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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-11
Rites For Capt.
Norvin c. Ward
Set For Today
Southern Railway M a n
Died Here From Blow
On Head

ASHEVILLE, Feb. 11.-Fun-
eral services for Capt. Norvin c..
Ward, Al, Southern Railway con-
ductor, who died Thursday in a
Hendersonville hospital from in
iuries he received when struck
on the head by a piece of coal,
thrown allegedly by Willie Smith,
negro, will be conducted at $3.50
O'Clock this afternoon from his
home. Parkman avenue, West
Asheville.
The Rev. J. B. Grice and the
Rev. T. A. Groce will officiate.
Burial will be in Green Hills
cemetery.
Mr.: Ward is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Essie Ward: three
daughters, Miss Clarice, Mildred
and Emogene Ward; one son,
Harold Ward; two brothers. Gro
yer and Clint Ward: and one sis
ter. Mrs. Pat Bailey, of Ashe-
vile.
Active pallbearers will be R.
L. Cape, J. A. Forest, w. NJ.
Ransom, C. C. West. +. E. Lofts
and j. C. Blackwood.
Honorary pallbearers will be:
w. l.. Pucket, w. F. Cooper, M:
L. Chunn, T. w. Jones, Harold
Laborne, H. P. Morris, J. T.
Sanlin. w. P. Nelson, H. NJ.
West, J. f. Ballinger and J. Q.
Porter.
Mr.. Ward has been an employe
of the railway for % years.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-11
Icy Roads Cut
Attendance At
League Dinner
Five Chapters Represent
ed At First Annual
Methodist Event

Although TIA tickets had been
sold for the first annual banquet
of the Hendersonville Epworth
League Union of the Methodist
church, lev roads last night held
the attendance to IS. The ban
ouet was held at the First M.
f.. church here, with five chap
tiers. Moores Grove, Mills River;
Fletcher, East Flat Rock and
Hendersonville. represented.
In the absence of ]. c. Sales,
of Fletcher. J. ]. hurry, of Hen,
Jacksonville, was the principal
speaker. The program also in
cluded READINGS by Miss Lorene
Sumner, of Hendersonville. songs
by the East Hendersonville quar-
tet and a vocal solo by Clyde
Jackson, a member of the quar-:
tet. J. c. Coston. president of
the union, was POSTMASTER.
The attendance banner was
awarded to the Hendersonville
chapter. A sumptuous supper
was served by ladies of the local
church.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-11
TEMPERATURE
SUB-NORMAL
Two Above Zero Is Cold.
est Yet Recorded Dur
ing This Month

The mean temperature for Feb
ruary to date has been 1854 or
slightly more than three degrees
below the normal of 1913 for the
month. figures compiled today by
T. w. Valentine, local weather
observer, showed. Mr.. Valentines
observations also show a maxi
mum of 60 for the second day Of
the month. and n minimum of 2
for Thursday Of this week.
Although the greatest daily
range for any one weather re-
porting day which falls between z
D. M, of consecutive days was 35
degrees, the maximum on after
noon of February 8 was 81 de-
grees and the minimum, probably
around sunrise the following
morning was above zero.
Mr.. Valentines observations
and summary for the first ten days
of February are as follows:
noto Nav Min Mean l'rcC'n
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-11
GUILT NOT ADMITTED BY
EXTORTION CASE PRISONERS;
PLANNED TO SPLIT MONEY
Roanoke Woman Freed
Under $4,000 Bond;
Men Fail To. Make
Bond OF $4,000 Each

