The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-01-02

boss," and walked away. A court
house clerk invited himself into the
discussion and defended Starks, vol
unteering himself as a character
witness. Hackett demanded that
Starks be prosecuted for assault in
the first degree. Mr.. McAvoy looked
up the legal points involving the
proper filing of the charges and a
stenographer made copy of it. The
charge was signed and sworn to by
Mr.. Hackett. A hearing was ar
ranged for on this day and then post
poned until May 81. On the 31st,
the hearing was again postponed, be-
cause the defendants attorney was
trying another case. The case came
up about a week or ten days later,
and the defendant, Negro Starks,
waived for court.
Several Points of Interest
1t might be we'll at this point to
stop in our narrative and touch on
several points of interest. The bull
let which was fired from Negro
Starks' gun imbedded itself in the
automobile door of the vehicle used
by the committee in making the trip
to Negro Starks' barber shop. Po-
lice Officer Cook took the bullet from
the door where he found it imbedded
in the upholstery. Also keep in mind
that the committee of the Groveland
Park Improvement Association which
waited upon Negro Starks used no
foul, threatening, or abusive Ian
guage in their conversation at any
time at Starks' barber shop. 1t is
alleged that Probation Officer Zolle
told Hackett and Fredrickson that
Starks had been informed that COM
mittee from the Groveland Park I'M
provement Association was coming
to see him. Doesn't it appear that
the shooting was premeditated!
Aren't there grounds for questioning
Negro Starks' statement to Zolle that
he had heard of rumors that the Ku
Klux Klan was after him?
AS Zolle is alleged to have told
Fredrickson and Hackett that Starks
knew of their coming, it seems rather
queer when we read in Mr.. Zolle's
report to the Court wherein he men,
toned Starks' Klan excuse. At the
meeting of the Groveland Park I'M
provement Association, an unidenti-
fed man leaned over towards Hack
ett and told him that all he would
have to dc would be to present e
resolution to Starks, as the Negro
would know they were coming. We
have tried to find out who this man
was, so that we might be able to
trace some things that are of much
interest. We would like to know why
it was necessary to warn Starks and
there are a lot of other people who
would like to know that, also.
Judge Sanborn Gives Opinion From
Bench
Coming back to our story, Mr..
Fredrickson, ct al, secured a tempo
rary injunction restricting Starks in
the erection of barber shop on the
building line point of contention.
Arguments were heard in June, be-
lore Judge Sanborn. Judge San
born said that if the ordinance of
1921 were valid a permanent injunc-
tion would be in order, but he did
not consider this ordinance valid.
Upon this opinion from the bench,
Starks felt at liberty to resume oper-
ations for the construction of his
barber shop.
Fredrickson, ct al, now carried the
case to the Supreme Court and Sc
cured another temporary injunction.
Attorney Peter Hage went to Starks'
lot on st. Clair St. where men were
excavating and told the laborers to
stop work, in that an injunction had
been issued by the state Supreme
Court, to prevent, temporarily, fur
ther work in the erection of the bar
ber shop. Ernest Starks, the son of
Turner Starks, turned to the work
men and said, dad says go ahead"
and Immediately work was resumed.
Hage and Hackett then got a Court
Order, citing both Starks for con-
tempt of court. The Temporary in
junction issued by the Supreme Court
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