The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-13
DEFENSE RESTS
IN SWEET Case,
TRIAL NEAR END
ShOw Protection of the
Police Is Useless
BY c. o'BRlEN ROBINSON
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DETROIT, Mich, May II Both
the defense and state In the trial of
Henry Sweet, rested their case. Or.
osslsn II. Sweet was the last witness
for defense to testify after which Mr..
Clarence barrow declared his case
rested, subject to the possible call Of
one moro witness.
In the testimony os lDr. Sweet, 1t
was brot out how ineffective police
protection has been in similar cases
where Negroes were involved.
Police 5eatInss Mentioned.
In cross-examination. Or. Sweet said
that he was influenced in making GER
tain statements to the police due to
his fear of physical injury If he did
not do so. When questioned by Prose
cutor Toms regarding other cases Of
police beating prisoners, DR.. Sweet
said that he had read Of such cases.
When Toms asked for a specific ex-
ample of such an occurrence, Chawke,
assisting barrow in defense, asked
Toms If he meant to infer that people
have never been beaten by police.
Toms requested that the statement
by Chawke be stricken from the
records and intimated that Judge
Frank Murphy was showing prefer
ence to the defense counsels.
Read Free Press Articles.
Excerpts from an article published
in the Free Press July IL, 1925, during
seige of other disturbances due to
Negroes moving into white neighbor-
hoods" were offered by the defense as
evidence. They read in part
John w. Fletcher, 942S Stoepel
Ave, two blocks from Eivernois and
Plymouth avenues, the Negro who is
to be charged with causing grievous
bodily harm in connection with the
shooting of white youth, Leonard
Paul, Is years old, 1868 Prairie Ave-,
Friday night, relieved be situation in
his district by movingYout yesterday
after less than 4S hours tenancy. ="
THE storm centers fire considered
to be American and Z heman avenues
where Vallington A. Brihtol, Negro un.
dertaker, still occupiesI the home he
recently purchased thefte in the teeth
of demonstrations of thee successive
nights, and a reside4ce on Prairie
avenue near Grand Rikfx. avenue. ="
Tell Of KIai Meeting.
"A big ku klux khan meeting, attend
ed by more than 10000 persons, was
held on West Fort street, a mile west
of Lincoln Park village last night. A
member of the Tennessee branch of
the organization, stan&ing on a plat
form illuminated with the red glare
of fiery crosses, advqcteed laws to
compel Negroes to livelonly in certain
quarters Of the city. II
ITO maintain the high standards
of the residential district between
Jefferson and Mack avenues,
meeting has been called by the
Waterworks improvement Association
for Tuesday night in tile Howe School
Auditorium. Men and women Of the
district, which Includes Cadillac, Hure-
but, Bewick, Garland,i st. Clair and
Harding avenues, are asked to attend
in 'self-defense.'
An Advertisement Also Read.
1.-THE advertisement announcing the
meeting carries the following ques-
tons:
"'Do you want to maintain the ex-
listing good health conditions and en-
vironment for your little children?
lido you want to see your neigh
borhood kept up to it's present high
standard?"