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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-03-10
TOuchin9 Recital of CHASTITY
Orirne===GuiIty Man Filled with
Ren7Orse attempts Suicide.
PURYEAR AND WEST
PERFECT APPEAL.
MAKE FORMAL MOTION TO SET
ASIDE REFUSAL TO GRANT
MANDAMUS WRIT.

F. E. Puryear and Eugene West,
being represented by Attorney W.
W. Foreman and Attorney w. l..
Davis on March 5, 1928 petiioned
for writ of mandamus to force
the colored Knights Of Pylhias to
accept them back in.p the former
Status and moved The court to set
aside a Judgment entered for the
order February "a and gran: a re-
hearing of the case. The motion was
over-ruled and the petitioners noted
exceptions. The petitioners will ap.
ply to She Supreme Court for a writ
of error.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-03-10
AUBREY COUSINS INDICTED BY
THE GRAND JURY

Although Judge J. Eo2e Ri ks
dismissed the charge of rnur y
pending against Aubrey Cousins.
the 16-vear-old youth, who shot and
killed William Hartman, February
1, 1928, on account of having
struck Cousins sister with a snow
ball, he was indicted last Monday
by the grand jury of the Hastings
Court upon the same charge and
again arrested. The day for his
trial has not been set.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-03-10

At the Coroner's inquest. Char
lotte Russell said 81 live at 241S
q. Main Street. Minnie Todd lived
in the front room, upstairs, at this
same number. On Saturday night
the 3rd Mack Patterson knocked the
latch off the door to Minnie's room
with an axe. Minnie and Mack were
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-03-10
IN SCOTT'S MORGUE.

Just two blocks below Minnie
Todds remains were in casket in
Funeral Director R. G. Scott's
morgue. The man in the yard Of the
house, where the murder took place
said he had orders from the agent
10 see to it that everybody moved out
of that house at once and he was
giving them until midnight to va
cate. He said that Patterson had
"cut the other man out' and then
the other man had "cut him OUT.
This was the sordid story told about
this place in the underworld.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-03-10

Planet "extras" were sold during
last week and on last Sunday.
Murder cases were featured.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-03-10
TRICKED HIS SONS TO DROWN
IN CANAL
4
Canadian War Veteran Lays the
Blame on Nagging of Woman
With. Whom They Were :
Living. ,

CHICAGO, March "a father
today. confessed that he had tricked
his two small sons into plunginy
to their deaths in canal by teli-
ing them that if they followed his
instructions they would see their
dead grandmother.
George Chisholm, 80 years old,
of Indiana Harbor, wept as he told
how he had caused the drowning
of the boys, George, Jr., years
old, and Edgar, 8, whose bodies
had been taken from the industrial
ship canal less than two blocks
from their home in the Indiana
town. The bodies were found eight
days apart.
Broke Down
Chisholm broke down within a
few minutes after Chief of Police
James Regan, of Indiana Harbor,
had taken him from his home to
the police station. He said he did
away with the boys because Mrs.
Helen Lawrence, the woman he had
been living with, nagged him con-
tinually because there -crc too
many mouths in the house to feed.
at was the night of February
6th," Chisholm began. 81 came
home about $50 in the evening. l
had made up my mind for her
sake to get rid of the two boys,
and l told them to put their little
chinchilla overcoats on and come
with me.
Only a Block.
"The canal is only a block and
a half from the house and down
there they were building a big new
wharf for the Great Lakes Dredge
and Dock Company. l led the boys
down to the canal and up the
bank.
Wanted to See Grandmother.
"And when / got to the pier I
asked them if they wanted to see
their granny in England. You see,
Chief, they didn't know their
grandmother was dead and they
were always talking about her.
They both nodded and smiled and
said they did, and I told them if
they would do what / told them
they would see her.
81 told them to wrap some wire
about their waists and fasten il
together. It was dark and lone.
some and windy there on the
canal bank, but they weren't afraid
and they did it. While they fast.
ened the wire I stood shivering
When they had 1T fastened TO- them.
selves helped them twist il. to.
,gether and then l kissed them
J ooh, Chief, wish had then
back. I've gone down there every
night since and stood on the very
spot where they went in trying "a
get up the nerve to jump in myself
But / couldn't do it. | hadn't the
icourage.
"After they were wired together
/ told them to walk out on a great
big crossbeam. They walked out
there together. Goodbye, papa,
they called, and I called back
Goodbye Then I said 'Jumpt
and there was a splash, and they
were gone"
AS Chisholm finished he almost
collapsed. He was given time to
recover himself and then was led
to the bank Of the canal, where he
re-enacted the scene.
The Planet is only $500 per year,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-03-10