ROANOKE. Feb. 11.-(UPl-
Without admitting guilt, Joe Bry-
ant, 10, of Roanoke, told depart
ment of justice agents during the
night he and Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
man Harvey had planned to di-
vide $4,000 if they had been
able to cash the bogus check
planted near here in a cache for
persons trying to extort $50, 00C
from Col. Charles A. Lindbergh.
Mrs. Harvey was freed under a
$4,000 bond but the men were
held in defaul: of $4,000 bond.
The federal warrants issued
yesterday for arrest Of Bryant,
Harvey and Harvey's wife. spe-
officially charged them with send
ing letters through the mails in an
effort to extort $4,000 from Col.
Chas. A. Lindbergh on the threat
of kidnapping his second son.
U. S. Commissioner Chas. Fox,
Jr., who received the warrants
from U. S. District Attorney P. Y.
Parsons was expected 10 hold 4
preliminary hearing at 1890 a.
M. Monday.
All three of the defendants de-
MED any knowledge of the al
legged plot, which was declared
frustrated Thursday when their
arrests followed Bryant's attempt
+o "cash" 2 $4,000 check at the
State and City bank here.
Robert C. Johnson. chief of the
/ Roanoke bureau of identification,
said he had been assigned to the
case when Roanoke authorities
were notified indirectly by Colonel
Lindbergh of the letters post
marked Roanoke. He assertedly
posed as a special agent" fol-
Lindbergh and agreed to leave the
, $1,000 bogus check in a tree
stump near here.
The kidnap threat letters re
vealed by police today displayed
unconscious or studied illiterac!
so crude as to be almost unread
able. One letter said. in part;
"Col. Lindbergh. Sir ] am SOY
nv that l can't write English goot
but | hope that you have read m!
other letter. | told you that
wanted money to go away from
the USA my home is across tn,
ocean and must have 100000
fifty thousand or l will get you
baby. Don't that we can get l
! for we can and will if it take
years. | am sorry that you pait
YOUR money to the rong ma,
when | now that he did not ge
your other baby and if you no
publish it your baby have be,
with you to day but you broad
cast and it was in all the papers
| He died of new monia. we have
no warm plake to stay now l d.
not want this little baby we wan
the money and it will be cheape
to pay us the $4,000 your chile
is worth to you, we will leave Thu
country and you can have you
child always and no more to wor
ry about xxx"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-11
SAY JAPANESE
Are Modified
IN .lEH0L. NOW
Last Of $4,000 Troops To
Engage In Campaign
Reach Province
AMERICAN FLEET TO
REMAIN In PACIFIC

GENEVA, Feb. II. (UP)-
Thirty thousand Japanese troops
are approaching their allotted
positions for the Japanese drive
on Jehol province, the Chinese:
delegation to the League Of Ma
tons charged today. The last
of rs Japanese troop trains were
said to have reached Chinese soil.
TOXIC, Feb. II. (UP)-Rear
Admiral William V. Pratt has
decided to keep the combined
American fleet in Pacific waters
because of American uneasiness
over the Japanese situation, it
was believed in high quarters
here today.
Authorities unofficially said it
would be childish to give any
other Interpretation to Admiral
Pratt's announcement the fleet
would be kept on the Pacific
until July l. 1884.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-11
HEAVY GLAZE
HOLDS UP CITY
TRAVEL TODAY
Streets Are Deserted Of
The Usual Saturday
Crowds
UTILITIES ARE NOT
DAMAGED BY ICE

Icy sidewalks, streets and high
ways made travel difficult for pc
destrians and motorists alike this
morning, and as a consequence
Hendersonville's business district
was without its usual large Satur-
day crowd.
While no accidents of serious
nature had been reported up to
noon, dozens Of automobiles had
slid off the streets and highways
and many Of the motorists had to
summon help before they could
proceed. Scores Of persons en-
ployed uptown left their cars at
home and skidded to work on foot.
AS was the case Wednesday when
the mercury dropped to 2 degrees
above zero, a new low record for
February. garage men were the
busiest persons in town today.
The icy condition was caused
by sleet and rain which fell Fri
day evening and then froze over
night. forming a solid crust over
pavements and covering all tree
limbs until they bent low under
heavy weight. The ice had melted
slightly this morning, but the thin
coating of water thus formed
served only to make travel even
more difficult, especially for pc
destrians. Utility companies re-
ported little or no damage to lines.
While the mercury has risen
about 80 degrees since Wednes-
day morning, relief from the cold
wave may not last. A dispatch
from Chicago today said that a
new frigid blast was sweeping
down. from northern Canada jus
as the nation had partially recor-
cred from the worst blizzard i'll
81 years.
Indications are that the new
blizzard will reach as far south as
Hendersonville, and is likely to be
as severe as the one earlier in the
week.
Although the glaze which was
experienced here was a heavy one
and extended as far south as
GreenvilIe, and far northeast
and northwest. Harry Hernandez,
manager of the local Western
Union office. said that no wire
trouble had been experienced
from it.
The trains were also running
on time with the exception Of the
Carolina Special. which was held
up an hour and ten minutes this
afternoon. This, it was said at tho
Southern railway office, was on
account of waiting for another
connection.
The bus services were approx
mating schedule, none of them
running later than 20 minutes,
and no trouble had been reported.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-11
Kinsland Thanks
Those Who Aided
Insurance Ranges Up To
$4,000 On Each Worker

