The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-05

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Arthur Woodall of Stevenson, Ala,
merchant and deputy sheriff, had re-
piled to question concerning the
removal of the Scottsboro boys from
the train on which the alleged at
tack took place. Knight clapped his
hands as Woodall stepped from the
witness stand,
Leibowitz angrily asked for the
mistrisl declaration, but Knight
apologized to the court and asked
the jury to disregard" his actions.
Woodall, incidentally, had admit
ted that all he found upon searching
the boys at the time of their arrest
was two knives and fifty cents, thus
contradicting Victoria Prices story
yesterday, of many knives and guns"
In demanding mistrial, the de-
Tense attorney said that such action
is unprecedented in a courtroom,
especially by the chief prosecutor of
the State" Continuing, Leibowitz
said sarcastically: Knight told me
he is interestd in getting fair trial
for the boys, but his action doesn't
show it"
A tense scene took place in the
courtroom yesterday at the height
of the REORGANIZATION Of Vir-
ginia Price by the defense lawyer,
when man arose, and muttered:
LET'S GET LEIBOWITZ."
He was searched for arms and es-
corted outside by several national
guardsmen before the incident was
generally noticed. Today a fight be-
tween two spectators over the issues
of the case brought more guards in
the courtroom.
Mrs. Patterson In Court
When the morning session opened,
Mrs. Claude Patterson, mother of the
Negro boy on trial, was seated beside
her son near the defense table. The
crowd began to gather around the
courthouse as early as six o'clock in
the morning, and the courtroom was
jammed throughout the day. Negroes
from Decatur and the vicinity con-
tinued to come to the court in large
numbers.
w. H. Hill, depot agent of Paint
Rock, was the first state witness to-
day. He claimed that he saw the
Negro boys and the white girls COM
ing off the same car, and declared
that he heard the girls complain
they were raped.
Under cross examination by Leibo-
witz it was brought out that Hill
never before testified in previous
trials, indicating clearly that he was
carefully coached by the prosecution.
Moreover, Hills testimony exposed
sharp contradictions with the testi-
mony yesterday by Victoria Price
and the other witnesses of the previ-
Gus trials at Scottsboro. Recalled to
the stand later, Hill said in answer
to questioning by the defense, that
two boys came off the train at Paint
Rock"
Liars Contradict Each Other
Rom Rousseu, the second witness
called today by the state, declared
that he saw the Negro boys running
along the top of freight cars at Paint
Rock and getting off at different
cars, thus fatty contradicting Hills
testimony and supporting the defense
claim that the boys were on differ
ent cars and did not know what was
happening. Significant also is the
fact that Rousseau described the girls
as wearing coats, while Hill declared
they wore only oyeralls.
Despite Victoria Prices testimony
that she fell off the freight car at
Paint Rock, becoming unconscious,
Hill said on the witness stand that
he saw her standing by the cars.
Lee Adams, a farmer of Stevenson,
Ala, followed Rousseau on the stand.
He confined himself to stating that
he saw the Negro boys and two white
boys thrown off the freight cars near
Stevenson. AS testimony of the state
witness proceeded it became evident
that the prosecution was busying IT.
self entirely with refurbishing the
already discredited testimony of Vic
toria Price.
Still Another Version
The next prosecution witness, Dob
bins, of Stevenson also, testified that
ne saw one of the Negro boys keep
a girl from jumping off moving
train, a short distance the other side
of Stevenson"
Using Dobbins' testimony at the
previous frame-up trial, defense at
torney Leibowitz showed glazing con-
tradictions with his present story.
At the previous trial, the attorney
showed, Dobbins said he saw two
girls-now one. At that time he tes-
titled that he was standing about 100
yards from the railroad track upon
which the freight train was passing
this time 1t was 80 yards. At the
previous trial, too, he saw white
boy on the train-now he saw none.
Moreover, photos presented by the
defense show that 1t is impossible to