Rev. w. H. Skipwith, the we'll
known evangelist, called on us last
week. He was looking well.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-03-10
CAME FROM NORTH CAROLINA

Both of them had been residen s
of North Carolina. The case was
continued. Mack had no lawyer and
he did not seem to have any immed-
late friends, who would interest
themselves in securing one for him.
His appearance was that Of man
just coming from under a spree, al
though he was not drunk. This
added one more to me long list Of
tragedies in mis- city. Patterson said
the shotgun used did not belong to
him and he declined to State as --to
who II belonged. It appeared 80 be
comparatively new. Wish the COM
ing OF the patrol wagon, he was
hand-cuffed to his partner and short.
ly afterwards was conveyed to ne
civ Jail, where he will begin a term
in the penitentiary should he escape
The electric chair.
He stated thaa he resided at 24f8
E Main Street. The remains #
Minnie Todd were turned over to
Funeral Director Robert C. Scott and
relatives in North Carolina are ex-
peeted 10 have charge of the re-
mains.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-03-10

The Planet is only $500 per year,
5 cents per copy.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-03-10

argu ng about this Sunday morning,
In the afternoon of Sunday, saw
ann lying on Minnie's bed sometime
between 4:3O and 700 o'clock. He
had a key 10 her front door.
KNOCKED AT THE DOOR.
about 9:15 Sunday night while
was in the kitchen next to Min
nie's room. l heard someone knock
at her door. She said, Who is that!
A mans voice answered, "Me. l
could not recognize the voice. She
wenit to the door and opened it and
then I heard shot. Louise Russell.
Edna Hunt and three children were
in the kitchen with me. We were
scared and cIawled under the bed.
HAD SHOT MINNIE.
'I didn't hear the man come up
the steps or go down. did not see
the man. After while. one of the
girls said she believed some one had
shot Minnie. Then we heard Minnie
say: Somebody do something for
me. You don't know how bad of
am. came from under the bed, lit
the lamp in Minnies room and SOW
her lying on the floor in her room
near the door, bleeding. Minnie said
she could not see who shot her, but
that she believed it was, Mack.
WANTED TO KILL THREE.
Minnie had said Sunday that when
she was trying to get Mack out OF
her room that Mack said he was
going to hurt her. He said there
were three women he wanted to kill
her. a woman in Chicago and his
wife. Minnie was taken to st.
Philips Hospital. Belas Charles, Sc
cond Street and another man, q
stranger to me, were in the room
ar the time of the shooting. / saw
them go out through the KITCHEN"
THE SCENE.
visited the scene of the tragedy
last Wednesday morning, where
Minnie Todd lost her life. I called
at the house, 20 N. 25th ST., where
Joe Blake lived upstairs. Those
persons downstairs said that Mack
Patterson went up into Joe's room
that night. They did not know
what he got out of there. AS mat
ter of fact he had broken open the
door and taken the single barrel shot
gun. There is no fence between the
lot and he evidently went in the
back way of 241S E. Main St..
upstairs and when Minnie Todd
opened the door, fired at her at close
range.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-03-10
BOTH MARRIED.