appreciation for the coopera-
lon Of volunteer workers in the
stoyery Of the seven men buri-
IN the landslide on Wednes-
~ at the Blue Ridge Lime COM
SSay quarry was expressed by
psy kmSiand. general manager.
Inc accident, he said, would
hinder operations at the
lafry, and every precaution will
'aHen to prevent further IN
f45y Or loss of life.
'ne men were insured with
Fidelity and CaSulty COM
Eay, Of New York, through the
de Industrial commission I'M
TIE wOrkmen's compensation
HE policies were handled by
[igene and Goodman. o. Ashe-
Eme' and 4. c. Goodman, presi-
o| sand yesterday that it was
poSSIole to determine the
aO9nt families Of the men
Dalu receive. A number of
fSSSstorS enter into this, he said.
as maximum amount is $4,000
10 ,O the minimum approximately
F]5OO. he said.
L. nese seven victims of the
lug were filling a small cable
H.. with loose limestone and
NJ more cars were to be filled
IN the slide occurred. Posi-.
tS nus OF the bodies indicated that
|byo,. men were in flight wher
H. taken by the large boulder:
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-11
ITO DEAD AND 1000 INJURED
LSESTIMATED TOLL AS GAS
TANK LETS GO IN SAAR BASIN

the hills of Blies Valley, re-
sembled town that had been
bombarded bv heavy artillery for
a long period.
The ruins Of houses and the
twisted mass of the gas tank
loomed queerly into the sky
weird in the flickerign illumlna-
tion from the still burning ben
zol plant.
Stretcher-bearcrs hurriedly re-
cruited among volunteers from
the town and countryside. and
ambulances with licenses show.
ing they came from practically!
the entire Saar basin, passed
here and there on the scene OF
the disaster.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-11

NEUNKIRCHEN. Ger many,
Feb. II. (UP)-Rescue workers
worked feverishly through the
night for bodies of scores killed
and mutilated when the gas tank
of this industrial city in the
Saar basin exploded last even.
ing. demolishing buildings and
spreading death and destruction.
The United Press correspon-
dent was told by police heading
The rescue work in the shatter-
ed area that ut 1880 a. m. 80
bodies had been recovered from
the ruins in addition to seven
others killed in the vicinity by
flying masonry as houses crumb-
led beneath the terrific blast.
Authorities at Saarbrucken es-
timated the dead at ITO, and
1000 injured. They said $50
were seriously injured.
Most of the population Of
Neunkirchen evacuated to Saar-
brucken. Poison gas pervaded
their stricken community. they
related, adding to danger of 9TH
er explosions. A food shortage
also was feared, railway lines
being broken.
The refugees estimated the
dead at more than 100. as unot-
ficially reported earlier. They
said at least 500 persons were
injured by the gas tank explo-
sion.
As dawn approached after a
night of horror, Neunkirchen, a
pretty little industrial and MIN
ing community, resting among
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-11
W. A. Henderson
Dies In County

w. A. Henderson, SIS. farmer
residing on the Tracey Grove
road, died last night at his home,
following a long illness. Funeral
services will be held Sunday morn
ing at II o'cock from the Refuge
Baptist church. the Reverends 5.
F. Huntley and Mr.. Long con-
Quoting.
Mr.. Henderson is survived by
his wife, and the following sons
and daughters: Nun, Lindsay,
Howell, Ronell, and Mrs. Plato
Justus and Mrs. Clarence Pace.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-11
PLAN ORGAN
CONCERT HERE
Public Invited To Event
Sponsored By Music
Club Wednesday

