Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-11-08
Lynch Justice At
Work
BY B. D. AMIS

have become the most el1ecCiVe Wea-
pom used by the "boss" class to
keep the black and white workers
divided and to lower the living stand
ara3 OF the entire working class.
Lynchings rise in number and saw
age cruelty as the present economic
crisis deepens. The white ruling class
attempts to perpetuate hatred a
mong the Negro and white workers
through a carefully planned system
of poisonous propaganda. Through
lynchings this same class attempts
to keep the workers more sharpely
divided and thereby prevent militant
acaon on the part OF the Negro
masses to fight against their terri
BILE exploitation and the most saXaSe
and brutal forms Of oppressla
long as the black and white WORKERS
are divided so long will the bosses
be able to exploit greater profits
from their labor.
The Negro toilers feel the "impar-
tialty" OF the capitalist judicial
machine which refuses to convict
the terrorist agents OF the bosses on
charges of lynchings. A few accounts
of the latter are given which show
the utter necessity OF conducting a
decisive struggle against such afro
cities.
A mob of 1000 persons composed
mainly of business men and respect
able officials, took Jimmy Irvine,
Negro worker, from the custody OF
the sheriff at Ocllla, Georgia, anr
lynched him. To justify this baroa-
rous act and make it appear as
"yirtuous" act, the bosses press &C
cusation was that Irvine had attack
ed the daughter of a farmer. A
standard slanderous lie, that the
bosses criminal agents always use 20
clear the lynchers.
A blood tnlrscy mob, led by the re-
spectacle local Lankers and bosses,
sat SHED its lust by lynching a %
year old Negro woman at barDars
Juact on, North Carolina. They had
overlooked accusing this old grand.
moLner of attempting TO rape
some virtuous wn4Ce masters daugh-
ter. Such an excu.e would hold god
under this bosses lynch-Ju.tlce OF the
South.
In April, John H. Wilkins, pull
man porter was taken from rain
at Locust Grove, Ca, and lyncned
for no other reason Jhal he smiled
|, at whiCe woman In the preform-
srce OF his duties. Only the iloW-
ers" OF southern knighrnood, so no.
BILE and so upright, VINO nave never
raped a Negro young girl can gaze
u.ou sucn vifIu4v, do q Aeiiiaie "--l1e
skin.
Dave Harris was shot to death
by Inou "a lOV me.i d. IIoSS~dIS,
MISS. This moo Of degenerate agents
ol Lne IauulordS was Tiled WIN
rae" haLreu, The KInd spread Ny
the bosses w Keep Jne wo.hefS ulViu-
ed. They did not realize that they
were taxing tile lie o. II proIllef
Worker MAv belonged 10 the WORK
lay ~IaoS OI Which Lney We're d LafI
and which they were betiaylng by
tnelr acts.
Ne.ro workers are not alone lynch
Ell, DuC WnILe MoIkefS aiSJ. l. e Lu-S-
es WAil have The LLd.Ian woihef ue-
neve ne is ''DeLcer Luah Tie L oI.sl
worker; the German worker "Supe-
rlor" " the hAeAi-ah mvAher w..
Inerepy, one group is plCLeu against
a..v.nSr, aIu vile uosseS carry Oh
their eXploitive methods. Under such
c.A...-.s.---I-~s, o....i AAo~a-, ~ "At'S
WorAer was lyncued aC rant CIIy,
fla.
In Walhalla, S. c., Allen Green, a
5U year v.u i,esfo WoinSf, a-Suseu
u a..a.k..g wIliIe Woman, was
TAKEN IRON Ja.l anu lynvneu ny
l.uu WnIcI overpowefeu aiiu injured
the sheriff. AS a result or an inTeSli-
6a..vA, w L.Ie 6oveiuoi, 1our uieh
were neiu anu 4iILeen were feleaS-
Ell on DondS. Alter one postpone
menL the SevenLeen lyicnerS were
urvughG 10 JriaI. Inc Juuge decIar-
ed that it was too not 70 SAL through
long legal DaGJleS ana discontinued
the lrlaI. JusL,ce WORMS III inIi acu-
lous way when the workers ana es-
pecIally the negro workers are IN
VOiveu. 1t Is an unWrICCen law or TIE
BOSSES tIlaC IyncnetS small not ue
puulsneu; II would pc a LraVeSty On
lneIr JuScice.
In hansas, an insane Negro, Clar-
ence hayes, VINO escaped from tne
Hospital was attacked Ny the SherII
anu CITY marshal. In Che lIght mat
followed, the snerliI was killed, SO az
was SaIu, by hayes. now an unafm-
eu Insane n.an wno was aLIacheu by
two armed city OFFICIALS could kiii
the Snerlu we leave To be explained
by the want exporters or Kansas. a
posse formed anu pursued hayes 70
a ned. There ne TOOK refuge penlnd
q grazing COW, but reanAlng ms
couu4..vI., he stepped out, MAIDS in
ar, anu olIereu w SURRENDER. DE
was riddled with bullets.
one VI the muSr LarDarouS crimes
committed was by moo or thou
sands OF persons IN Sherman, lex
a.. Leaolng and lnsGgaUlng TINS
mob, were The business men or the
town, the white ruling explolters,
the oppressors Of the Negro Joliers.
Iney sec lire to the Grayson County
Court House, crematlng alive. Geo.
hughes, Negro worker. The char
RED body was taken from the RUNS,
fastened with chain to car and
dragged through the streets of the
Negro section. The lifeless body was
strung to tree. The business men
then proceeded to destroy the pro-
perty of the Negroes,
Within a week another Texas
gang of the BOSSES terrorists sent a