He got after her about it on Sun
day night. He had words with
her. They Quarreled. He wen1 out
and when he returned, he proceeded
to- fire ather as the door was opened.
The charge landed n her left high.
He estimated il to be around 10 P.
NJ. In response to further questions
he stated hat Minnie Todd had been
married, bui was not living with her
husband. He had been married hut
was not living with his wife. He
had no. been working for a month.
When he last worked. he was en-
ployed at -he Lucky Str 'ke Tobacco
Factory and this other man worked
;here now. u
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-03-10

argu ng about this Sunday morning,
In the afternoon of Sunday, saw
hlm aying on Minnie's bed sometime
between 4:30 and 700 o'clock. He
had a key 10 her front door.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-03-10

Mack Patterson shot Minnie Todd
with a shotgun Sunday night at her
residence, 1920 e. Main ST. She
was hurried at once to St. Philips
Hospital where it was deemed ne
cessary to perform an operation at
once and her left leg was amputated,
The weapon used was shotgun aud
the wound was of such a nature as
to make life impossible, the only
chance being in the removal of Tie
limb. The charge from the gun put
out the light in the room. jealousy
was assigned as the cause. The case
was called in the Police Court last
Monday morning, 9Th inst, Judge
John L. Ingram presiding. Prior 10
the opening of the court, Pat
terson was brought in by the detec'
tives. The original charge read as
follows:
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-03-10
ADMITTED HE SHOT HER.

After Court adjourned, went over
to the pen and called for Mack Pat
terson. He was reclining on bench
and moved slowly to the barred en-
closure, where he said in reply to
queries: "Yes, l shot her. I had a
reason for shooting her.. Further
queries brought out the Information
that he had a quarrel with her 4
short time before he shot her. He
had been going with her for about
two months. He claimed that he
was downstairs in this same house,
on last Friday night, when he saw
her go upstairs and go to bed with
another man. He named the man as
being Henry Perry.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-03-10
THE ORIGINAL CHARGE,

Mack Patterson, c Sc Labor.
N. C.. 242O E. Main st. unlawfully
and feloniously shot Minnie Todd
with intent to- main. d'sfigure, dis
able and kill Minnie Todd. Wit,
Minnie Todd, j. A. Waters, C. 3.
Hoy. w. A. Griffin, r. l.. billiard
Arrested by j. A. Waters, F. A,
CSmpadonico". This charge was
changed to one for murder. The
unfortunate woman died at the hos
pital at 1880 Monday morning. Ser
geant Wiltshire had charge of the
case. He expressed the opinion that
a first degree murder charge could
be maintained against Patterson.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-05
MANY TO ATTEND
WORKERS SCHOOL.
IN NEW YORK CITY
Several Classes Closed
to Late Corners

The registration for courses in the
Workers School for the fall term
has been so heavy during the past
week that the school administration
has been compelled to close certain
classes to further registration. No
more enrollments will be accepted
for MARKHAM Economics, l, Prin-
ciples Of Marxism, I monday eve
ming class. Registration for the
following classes will be closed on
Friday: Speech Improvement, which
is given on Tuesdays from $50 to
$3.50 p. M; Platform Speaking, Mon
days from 7 to 500 p. m, and Fun
damentals of Communism, Wednes-
days from 7 to 500 p. m.
The class in Fundamentals of
Communism scheduled for Thursdays
from 7 to 500 p. M, with Janet
Cork as instructor, will have its
first session today at 7 p. m.
About Is classes will begin next
week. A list Of these will be pub
lished in next Mondays issue of
the Daily Worker. Workers are ad-
vised not to delay in registering,
due to the fact that heavy enroll
ment is compelling an early close
to the registration period for GER
tain subjects.
Those wishing to secure the free
catalogs for themselves or for any
workers organization that they may
belong to can get them at the Work
ers School office, 1928 Union
Square.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-05
SAY CAPITALIST
RELIEF BODIES
Disseminated
Negro Workers Were
Worst Sufferers

