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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-26
Willie Peterson Case
To Be Taken To the
U. S. Supreme Court

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-The Ala
bama Supreme Court last week
handed down a decision denying a
rehearing in the Willie Peterson
case.
It will be remembered that last
June the Supreme Court affirmed
the decision of the jury in the GRIM
inal court of Jefferson County
where Willie Peterson was given
the death penalty on a charge of
numbering Miss Augusta Williams,
This is the fourth effort in the
Willie Peterson case. On the first
trial the jury did not agree and a
mistrial was entered, the second
trial Peterson was found guilty and
sentenced to death in the electric
chair. From this decision an APP
peal was taken to the Supreme
Court and the high court affirmed
the decision and overruled motion
for new hearing.
Attorney John w. Altman who
represented Peterson in the appeal
to the Supreme Court of Alabama
is now preparing the case for the
United Sites Supreme Court.
There is a strong belief on the
part of the colored people of the
state and many white persons that
Peterson is innocent.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-26
NEW SCOTTSBORO.
TRIAL SETFOREND
OF NOVEMBER

DECATUR, Ala.-Judge w. w.
Callahan, of Morgan circuit court,
announced today that a special
term Of court would be called for
Nov. q, 1888. for the trial of the
scottsboro cases. The announce
ment followed a conference with
Attorney General Thomas e.
knight, Jr., and Judge Horton.
Judge Callahan's formal state
ment consisted of one sentence,
saying:
AT the request of the attorney
general of the state and the sug-
gestion of the chief justice of the
supreme court of Alabama, I win
call a special term of the circuit
court Of Morgan county to convene
on Nov. q, 1888, for the purpose
of trying Scottsboro cases."
The Scottsboro cases which
have become worldwide in interest,
had their beginning in March
1881, when nine Negro lads were
arrested near Part RoRck, Ala, In
Jackson county and later charged
with attacking two white girls who
were also on the train, all hobo
ing their way from Chattanooga,
Tenn.
The boys were tried and eight
were speedily convicted and given
the death penalty, mistrial re-
suited in the case of the ninth on
account of his extreme youth. Al
ALBANIA Supreme Court confirmed
the conviction of seven and re-
missed the sentence Of Eugene viii
liams because of his youth. The
United States supreme court set
aside the other seven.
/ Coming on for hearing last
| spring, Haywood Patterson was the
first to be retired, his conviction
was later set aside by Judge James
E. Horton, because of insufficient
evidence.
Since the original trials, Ruby
Bates, second of the alleged attack
victims, has changed her story de-
nying that she was molested a
board the train.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-26
Maryland Governor
BIames Lynching
On Officers

PRINCESS ANNE, MD.-Re-
sponsibility for the lynching Of
George Armwood. Negro, who was
dragged from the jail here Wednes-
day night and hanged from tree
near the town limits, was placed
Thursday by Gov. Ritchie squarely
on the shoulders of Judge Duer and
States Attorney Robins, of Prin-
cess Anne.
Armwood, brought back here
from Baltimore less than II
hours earlier to face accusations
of lacking an aged woman, was
wrenched from the protection of
rs state policemen "Wednesday.
night and his body was finally
left in a gasoIine-soaked pyre on
the main business corner.
Deputy Sheriff Dryden, warden
of the Jail said some men took the
keys out of his pocket, adding, 1T
was just scared they were going to
get the wrong man."
In a statement issued after the
lynching Wednesday night, Gov.
Richie said:
1.-THE responsibility for the Negro
Armwood being in Princess Anne
Wednesday night rests upon Judge
Duer and States Atty. Robins"
1T told him States Atty. Rob-
ins) that if the Negro was left at
Princess Anne and molested, the
responsibility would rest on him.
He repeated the conviction that
there would be no trouble"
The Governor said that at 6 p. m.
Wednesday, Judge Duer, said he
had personally investigated the
conditions, not only at Princess
Anne, but in other adjacent local
tiles, and assured me that he was
convinced there would be no trou-
BILE of any kind and that it was
perfectly safe to leave Armwood
in Princess Anne"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-26
GIRL IN MALE
CLOTHES BEATS
WAY ON FRE|GHT

