt to stop it. Instead
he goes back North and starts
spreading a bunch Of slanderous
lies.
Now for the clipping in ques-
ton. First we will note where it
says the negro was said to have
been "unjustly convicted of at
tempted murder in Georges"
The writer was present when the
jury returned a verdict of guilty
of assault and battery, which
carried a penalty of twelve
months. Had he been convicted
of aattempted murder, then sem
tence would have been pretty
close to ten years, so that part
of the article is untrue.
Further down it goes on to
say that "Cries of Take him out
and string him up were heard