The Negro Workers Relief Com
mittee has launched a campaign to
collect funds and clothing for the
Negro sufferers in the recent West
Indian hurricane, according to a
statement sent out from the ma
tional offices Of the committee at
461 Lenox Ave-, this city. The ac-
ton is taken as a result of the per-
sistent stories in the Negro press
of race discrimination in the dis
trfbution of relief in Florida. The
statement says:
"The Negro Workers Relief Com
mittee, bearing in mind the expose
Of the rank discrimination practiced
against Negro sufferers in the Mis-
sissippi flood and reading in the
Negro press that the same sort of
discrimination is being practiced in
the distribution of relief, has de-
cided to put its full force into the
work of raising and distributing re-
lief in the stricken areas.
eve have already dispatched a
field organizer to Florida with in
structions to check up on these per
sistent reports of race discrimina-
ton in the distribution Of relief, as
we'll as to report on the exact needs
of the situation as far as the Negro
sufferers are concerned.
eve have no desire to clash with
other relief bodies nor to duplicate
the work done by these. On the
contrary, we shall at all times be
glad to cooperate with other bodies
to prevent duplication of effort, etc,
but we cannot overlook the fact that
the majority of sufferers in the re-
cent storm are Negroes, that of the
Florida dead they constitute more
than IS per cent by reason of the
prejudice and segregation which
herded them into flimsy shacks
along the bikes in the swamp coun-
tries; nor that these Negro dead
have been counted like dogs as the
Jacksonville Sentinel (Florida Ne
gro newspaperl says, in comment
ing on the fact that the names of
the white dead were reported by
the press while only numerals were
used for the Negro dead. We can
not ignore the implications of the
photographs published by the Ne
gro champion of the little match
hox houses in which most Porto
Rican workers are forced to carry
on precarious existence. Negro
workers also constitute the mass OF
refugees now roaming the swamps
and flooded countrysides of Florida
without shelter and in many cases
without food.
1.-THE Negro Workers Relief Com
mittee calls upon every Negro to
rally to the succor of our unfortu-
nate kinsmen in Florida and the
West Indies. We call as well upor
those sympathetic whites who are
willing to help us in the task Of
raising funds for immediate relief
and for rehabilitation of Negro vic
tins of the storm. Checks anC
money orders should be sent tc
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-05
Workers Party Activities
SECTION . Conference.

Section = Conference.
All unit and subsection function
(Communist) Party will meet at a
conference TO be held Mopdav. y. m.
at the Workers Center, 1928 Union
So. The immediate aspects OF the
election campaign will be discussed.
All must be present.
Subsection Be.
An open air meeting will be held
today, at p. m. at goth st. and 9th
Ave, under the auspices of Sub-sec-
tion BE.
Unit 20, Subsection ST.
Unit &c, Of, will hold a special
mobilization meeting to take up the
new work of the election campaign
on Monday, $50 p IN. at 10S E. 14th
St.
Bronx Section Y. w. L. Hike.
The Bronx section of the Young
Workers Communist League will
hike to Tibbets Park Sunday. The
members will meet at the following
stations before 9 a. m:
us E. 138th St; Daniels in charge.
400 Boston Road Binde in charge.
27OO Bronx Park East; Stein in
charge.
2O75 Clinton Ave; vosk in charge.
From these stations, the young
lawn station of the Jerome Ave. line,
meeting at 11.S0 a. m. promptly
Executive, Subsection Sc.
The subsection Executive Conn
mittee Will hold a very important
meeting on Monday, Oct. at 6.15
p. m. at 101 w 9th St.
New Jersey Speakers Conference.
The next New Jersey Speakers
Conference will be held at the Work
ers Center. SO Mercer St, Newark
N. j., on Sunday morning at 10 o'clock
October Z. Comrade Eve Dorf will
speak on Unemployment" All New
Jersey speakers are to attend this
conference without fail.
Subsection BE.
Open-air meeting will be held to-
day at p. ms at 39th st. and 9th
Ave.
Be If.
A meeting will be held of Unit BE
I F on Tuesday, Oct at Sis p. m. at
1O1 w. 9th st.
BE Of.
| Unit Sc Of will hold meeting on
| Wednesday, Oct. 10 at els D. M. al
101 w. 27th St
BE international Branch.
A meeting will be held of BE Inter
national Branch on Wednesday, Oct
s at p. m. at 101 w. 9th St.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-05
YANKS WIN FIRST
FROM CARDS Al
Jingoes, Labor-Hating
Judge Open Game
Continued from Page One