- 'U4der the auspices OF the Wed
nesday Music club an organ con-
cert program will be given at the
First Baptist church next We'd
nesday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock,
to which the public is invited. The
program will be participated in
by the several organists of the
city. and with few exceptions will
be made up of the works OF
American composers for the or
gan, and will be representative OF
their work.
The program will be as follows:
Southern Fantasy --..-.-.... Hawkes.
Miss Mary Brooks
Rhapsodv - Clifford Demarest
Mrs. w. E. Bracket, organist
Miss Brooks, pianist
To 4 Wild Rose $780, Ed. MacDowcll
Bv the Waters of Minnetonka
- Thurlow Lieurance
Miss Myrtle Bennett
Grand Aria for Organ and Piano
Clifford Demarest
Miss Brooks and Mr.. John Brown
Festival Fantasy
-----.-----W. D. Armstrong
The Old Refrain Fritz kreisler
Miss Kate DotsOn
A Dream of Cinderella .
-------N. Irving Hyatt
Miss Elizabeth Cannon, pianist
Miss Brooks. Organist
AS a request number, Mrs. W;
F.. Bracket and Miss Brooks will
render the "Kammenoi-Ostrow
of A. Rubinstein.
This program is open to the
music loving public, and there will
be no admission charge and no
silver offering will be taken.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-11
VICTIMS
FUNERAL WILL
be ON sunday
hint Service Set For Four
Dead At Fletcher High
School
|MIAURY OPERATION
70 RESUME MONDAY

i,int funeral service for four
y, ne men who lost their lives in
:, slide OF the Blue Ridge Lime
= Stone Quarry on Wednesday
/, asroon will be held Sunday ut
4 D. H., from the auditorium Of
H. h;gh school at Fletcher.
roincideut with announcement
=, these arrangements, came the
|.,,,snent from Solicitor J. Will
b. :, Marion. that an investi-
1s,iop Of the disaster will be made
1, an early date.
/ Vr Pless stated that he did no.
|sssm an investigation essential,
En- hat, in view of the fact thai
h rsny lives had been lost, ne
|kso,si he would see if there was
,rrG;ng he should do.
| Mainline. Way KinSland. gen.
'. bal manager of the company,
H. offices at ASheville has made
|Erown that the quarry will re-
Elne operations on Monday. By
Esea. he said. the quarry will have
hen cleaned out sufficiently to
|o,,inue work there, and the walls
XII have been Inspected 10 insure
Itfr safety.
The joint services at the Fletch-
b high school Sunday will be
ktn for James Moore, Styles
TsSo. Frank Praetor and Will
TS.sn. four of the FIVE white
hen gho met death. A separate
tgrssal service for Hosea Ship
hgar vi be conducted at the New
|Sa.en Baptist church at Skyland
j. Il o'clock tomorrow morning,
he Rev. John Crane, of Ashe-
bic, viii Officiate.
funeral services for Walter
to,Ens, negro. will be held at Pad
Ey's chapel, Fletcher. at 3 O'Clock
t.nOrrow afternoon. Interment
Bill be in the chapel graveyard.
BOwser Collington, the other
ksgo killed. will be buried at
B. Johns Baptist church. near
Fletcher tomorrow. The hour had
bot been decided last night.
Members Of the families of the
Hour for whom joint services are
|tO be held have invited the follow
Bag ministers to participate: The
|Rey. ". L. Lewis. pastor of the
Fletcher Baptist church: the Rev
n. A. Melton. of Fruitland, prin-
ripal Of the Fletcher school, and
he Rev. Mr.. Rogers, of Fletcher
The victims are survived by thu
Believing:
James Moore, %, by his moth,
b. Mrs. ". B. Moore; six broth
Frs, Gather. of Linville Falls
Sidney, Lee. John. Leonard an
calvin. and a sister. Gladys al
b Fletcher. He will be buried al
ae Mt. Gilead Baptist church
bard.
Frank Praetor. 40, by a daugh'
ter, Mia; q son, William Francis
Is parents; four brothers, Mar
pa, an eyewitness to the tragedy
Ssrett, Robert and James; ana
So sisters, Margaret. and Mrs
Sade Ruth. He will be buried al
Pagby.
Hosea Shipman, Al, by a widow
FAo was Miss Eunice Hare; a son
Continued on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-11
Bill Keeling Is
Winner OF Main
Bout At Aiken