NEWARK, N. Ut wasn't so
bad hopping" the milk train. but
when it started travelling at a terri
ific pace, had to hold tight" Lii
liam Vaughan, "a, OF Baltimore,
told police in Hillside Tuesday
night of last week.
CARRIED in a mans outfit, Lillian
was arrested b. Detective H.
Blakeslee of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad police, shortly after she
had dropped" from a speeding
milk train in the Hillside yards.
Weighing about 80 pounds, Lillian
had been hopping" trains from
Buffalo, hoping to get to Baltimore
where several of her brothers and
sisters live.
IT am broke and it was the only
way to reach Baltimore" she said,
pulling out a knotted handkerchief
with several coins knotted in one
end. 81 thought hard before doing
it and when I decided on riding
chose the milk trains. After all
milk is rather substantial"
81 managed to brace myself be-
tween two freight cars" she told
Chief of Police Norman L. San
ford. when the train started
slowing up thought I'd better hop
off, as that's the time the cops
come, and my friend who gave me
these clothes told me to be on
watch for them"
According to Detective Blakes-
lee, she must have Travelled some
25O miles, riding between two
trains. When questioned further by
police she said she had lost her
job in Buffalo and was headed for
Maryland.
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MAN AND WIFE
PALS in CRIME,
JAIL

NEW YoRk-stanIey John
son, %, 14s w. 40 ST., was
sent to Sing Sing prison by
Magistrate Barrett Of the Bronx
court for from 10 to 20 years
for robbery. His wife, named as
his accomplice In various hold
ups, was also charged with him
his week. It was charged that
pretty Mrs. Johnson would ad-
vertlse for a position and after
working a few days would ad-
NIT her husband to the apart
ment so that he could carry off
everything of value.
BY this trick the home Of
Mrs. Robert BloomenthaI, 1906
Townsend Ave., was robbed Of
more than $4,000 in money and
iewelry.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-26

NEW YORK The legal battle
over the guilt or innocence Of Geo
rye Crawford, wanted for murder
in Virginia, shifted from Boston,
Mass. to Leesburg, Va. this week
as the'U. S. supreme court refused
to review crawford's extradition
case.
When Crawford goes frorn Meg
sachusetts to Virginia to face trial
for his life, the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Color
ed People. which has carried on his
fight thus far. VIII 90 with him.
All the machinery of the associa-
ton swung into action this week
behind the murder trial scheduled
to be held about November Is, &C
cpriing to John Gallcher, Loudoun
county attorney.
A sensational legal battle is in
prospect as Crawford is accused of
numbering Mrs. Agnes B. nsley.
wealthy society sportswoman of
Middleburg, Va. Because Virginia
authorities have moved for an early
trial, the N. A. A. c. +. speeded
the perfection ce its defense plans
and called for immediate contribu-
tions to a Crawford defense fund.
1--WE are in the crawford fight
to stay" said Walter White, N. A.
A. c. P. head. todsty- Our preiim-
mary Investigations have cast con-
siderable doubt upon Crawford's
guilt. It appears now that he is
being made the scapegoat for
someone else. The pressing and
immediate need is for funds. This
is going to be a hard case and a
skilled legal defense staff is nee
essary. Attorneys must be retain
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-26

NRA And Negro

WILL THE National Recovery
Act help or hinder the Negro? Pre-
dent Roosevelt and the entire Ma
tional Administration are sincerely
trying to LIT the burden from the
backs Of all Americans.
But there are those who prefer
to send America through the
horrors Of a bloody revolution "a
ther than give square deal to
OAK Americans.
MANY white people in the
South land this is equally true of
the North are dogmatically OPP
posed to Negroes participating on
equality with white people in any
beneficial measures: and they in
sist that in the administration Of
relief and in the application Of the
minimum wage scale there must
be exception to the general rule
when It comes to Negros.p
This Is g dangerous attitude and
threatens the success Of the entire
MIRA program It is a question
which the President may not sue
cessfuily dodge. Colored Americans
must either have the full project
ion Of the "Blue Eagle or else the
entire idea fails.
The Enterprise suggests that the
N.A.A.CP. and other organiza-
tions begin at once to secure facts
to prove that Negroes are losing
their jobs as the direct result Of
the MIRA codes This evidence
must be presented to the proper
officials at once. And if the MIRA
means what it says the Blue Eagle
win protect Negro workers from
wholesale discharge
Organizations which have as
their purpose tile protection Of the
Negro nave "a excellent opportun-
ity to justify their existence. But
they can not remain quiet and in
active while thousands of their
brothers and sisters are suffering
and ask the public to support them.
Immediate and positive action is
needed, at once. Something; must
be done to stop the wholesale dis
charge of colored workers. It is
not enough to say that the ''Blue
Eagle" does not protect us. Let
us present the facts to the proper
authorities and then complain If
nothing is done.
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CLARK FOREMAN
UNFOLDS NEGRO
COLONY PLAN