Continued from, Page One
ing rather formidable crutches, and
in the fourth the $70,000-a-year
Bambino smashed another double
between Hafey and Douthit After
Cehrig had rolled out to Sherdel,
Meusel, the phlegmatic, woke up the
Cardinal outfield with a fly which
dropped over the bleacher wall for
a home run. Ruth and Meusel hob
bled home together.
Waite Hoyt turned in one of the
best pitching performances of his
career and except for Bottomley's
tremendous home run in the seventh
inning had the Cards eating out of
the hollow of his hand
Low Attendance.
The attendance proved to be far
below the $4,000 expected, and
there were many empty seats. The
publicity bilge that flooded the
country for days in advance evil
IDENTIFY found quite a number refus-
ing to swallow.
/ George Pipgras will pitch tomor-
rows game for the Yankees and the
veteran Grover Cleveland. Alexander
will be in the box for st. Louis.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-05
WilmingtonWOrker to
Hold Party on Oct. 7

WILMINGTON, Del, Oct. 4.-The
international unit Of the Workers
(Communist) Party of this city will
hold a house-warming party at its
headquarters, 713 Market St., on
Sunday, Oct. 7, at 8 p. m. The af-
fair will celebrate the opening of
the first Workers (Communist)
Party headquarters in Wilmington.
All workers living in Wilmington
have been invited to attend.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-05
WORK ERSTO TAKE
STEPS Y FIGHT
ON FREIKEIT BAN
Conference to Be Held
Next Wednesday

A huge conference of representa-
tives Of all militant working class
organizations has been called by the
Freiheit, Yiddish Communist daily,
to take steps to fight the ban placed
on the newspaper by the Canadian
government. The conference will
be held next Wednesday evening in
the Workers Center, 1928 Union
Square.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-05

Do1Vn To1Vn
N. MUSLIN,
1873 Avenue B;
MILLINERY WORKERS
LOCAL 43,
$40 Broadway.
SOLIN'S RESTAURANT,
216 East 18th. Street;
ZELEG'S RESTAURANT.
Is Second Avenue;
LIDSKY'S BOOK STORE,
202 East Broadway;
FURRIERS JOINT BOARD,
% East 22nd Street;
CLOAK MAKERS JOINT
BOARD,
16 West 21st Street;
RATIONAL VEGETARIAN
RESTAURANT,
1919 Second Avenue;
DAILY WORKER,
1928 Union Square.
MILLINERY WORKERS
LOCAL 43,
4 West 37th Street.
Harlem
HEALTH FOOD vEGETA.
RAN RESTAURANT,
1900 Madison Ave.;
TOTENS WEINGORTEN
(Restaurant),
26 East 109th Street;
UNITY ARBEITER
COOPERATIVE,
1900 Seventh Avenue.
Bronx
RAPPAPORT & CUTLER
(Book Store),
1910 Southern Boulevard.
UNITED WORKERS CO.
OPERATIVE,
200 Bronx Park East.
Brooklyn
OKIN'S DRUG STORE,
White Plains & Allerton
Ave.
Brownsville
]. GOLDSTEIN Cook Store)
365 Suffer Avenue;
Boro Park
MAX SNOW Drug Store)
4224 18th Avenue;
Bath Beach
MALLEMANS Cook Store)
1903 goth Avenue;
Williamsburgh---
LEISVA,
46 Ten Eyck Street.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-05
REACTIoNARIES LOOT.

