The Washington times., 1933-11-28
JUSTICES NOTE
SPELLS FINS
To HANC|NGS
San lose Quiet, Members Of
Mob, Exempt From Arrest,
Brag Of Lynching Act

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Q.N.SO The vigilante lynch
ings of Jack Holmes and Thomas
H. Thurmond. confessed killers
and kidnapers Of 22-year-old
Brooke Hart are CLOSED affair"
FINS will be written today by
justice of the peace, before
whom the two men were to be
arraigned on kidnapping charges.
The justice of the peace, Ches'
ter w. Moore. will make an entry
on the official court record OF
the case of THE people of the
State of California versus Thomas
Thurmond and John Holmes"
Ended by Hanging
The entry will read:
"This action was terminated
by the unofficial hanging Of the
above defendants in st. James
Park, November rs, 1885,"
With that notation the lynch
ings of Holmes and Thurmond,
who were dragged by hate-mad'
dened mob from the Old Santa
Clara county Jail, will be official
ly closed.
As the usually peaceful Santa
Clara valley settled down to rou'
tine duties once more, the storm
of comment, both praising and
criticizing the hangings. came
from all sections of the country.
GOV James Rolph, jr., who de-
clared he would pardon anyone
arrested for the good job," was
severely attacked for his state
ment and likewise praised.
Many are Boosting
District Attor ney Fred L,
Thomas said:
"I'm sorry that the law was
not allowed to take its course.
But now that it's Over-I don't
see what we can do shout it,"
Assured no legal action would
be taken against them. members
of the lynching mob continued
to boast openly today Of their
part in the hangings.
Some of them were mere youths,
10 years old and even younger.
There was practically unani-
nous sentiment in San Jose that
justice was done.
Brooke Hart Buried
Brooke Hart, University of
Santa Clara graduate whose
broken body was recovered from
lower San Francisco Bay IL hours
before the lynching. now lies at
rest in a private mauSoleum.
Private funeral services were
held late yesterday.
A guard Of honor, SO University
Of Santa Clara classmates Of the
youth, stood in reverent silence
outside the mausoleum door.
Sheriff William j. Emig, who
was beaten down With his depu-
ties by the lynch mob, was still
in a serious condition in a hos
pital from conclusion of the
brain. He was struck with an
iron pipe.
Trees Must Go
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Park, the public square across the
street from the county Jail, where
Thurmond and Holmes were
hanged while the mob Of 10000
cheered, were boarded up today
by order of the city manager, and
will be removed.
At his palatial home here today,
Alex Hart, father of the slain
youth, hid his grief.
Il am going right back to
work. Brooke and were close
pals. We understood each other.
/ am going to work harder than
ever now in memory of Brooke"
Scenes in the households Of the
lynched slayers were likewise pa
thetic.
Friends Of both families pro-
tected them from the curious.
Mrs. Evelyn Holmes, wife of one
of the victims of the mob, barred
herself. with her two small chill
dren, from all interviewers.
Maurice Holmes, the father,
however, bitterly denounced the
lynching.
Thomas j. Thurmond, father of
the second victim of the lynch
law, was at the bedside of his
stricken wife, reported gravely i'll
from shock.