WASHINGTON, D. c. Especially
Although he doesn't call It seq
regation, Clark Foreman, who has
been made advisor to the Interior
Department of the status Of the
Negro in the United States, is al
ready supporting theory of iso-
lating Negroes In their own COM
munities. built and run by Ne
groes."
The white Georgian, who was
formerly connected with the Rosen-
wald Fund, made this known last
week to a representative Of the
Chicago Tribune in an interview in
Washington. He said that he was
sick and tired of complaining" to
the powers about giving Negro la
Dor a fair deal under the MIRA pro-
visions and preferred to ''see plans
worked out whereby constructive
work can be done"
In explaining his ''plan," he said
that he would like to see Negro
cities built from the ground up,
and pointed out that the project
might begin with what he called
the subsistence homestead plan"
This would allow a small plot Of
land upon which some form Of
food cultivation might be carried
on, and in the meantime, according
to Mr.. Foreman's idea, emphasis
would be placed upon housing.
Self Supporting COLONIES"
with that as municipal start"
he continued, financed by their
own people, and by the Public
Works Administration, they could
construct theid own utilities. with
power and fuel and water develop
ed by their own activities, they
could next turn to industry"
When asked if he did not think
that such development, if carried
out, would place Negro utilities In
severe competitor with white-con-
trolled industry, the Interior adj
visor said that he did not think so.
'.if it were properly planned" lie
said that the greatest problem
that Negoes have is finding en-
ployment for the leaders they have
developed.
Dubois Plan Practical
The Interior advisor added that
he is in complete agreement with
the sentiments expressed recently
IN a speech by DR.. w. e. B. Du-
Bots in which he Crisis editor said
that the Negro should pool his re-
sources, help himself and lift HIM
self by his own bootstraps instead
of depending upon the aid Of alien
people. At the time the speech
was delivered during the eco
nomic conferences IN Washington
last spring-it was thought to be
exceedingly radical even from Du-
Bots, but Mr.. Foreman made it
clear that he though it very practi-
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-26

Keep Away from the Bright Lights"
Says Old Timer, They'll Get You"

seems only yesterday that 1 was
one Of the fools in the passing
crowd. arm in arm with two pref
ty girls. on my way to cabaret,
the rendezvous for the nightly
throng that is looking for pleasu !,
wine and song and such as only
woman can give.
FINE CLOTHES
IN this life, one never thinks of
the hereafter, health or the rainy
day. these important things are or
" secondary. nothing more. try
to picture myself as used to look
fine clothes. money and every
thing, but when I look at my
shabby suit and shoes, this picture
vanishes it was only a dream.
that's all. only dream.
I always live in hope that I viii
have company soon. as you know,
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Dubois Says Literature
On Negro is Propaganda

CHICAGO-All white literature
on the Negro is propaganda" said
DR.. w. e. B. Dubois attending the
Conference here last
week, and all I have written, I
confess as propaganda in favor Of
the Negro, and I don't give a damn
what any one thinks about it."
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-26
White Woman Leaves
Estate TO Negro Boy

CHARLESTON, S. C.-Maurice
Stebman, 10 year old colored boy
will receive the $125, 900 estate of
Mrs. Nancy Stokes, wealthy wild
ow of Matthew Stokes, cotton
broker, who died here October 2.
Mrs. Maggie Stebman, mother of
Maurice was a servant for twenty
five years ia the Stokes home. She
died last April. BY terms of Mrs.
Stokes will, Maurice is to receive
$1,000 year until his is thirty
years old when the entire estate is
to be given him.
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az oLp TlMERl

What am about to tell you
Is . fact, believe II pr not. am
now sixty years old and ever
since / left my native town at
the age Of twenty I've been what
Is commonly termed "a sporting
man." I've played tho game night
after night. year after year, but
Il never meant anything but
heartaches. sorrow and pain.
PLENTY OF MONEY
I stand on the same corner that
I used to stand on when I had
money. and everything was com.
ing my way plenty of money
women and friends; that was years
ago. Now I am broke and friend
less. a broken erelict on life's high
way, waiting for the poorhouse and
potterss field, for the end that's
bound to come.
AS my mind wanders back. Il
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-26
Kids Attempt CrucifixiOn