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 4.-Reac-
tionaries looted the railroad station
at Verdia, near Guadalajara, today,
hurting bombs on the train. The re-
dictionaries were driven off.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-05
THERE is NO UNEMPLOYMENT

MONTREAL, Que, Oct. 4 (UP).
A. Olsen committed suicide today
by placing in his mouth a dynamite
cartridge connected by wires to an
electric light fixture, then turning
on the switch.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-05
GODS AIMEE IN LONDON.

LONDON, Oct. U.D.-Aimee
Semple Mcpherson, California evan
gelist, arrived at p. m. today from
Norwich.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-05

Henry t. Hunt, treasurer, Negro
Workers Relief Committee, 461
I.enox Ave, New York City"
The Negro Workers Relief Com
mittee was formerly known as The
Committee for Miners Relief AS
such it raised several thousand dol
lars for relief Of the miners in the
coal strike, in which many Negro
miners took part. The committee
has national offices at 461 Lenox
Ave-, where its relief machinery is
already in motion.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-05

The Election Campaign Committee
OF the Un-ArCo-o operative has ar
ranged ratification meeting on
Friday, October 18th at the Park
view Palace, 9Th Ave. and 10th St,
ana concert and dance on Friday, Oc-
tober 26th at the same place. The
full proceeds of these affairs will go
towards the Election Campaign Of
the workers (Communis) Party.
All labor organizations are kindly
asked to keep these dates open.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-05
uno Campaign AID Negro Sufferers the Recent West Indian Hurricane
Fraternal Organizations

Local n It. U. E, l..
Local ~ of the Trade Union Educa-
tionAl League will hold its annual
Dance on October 10 at the Park
Palace.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-05
school Cntnlogs out!

School CatalORs out!
Workers School catalogs are now
out Registration is on now. All
unit agitprops should get catalogs
at the school office and devote
special meeting of the unit to the
Workers School.
Bronx Y. w. L. Notice.
All members of the Bronx branches
of the Young Workers (Communist)
League are required to report at 2075
Clinton Ave, for final mobilization
for the signature drive.
Lower Bronx Y. w. l.. Notice.
The Lower Bronx unit of the
Young Workers (Communist) League
has postponed it's indoor mass meet
ing for one week until Sunday, Oct.
7, 3 p. m, at lis e. 13Sth st. Prom
inent speakers will address the meet
ing.
District women's Committee.
The district women's committee
will meet Saturday, l p. M, at the
Workers Center, 26-2S Union Square.
other meetings at p. m, those who
wish to attend this meeting should
be prompt.
Women Work Organizers.
Section Women Work directors,
Cdli at dlSlIlCl OlIlCC LII tlICblFt' -
and posters and arrange for their
distribution.
international Branch 2, Sec. S.
membership meeting will be held
Monday, p. m, at 51l Hendrix st.
All members must be present as a
roll call will be taken.
Section 1 Functionnries.
A conference of all functionaries
of Section l of the Workers (Commu
nisD Party will be held Monday, 8
p m, at so st. Marks Pl. All organ
izers, financial secretaries, l. l.. d.
and club directors, literature agents,
agitprops, and women's work or
ganizers must be present A roll call
will be taken, and the absentees will
be reported to the discipline COM
mittee.
Bath Beach Y. w. l.. Meet.
membership meeting of the Bath
Beach unit of the Young Workers
(CommunisD League will be held to-
night at 1865 Bath Ave, at p. m.
All members must come on time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-05

Centre Obrero de Habla Espanola
Will hold a dance tomorrow at 9 p. m.
at SIS w. 18th St. There will be
Spanish American music played.