Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1933-02-18

lions, but the saet that AsseFhSS Den
srai Thomas ,. KAlsAt, 81 Alabama
"A important <nsss Ia the habeaa
corpus proceedings. postponed the
hearing ior eight days when this let
ter was produced, indicates that the
southern boss lynchers are still man
oeuvering. and will continue to make
their best efforts to force lega-
lynching once again when the case of
the boys comes up for new trial in
March,
Definite rumors of plans on the part
of the Southern bosses In Seettsboro
to lynch the boys should the new trial
result in an acQuittal have also come
to- the attention Of the international
Labor Defense. which win demand
safeguards for the boys lives from the
state, it was announced today by VIII
liam L. Patterson, national secretary
of the Organization.
The text of the letter, with a few
offensive words. deleted, follows:
''Jan. 1899
Huntsville, Ala.
as Connsily Ally
dearest Earl
II want too make statement too you
Mary Sanders b goddamn lie about
those Negroes saas (deleted) those
policeman made nae tell a lie that is
my statement because want too clear
myself that Is all too if you want
too belive me ok. If not that is ok.
you will be sorry some day. if You had
too stay in Jail with 8 eight Negroes
you would tell a lie two those Ne,
groes did not touch me or those white
boys. hope you will belive me the
law don't. / love you better than Ma
ry does ore any body else An the
world that Is why am telling You
Of this thing twas drunk at the time
and did not know what / was doing.
| know 1t was wrong to let those Ne
groes die on account of me hope
you will belive my statement Because
It is gods truth hope you viii be-
live was +"'s (deletedJ but those
white boys '*'* (deleted) 4 wish
these Negroes are not Burnt on ac-
count Of me It is these white boys
fault that is my statement and that
is all know hope you tell the law
hope you will answer
Jan. IS. 1882
Huntsville Ala Ruby Bates
215 Connolly Ally
p. s. this is one time that might
tell lie but it is the truth so god
help me, Ruby Bates"
The Alabama State Supreme Court
reversed the conviction of one of the
Scottsboro boys, Eugene Williams, on
March "a, 1882, and the U. s. Supreme
Court, to which the case was taken
by the international Labor Defense,
reversed the convictions Of the other
seven, Clarence Norris, Charlie
Weems. Haywood Patterson, Glen
Montgomery, Willie Robertson, Andy
Wright, and ozie Powell, in deci-
sion rendered November Z. 1882.
All nine cases. including that Of Roy
Wright, have been remanded for new
trial to the original trial court in
Scottsboro, with the same judge, AL
fred E.. Hawkins. who presided over
the original legal lynch hearings and
procured the lynch verdicts of death.
He has set the trials for the March
term of court. -
A change of venue, to Jefferson
county, which is the city of Birming
ham, Ala, has been demanded by the
defense. The defense legal corps in
cludes Samuel S. Leibowitz, the most
famous and reputably the most able,
criminal attorney in the United States,
as chief trial lawyer, General George
W. Chamlee, of Chattanooga, Tenn,
as chief defense counsel, Benjamin j.
Davis, Jr., and John H. Geer, Negro
attorneys of Atlanta, Joseph Brodsky