ATLANTIC CITY-Harry Brown
II, is in the hospital for treatment
for deep flesh wound In the palm
Of his right hand.
Playmates conceived the idea of
a passion play and all went well
until the crucifixioin came. His
yells brought the police.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-26

OVER HALF Of the Negroes in
our country are out Of the church
and less lnan nan Of those in the
church are supporting members.
The present attitude q the Negro
toward the church and religion is
causing some thinkers to question
the old tradition which holds that
we are the most religious group
IN America.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-26
Seattle Headquarters
For Father Divine

NEWARK, N. Announce
ment was made this week that
Western headquarters for follow
ers Of Father Divine would be es-
tablished in Seattle, Wash. Two
disciples Of Father Divine are now
in Seattle to purchase suitable
location.
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.Leeless Men Fight

RALEIGH, N.C.--Because Of the
uncertain status of a one-dollar bet
Jack Davis, with both legs off, and
George Allen, with one leg, used
hard words to each other. Davis
got mad. He lifted one of his
crutches and struck Allen across
his good leg. Both men are in jail.
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Continued on Page Three.
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Best Advertising Medium
Of It's Kind IN The
Pacific Northwest
The Washington times., 1933-12-30

shackled than any slave. Elephantiass, that
dread disease that banishes beauty and hampers
health, struck her down. When she died in New
York, she was grotesque caricature of her
former loveliness-a monStrous woman weighing
Six-hundred pounds.
MOVED, perhaps, by deeply rooted pity for
AVA the plight Of other women, she left what re-
.maned of the million to a home for wayward
girls Aside from her money, Hunnie left few
personal effects Of the latter, one of the most
curious was the following advertisement, clipped
from New York newspaper of 1898:
AMBITION to attain everything makes me take
these measures. In return for wealth and cultured
surroundings, will make man happy. Identity
must be known and honor assured before interview
Object: natrimony.
One might assume that this was the "ad" that
led to Hunnies romance with "Josh." But as a
matter of fact, this was before his path crossed
hers. Wrapped about the clipping, however, was
fervent letter from a Jersey City man, who
wrote of ideal love, the devotion of lifetime and
other slender topics Apparently nothing ever
came of his passion, for j. V. came along, carried
Hunnie off and married her.
Two of the most picturesque pitlable-
servants, Pasquale Pallini and his wife, Augusta.
,FNrm many years they had served the old coal mag
Il lie faithfully and we'll, and by their own ac-
4 unit were paid $3.50 monthly salary
Then ThompsOn'S millions began to melt like
a st, and there were no more regular salaries.
t the PalliniS stayed on. From 1925 until 1888
they did not receive cent of wages. They were
Sa1y 1OOd Of thAiT anploHaR who bad been Eina
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Photo OF 7Unnle RAVES 1nompe0ns the
Coal Baron's 2nd Wife, Taken Shortly Be.
fore She Fell Victim to Elephantiasis and Died.
veloped j. v. She had been q loyal helpmate
and when, at his death, his estate was pronounced
non-existent and his personal papers, antedated
bank books and supposedly "priceless' collec-
ton of autographs were rated by experts worth
less her indignation knew no bounds.
He was too brilliant a man to be taken inf
like that" she cried. But she made no comment
on the weird will left by her husband-a will in
which vague reference was made to vast treas
sures, but which actually did not indicate the
existence of penny.
This was one of the StrangeSt documents in
the super-strange career of the coal baron. One
paragraph directed that his wife and step-chil-
dren take key from my left pants pocket" and
unlock my desk" What did he expect them to
find there? Money? Important papers? Orwas
the poor old man, his reason frayed by time and
vicisStude, suffering from delusiOnS Of grandeur?
CERTAIN personal eccentricities that marked J.
VS. last days would seem to suggest that sup
position For example, he carefully preserved
three teeth that had been extracted. wrapping
them in paper with dignined inscription.
Then he willed to his step-daughter Rose
Mary Maloney, II, signature purpOrting to be
that of Button GWinnett one of the SignerS of
the Declaration of Independence, which, if
genuine, would realize . ANAL fortuna The
autograph 0& OtAGR nOAAA daAA1 - AAsA ~ -
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KEYS
OF MYSTERY