Bill Keeling, of Hendersonv,llo,
won over Big Boy Crouch by a
Knockout in the third round in the
main bout at Aiken, S. c.. Thurs
dav night $780, -s--.-.a,.,.-
Pug Hinton, local fighter, lost
an 8-round decision to Ernie Kir-
chen. Kirchen is described by j.
L. 10y as being one of the Best
two-handed fighters ever seen by
him.
Johnny Brock, Hendersonville
lost a six-round decision to Kid
GilIion in another fight on the
card.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-11
PRESS CHAMPIONS THEM

JAMESTOWN, Tenn. Feb. H..
(UP).-The right of Luke Lea
and his son to fair habnas corpus
hearing was defended IN an edi-
torial in the Fentress County
News here yesterday.
Sheriff Laurence Brown arrived
at his Asheville home today, un-
decided about going back to Ten
nessee.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-11
CIGARETTE PRICE
WAR IN'PROGRESS

NEW YORK Feb. II. (UP).-
Ten-cent cigarettes became a re-
atty today as major producers en-.
tered into another major price
war. R. J. Reynolds Co.. Came!
makers, met the slash made by
the American Tobacco company
on Lucky Strikes.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-11
Goth BIRTHDAY FOR
T. 0. LEDBETTER IS
A GALA OCCASION

EDNEYVILLE, Meb. 11.-Mr.
and Mrs Clyde Ballard honored
Mrs. Billiards. father, T. Q. Led
better with a birthday dinner on
February 5. The occasion cele-
brated Mr.. Ledbetter's Goth
birthday and about 16 people
enioyed the dinner. .--.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-11
BIRTH ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Creech Of
East Flat Rock announce the birth
of a daughter. who has been
named Norma Jean, on Sunday,
February 5. Mrs. Creech was the
former Miss Bryan of Marshal,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ.
BRYAN there.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-11
Judge Morrison
Not To Hear The
Lea Proceedings

CUMBERLAND GAP, Feb. II.
(UP).-Criminal Judge J. II. S.
Morrison yesterday eliminated
himself from any connection in
the habeas corpus proceedings in
the fight of the Leas against ex-
tradition to North Carolina. He
said the arrest was irregular.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-11
Cotton Relief
Is Reported Out

WASHINGTON. Feb. II. (UP)
The senate agriculture committee
today reported unanimously the
cotton relief program, Senator
Smith announced.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-11
TO
BID FOR MORE
POWER, said
Reorganization Prog ram
Will Be Theme OF Inau-
gural Address

MIAMI, Fla. Feb. II. (UP)
-President-elect +. d. Roose-
welt in his inaugural address will
emphasize the need for greater
executive powers to permit him
TO carry out his government re
organization plan. his associates
said yesterday.
WASHINGTON, Feb. II (UP)
President Hoover was repre-
scented yesterday by Republican
leaders as being unalterably OPP
posed to Democratic plans to in
vest President-elect Roosevelt
with so-called dictatorial powers.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-11

