The Omaha guide., 1932-10-08
ALI WHITE JURY AGAIN FINDS
EUEL LEE GUILTY

III D wln Continue Fight

Tousrr Md-tCNAf-After a trial
in which every constitutional and hu-
man right vas denied the defendent,
ar a.l-utite jury here pronounced
Fee Lee Orphan Jlnesl guilty on a
frames charge 1f murder. The yer
dlt M h-aaEhr NJ at 1880 pa the
morning. af September 26.
DAVID LcFrs1u and Bernard AIDES,
attorney flr Lee hired by the Inter
rational Lab-r Defense. immediately
arr-sl rHa- they would hle a Pc
t u-h tha 1alr- flr a new trial, on
the ground -aat the panel from which
Lee v Was drawn vas Improperly
drawr lp. ana lu rhe further ground
tas- tse existence W Jim-Crow laws
and regulations n Baltimore County
made up1sh Ie for 4 Negro r0
ota q har TRIAL They say IT was
impossible far -he jury not % Be i'm
asenrel by tha prevalence of these
pur-c
should tne neW trial be denied. Lev
iuslH said tas III L 10y wll once mole
ase -he case 90 the Circuit Court OF
Appeals
lee uas framed last October for
the murder q Green X. Davis. white
farmer of 1ayl8rsriLe. Nd and MS
family IVY fear ne barely escaped
lynchlnE beng rushed in the jail
h11se 5y a b1ss-n1Ited lynch mob.
The International Labor Defense
wsn- % ms aid. and demanded a
change ~ venue from the lynch-ridden
Eastern Shore Lsvinsou and AIDES
fouEhs for the inclusion q Negroes
Cd che jury that tried Lee. After an
aIl-White jury here. il January. had
returned q verdict e guilty, the /. L
p. lawyers f1uEht for and obtained
= reversal AZ the decision on the
ground q the exclusion Of Negroes
from izries in Maryland over q per
iu1 - more than % years
Every door q the Towson eourt was
heavily guarded on the opening day
a ire trial The judges warned the
workers gathered II the court against
any Concentration u sympathy for
Lee.
Judges and attorneys for the state
unite1 n 4 t0orh-and-uzil fight during
the ulal - prevent the inclusion Of
Nexroes On the jury.
TIE warning ~ the !. r. ID. that
Mar land coErs would rry 70 evzde
tire inclusien q Negroes or juries was
shc~u -c he justified II spite 0f the
decisioa q the Court x Appeals, the
courr n-aneauTered matters 70 obtain
another aL-whire jury
Three Negroes-George Evans. Roy
Nolan and John Pinknsy,-whose
HAmes ~ere proposed for jury service.
were accepted without question By the
defense 5u- removed hE Psremptory
challenges 1f the states attorneys.
Lunson demanded that the murder
I'll against Lee q glashed ca the
EuzHd rn1t ~ Negroes had been in
eneed "a ths grand jury that found
the Indictment TIE motion was de-
rie1
Lnso- nsE demanded . change
ct venue uz 80 ground that urejudica
- Erurg against Negroes here. IL
pointed OH the existence of para-e
sections IL the courtroom. epara+e
Eash-r1o-s stc The motion was ~
MED Jzrgs 7 Sco1 OEur stating -bs-
segregation here i voluntary
Levnsc1 demanded ! copy " tbs
transcript q tha first trial. which -bs
defense ms never received. TIE ~.
guest was Gszisd
Lernson challenged the legality d
the jury panels cn TIE ground w IN.
exclusion ~ Negroes from he en-
IurT that found the Indictment Tn.
5EEes wsn- iHrn executive cha-be-
f1r A. hour; then returned 70 den,
the mrtior TIE court also refused r
Permit Judge Il Bailey. az Worces
tsr Co1uty. where Lee vas indicted
70 testify concerning the method a
selecting grand j1ries il that court-
although Judge Bailey had been sub