Rose Mary. But now the collection has disap-
peared. Nobody knows what J. V. did with it,.
But-"The worst set of forgeries ever saw"
asserted Stan v. Henkels, well-known Philadel'
phia auctioneer and photographic expert; who
had once appraised the collection.
THE auctioning-off of "Josh's" remaining prop
erty provide scene at once farcical and
tragic In that mansion the golden voice Of Caruso
had trilled. Paderewski had played the piano
there. And such stage celebrities as Lillian Rus"
sell and Dustin Farnum had visited. Now there
was throng more intent on curiosity-hunting
than buying.
But the crowd. enjoyed it all. The auction
was held in a tent on the estate. People listened
to the bidding as if they were attending play.
When the final tally was taken, it was esti-
mated that the entire estate had been sold for
not more than $4,000.
And these were the pitiful aftermaths of the
fabulous Pennsylvania goldman who in his hey
day had squandered $7O,OOO,OOO on protracted
orgy of love-and folly.
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NEXT WEEK-A daring up.OGrd plunge into the
unc0nny dangers of the stNntOsphere made
by party Of German scientists-in an OpentyPe
basket balloon 1OEich exposed them TO all the
periEs Of Hir-pressUrs and deadly cold. And they
obtained the most amazing e0rfh-p photographs on
record, by the ncO intra.red camerc.Q.cccc:-
!. skyPicfMreS Of a sOOrld they could not see!
4 acieRd6c stOEy IOiGh thrill.
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DEPARTED GLORY

bat would have made a
groan with envy.
ties lay in another direc-
d in sports, particularly
Rove through the rolling
! she was a silken figure
nsophisticated residents
sly befurred and aglitter
: was not immediate. III
a distinct flop. Furious,
IN imposing retinue for
burgh suburb, to exhibit
Ids in a show there. =,
ME staged! There were
unnie's secretary, a hair
tableman, a half a dozen
nt and a guard for Hun
y put on a show at the
vas some show. ~.
win any blue ribbons,
ensation of local society.
IDLY won.
as spreading out as the
Rl baron of the decade.
nty, over which another
rdt, had held undisputed
wned 41,413 coal acres
allegheny, Beaver, Arm
nties, and in West Vir-
reene County alone were
douS area.
e Hunnie had become
ravel. She didn't seem
california to the Riviera,
est-Hunnie was always
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ness, money-making, that was
his fad. But he wrote his fit
ting wife most faithfully.
Whether she answered any Of
his hundreds Of letters is not
Of record.
Ten years after they had
been married, in 1918 there
was a divorce. J. V. hastily
bought up all copies of news
papers that carried the news.
A copy of the testimony he
locked in a stout safe in the
famed EN- pire Room of his
mansion. The contents he
never divulged, even on his
recent deathbed.
He settled $1,000,00O on
Hunnie. Now she was free,
and rich. Able to do exactly
as she pleased. But by. a
tragic irony she became more
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HUNNIE HALVES
A Rare Old Photo Taken
Before Her Marriage to
Josh" Note the
Quaint Costume of
the Period.

niece, the Princess of Thurn and Taxis, made
strenuous legal efforts to wrest from J. V. an ac-
counting for large sum of money which be-
longed to her mother, his sister.
(The Princess was formerly Ida Nicolls and
is not to be confused with other princesses of like
title, of whom there are several.)
She finally succeeded in having the old man
jailed for ten days and the court ordered him to
scrape together 100000. But it is not of record
that he was ever able to do this before the final
collapse of his fortune:
His third wife, kindly mlddle-aged woman
whom he had married when he was seventy-fiva,
WaS at his bodsidA when tha EnAl hAanAnGaa -
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I'D ~ " wv AASSNA ~S~V4A4S
physically swollen
to gigantic size be-
fore her death, J.
V. at the end was
so emaciated that
his w eight had
shrunk from a ro-
bust two hundred
and ifty-six pounds
to a mere ninety.
AS the devoted
Pallini lifted the
tiny man into his
b ath, the latter
would babble hap
PLY of the riches
that had once been
his.
It was in Janu-
ary, 1915, that ].
VS. persistent good
luck first showed
signs of cracking.
His b a n k was
closed by the comp
troller of the cur
rency, and from
then on there was
a long string of
calamities.
He also became
involved in a series
of law suits. These
reached their dra-
matte climax in
10 2 0, when his