Monsignor Ludwig Kaas, above
leader of the Catholic Center par
ty in Germany, refused to coop
crate with Adolf Hitler when the
new chancellor planned to seize
sweeping dictatorial powers. HIT
Ter then was forced to appeal TO
the people by dissolving the
Reichstag and calling for new
elections which might give his
government an independent ma
jority. III. s.. ..--. j..
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-11
GOOD AFTERNOON

Chicago plainelothes men fox
trotted around the city's dime.s-
dance halls; then closed them up.
That's stamping out crime, foF
you.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-11
WEATHER

p,rtly cloudy and colder to-
.;,b, and Sunday
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-12-14
Negro Workers On Boulder Dam
Are Jim CrOWed and InsuIted

NEW YORK. CSpecial)- Ne
groes are being denied q fair
share OF jobs on Boulder Dam
by Ole man who believes N jim
Crowsm and who calls al Me-
groes "darkies." IL was revealed
this week when a report was re-
ceived by the National Assoc.a-
ton for the Advancement of Col
ored People from Leland S.
Hawkins. president of the san
francisco branch. who ma IL a
personal investigation at Las
Vegas. New. and Boulder City
ano The dam.
The man is Frank T. Grove,
general superintendent OF the
six Companies. Inc. which hires
most OF the men on the dam.
Mr. Hawkins report quotes him
as saying:
II am going to put darkies to
work as jobs become available
where they can be isolated and
do not come in contact with the
white men.
"Darkies are fine laborers, es-
peciaily when they have a Gar-
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-12-14

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT was
too careful to not give offense
to the South. and the rest Of the
country prone to mob violence,
in the language he used denounc-
ing lynch-murder. What he said
would have been far more effec-
tive If he had been more direct
and simpler, and palmer words
had been used
It seems that the lynch-murder
of those two California two-leg-
ged rats who murdered Brooke
Hart and then threw his bait
tered remains into San Francis
co Bay. was not in vain after all.
It was this terrible act and the
fact that Brooke Hart was white
that had more influence in NOV
ing the President and much of
the country to speak out against
lynch-murder, than all Of the
more than forty -one lynchings of
the year.
Let a few more whites be lynch
murdered and Congress viii be
forced to legislate against mob
violence, lynch-murder!
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-12-14
Boycott Tom Mix

OF ALL THE SHORTSTGHT-
ED and fatuous asses who have
sent messages of congratulations
to Governor Rolph Of California
praising his approval. of lynch
ing, Tom Mix, the Western pic
ture star. is the biggest fool.
Most adults regard Western or
cowboy pictures as bunk" be-
cause they are so unreal and far
fetched and represent a period
when this country was in its in
fancy. How many times on the
screen have we not seen Tom
Nix as an innocent man on the
verge Of being lynched by a how
ling mob until some screen mir
acle rescues him? Either Mix is
a true type of the villanous cha
racters he plays with or his mind
has been sadly warped BY his
work ia the films. It MATTERS
not what has made HIN the ass
he proves to be. Negro theatre
goers should boycott All Tom
Mix pictures. Stay a Say from
theatres where Tom Mix pictures
are showing. Don't help enrich
an advocate of lynching such as
Tom Mix. Let us teach him and
all like him a lesson.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-12-14
CONDEMNED TO DIE
WITHOUT EVIDENCE

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Percy Smith
was found guilty here Tuesday
of a criminal attack on Teresa
fairfield, white woman, and
sentenced to death after the ju-
ry had deliberated 16 minutes.
He was defended by Governor
Mccormick, public defender, and
John Thomas. Smith did not
take the witness stand, nor was
any other witness offered by the
state.
The fairfield woman said she
knew Smith was the man, even
though he had a handkerchief
over his face. She told the court
that her assailant was "insolent"
to her, saying "Oh, YEAH" every
time she said something to him
and that he played her radio
and made himself at home.
She further testified that she
told Smith that If he would go
away and leave her alone, she
would not say anything about
his intrusion. but he refused to
do so.
A confession, alleged to have
been obtained from Smith, was
introduced into the evidence
without objection.