The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-07


defense of the 60-year-old Negro
farm hand, Orphan Jones. The law
yer and his two companions were
threatened with lynching several
times during the day. All three were
badly beaten up. Robawsky received
damages in one of his eyes and is suf-
fering from internal bleeding.
AIDES, accompanied by Helen Mays
and Robawsky, had gone to Snowfall
TO file motion for a change of venue
for Orphan Jones, who is to be placed
on trial for his life on a framed up
charge OF numbering a rich farmer of
Worcester County, and his family.
Judge Encouraged Lynch Gang.
When they got to the court house,
they found the court crowded by rich
farmers, local merchants and their
hangers-on. Lynch threats were
flung at them. The clerk of the
court and Judge George Bailey open
ly encouraged the Iynching atmos-
phere, both at first refusing to ac-
cept the motion for filing. The
judge repeated the slogans of the
lynch gang to bring Jones here"
This demand was resisted by the I.
l.. d. attorney, who pointed out that
there had been already several at
tenpts to lynch Jones at Snowhill.
ard that the presence of the large
threatening crowd showed plainly
that Jones would not have a chance
II he were b~ouoh5 to Snowhill The
der'and of the JUDGE to bring Jones
TO Snowhill was later repeated bv a
deleoat'on of leaders of the lynch
gang who presented an uItimatum to
the I. L. D. attorney to produce Jones
in Snowfall
Given 20 Minutes To Leave Town.
AT noon, when the I. L. D. LAWYER
and Felen Mays went out to lunch
they were surrounded bv the. hostile
boss lvnc''ers -rr'7irtv of the leaders
followed them into the lunch room
and there, gave them 20 minutes "to
get out of town if you know what's
good for you"
An appeal by Helen Mays to Sher-
iff Pennel to- protect the attorney
was IGNORED, the sheriff telling her
to wait a minute He then disap-
pesred diit did not return.
When they returned into the court
hoise the situation became worse.
and Helen Mays decided to call up
the office of the I. L. D. in Balti-
moe. Her requests TO be permitted
70 use one of the phones in the
oui ding weredenied. She then re-
que sted that deputy accompany her
eer oss the street to enable her to
to make the phone call. This was
also turned down. She then decided
70 cross the street by herself. When
she returned to the court house she
was searched,~and when pistol was
: found in her pocketbook, placed
under arrest,--The warrant for her
arrest was sworn GU thy Mayor Byrd
: ana the leaders of the lynch gang.
she was placed under $500 bond.
Car Tempered With
In the meantime, their car had
been tempered with and when finally
She judge permitted the filing of the
motion for change of venue for
the Negro farm hand. they were I'M
eble to leave town. On their way to
the car they were again attacked. All
three received blows on the head. The
two men were badly beaten up. The
anger of the gang was especially di-
rected at the l. L. D. attorney be-
cause OF his refusal to bring Orphan
Jones to Snowfall SO the rich farmers
could lynch him.
Finally the sheriff permitted them.
to enter the jail. Under pressure of
the I. L. d. attorney, he then pro-
vided car te take them out of
Snowfall, explaining that the only
reason they had chance to escape
was that the leaders of the gang had
gone after corn Whiskey in order
further to inflafne the crowd.
This brutal attack occurs at time
when the imperialists are intensifying
their terror against the Negro masses
and rushing their preparations for
war against the Soviet Union and
when the workers and colonial
masses are preparing to celebrate the
18th Anniversary of the proletarian
revolution and the overthrow of cap
italism in Russia, and the emancipa-
ton CT the national minorities.
fagro, white workers All out Mo-
vember 7! Defend he Negro Masses!
Defend the Proletarian Revolution!
Defend the Soviet Union, the citadel
Ct the world revolution against cap
italism and its race hatred poison and
starvation program for the massesl
The International Labor Defense
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