The St. Paul echo., 1925-12-26
CITIES RANKED IN
ORDER Of MONEY
AID FOR DEFENSE
New York, Philadelphia Lead in
Sweet Trial Fund; st. Paul
Beats Minneapolis.
Nearly$22,OOOPa aid Out
Detroit Alone Raises More Than
$4,000; Obtains Bail Bonds
for Eleven Defendants.
IN A. A. C., P. Press Seryice)

: IN. A. A. C. P. Press Service)
New York-The two leading cities
in the drive of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Colored
People to raise $4,000 Legal De-
tense Fund, are New York with
$2,793.31 and Philadelphia with
$2,550.
The $1,601.94 raised at the New
York mass meeting addressed by
Clarence barrow brought that city
into first place.
Chicago Third.
Chicago is third in the list with
$1,760; Cleveland fourth with $1,000
and the District of Columbia fifth
with $959.79. The other cities OF
districts which raised 500 or more
in the order of their contributions
are as follows:
Richmond, Va, $750.67; Northern
California, $500; Toledo, Ohio
$446.57; ST. PAUL, MIMI, $3.50;
Springfield, Mass, $3.50: Newark
N. j., $304.3S; Louisville, KY.
$500; Pittsburgh, Pa, $239; Indian,
apolis, Ind, $22S.S5; Denver, Colo.
$216.05; Buffalo, N. Y, 5000; New
Bedford, Mass, 5000; Lexington
KY, Stills; Yonkers, N. Y.
$167.34; Staten Island, N. Y.
$162.44; Akron, Ohio, $15S; Nyack
$3.50; Omaha, Neb., $144.15;
Durham, N. c., $142.3O; Columbus
Ohio, $141.3S; MINNEAPOLIS
MIMI, $12S; Long Branch, Cal.
$125; Hartford, Conn.,, 1928; Port
land. Ore, SLABS; Fort Wayne
Ind, $113.62.
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, Sc
Fifth Ave-, today made report Of
expenditures in the trial of DR.. and
Mrs. Sweet and nine others in De-
troit, showing that the total cost oil
the first trial was $21,938.69, which
was expended by the National Office
and the Detroit Branch of the N. A
A. c. P. and city-wide committee Of
Detroit citizens headed by the Rev
Joseph Gomez.
The expenditures of the National
Office of the N. A. A. C. P, totalins
$11,377.74, included attorneys fees
of $4,000 to Clarence barrow, $4,000
to Arthur Garfield Hays and $1,000
to Walter M. Nelson. For travelins
and living expenses of attorneys and
witnesses, kilograms and long dis
lance telephone calls, court and at
torneys' stenographers, and bal
bond fee, the National Office spent
$3,377.74.
Disbursing Committee Works.
The Detroit Branch of the N. A
A. c. P. raised in all $6,137.64 and
appointed disbursing committee
consisting of its vice-president, M. L
Walker, DR.. E. A. Carter and J. w
Cooper, both members of the execu
tive committee of the branch. This
committee, which established a spe
cial bank account and made all its
payments in series of SIS numbered
checks spent a total of $5,811.15
leaving cash balance Of $326.49 In
the fund of the Detroit branch
Among the disbursements of the
branch were payments to investiga
tors, witness fees, legal fees of $4O(
to each of the three local colored at
torneys in the case, fee of $3.50 t.
Walter M. Nelson, transcript of the
court record, meals to defendants
while in jail, printing, telephone.
and kilograms and advances to meet
obligations of the imprisoned de-
PENDANTS.
The city-wide committee, under
the leadership of the Rev. JOSEPH
Gomez, raised fund of which GER
tain sums were expended in conjunc
ton with the Detroit branch of the
N. A. A. c. P. through a Joint com
mittee appointed for this purpose
These sums so expended totalins
$2,650, include $1,000 to Clarence
Darrow, $500 each to Cecil Rowlette
Julian Perry and Charles Mahoney
the local colored attorneys in the
case, and $3.50 to Walter M. Nelson
The city-wide committee reports q
balance of $500.
Bail Bonds Announced.
Bail bonds for all eleven defend.
ants who have been released from
prison were obtained by the Detroit
branch of the N. A. A. C. P.
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