The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-11-21
JUDGE LYLE FREES WHITE
MEN WHO INSULTED
COLORED WOMAN

known as the "Pekin Court district"
evidently did not refer to the white
hoodlums who insult Negro woman
hood. On Sunday Nov 18th, Mrs.
Irene M Gaines, the wife Of Assist
ant States Attorney Harris B. Gaines.
who resides at 1902 Vernon Avenue
alighted from north bound motor
! coach at 33rd and South Parkway and
started to walk east toward her home
when coupe occupied by two white
men drew near the curb and the occu-
pants began calling and reckoning to
Mrs. Gaines to ride in their car and
when she refused to do so and ignored
their attentions they drove their car
all the way to the home Of Mrs. Gaines
and continued to make remarks ID
her, calling Her Baby" and other
objectionable terms When Mrs.
Gaines rushed into her home tie hood
lums parked their car in front Of her
home and continued their remarks.
Mrs Gaines Immediately called the
Stanton Avenue Station and Officers
Lilly and O'Brien were dispatched to
her residence. In the meantime these
hoodiums continued 10 fash their
lights on and off within their car SO
Mrs Gaines could see them from her
window reckoning vigorously for her
to come cut Of her home. When the
officers arrived at the home Of Mrs.
Gaines they found the coupe with the
occupants still parked in front Of
her home They were arrested and
taken to the Stanton Avenue Station
and booked-charged with disorderly
conduct Their cases were set for
hearing before Judge Lyle at the
Pekin Court, 9th & State SITS, Mon
day November 10th.
We understand that among the first
cases tried BY Judge Lyle that morn
ing was a liquor case in which ne en-
tered fine Of $5OOO0 He entered
many other large fines against some
Of the colored brethren and sisters
at,H caer-eJ ~ Ne Lar+ ~, 6,;.,1r Lo..-
lily those who had violated the law
until he reached these two white hood
lums who had insulted Mrs. Gaines.
After the evidence was produced and
t h c ir guilt proved beyond shadow
Of a doubt By evidence that was I'M
contradicted Judge Lyle stated that
he knew the defendants were guilty
but he had given some colored men
the benefit Of the doubt and he was
going to give these white men the
benefit Of the doubt and discharge
them with very mild reprimand. No
attempt was made by Judge Lyle to
find out the character and habits of
business of the white hoodlums but
simply said they looked like decent
fellows and he didn't care to give
them a record. This same Judge Lyle
who was cautious about giving these
hoodlums record did not hesitate to
give records to many colored persons |
who appeared before him who looked
decent and had no previous records. !
Altho Judge Lyle never hesitates to
place heavy fines and bonds upon per
sons who may be guilty of having |
liquor in their homes or who might !
be caught with policy tickets about
their persons and who makes so much !
noise about many minor offenses took
the insult Of the white hoodlums to |
decent colored woman as a huge |
joke The Jurist seemed to think that |
protection to womanhood is very in |
significant i'll comparison with the |
crime Of playing policy or possessing
liquor This is the same Judge Lyle
who has considered cases of disord-
erly conduct against members of the
race Of such importance as to place
them on bonds of $5,OOOOO and yet,
these hoodlums charged with disord
erly conduct were discharged and com
plimented upon their untarnished rec
ords.
Mrs. Gaines has won several dia-
mond and other prizes il literary CON
tests Of this city; for some years was
a stenographer in the Juvenile Court;
during the war was the National Or
ganizer assigned to Girls Work in this
city by War Camp Community Serv-
ice; at the close of this service she
became the Industrial Secretary of
the Indiana Avenue Branch of the Y.
w. c. A. Mrs. Gaines is actively iden-
tilted with the Northern District Fed
Grafton of Co1nred Womeu's Climbs