The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-03-03
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Q hours Wednesday.
= A reporter for a chain OF dali
: newspapers stated il was the bes
, most dramatic and most earnel
, hearing he had ever attended
! his work as Washington CORE.
pendent. II is believed that thi
is the first time a senate commit
Tee hearing has ever been broad
cast A very wealthy person who's
name has been refused even to tn
:. \ X. &. =. ~ r ported as bcin
ponsible for the broadcast tn
Res Or. John r. Gillard, vice
inrman of thu Mary land Ant
Lynching Federation, and a lcadin
Ga llOlic priest aroused the room
% a dramatic pitch when he reai
a resolution supporting the bil
which closed with clause pledg
ing the 5000 signers not TO VOC
4 for any senator who voted agains
the bill
Maryland Exposed
a glazing exposure or the con
plete breakdown of state In pros,
cutting lynchings was made by Al
orney-General William Presto
Lane of Maryland, who went int,
detail on the George Armwoo,
lynching. He told how he hat
collected the evidence against min,
men who were positively idenu
fed by from two 10 six troopers n
having been In the mob. how h.,
md sent this evidence TO John v
Robins, county attorney, and how
hODins had r,iusvu 10 proc,
against the alleged lynchers. Tn
complete correspondence betwet
him and Robins was read by M
Lane. The evidence was so d
tailed that several men wer
named as having hold OF the 70
as the Negro ArmNood lay on Il
ground" and as pulling on II
rope VIII n the Negro was hnr~a'
In spite OF this kind of evidenc
the attorney general declared n,
action could be got out OF count,
authorities The grand Jury later
took no action against the alleged
lynchers OF Armwood.
Similarly the Tennessee delega
ton spokesman told OF the Cordit
Cheek lynching and the complet,
failure OF tsatc and country gov
rrnmcnts 10 act even when evi.
dDnce Of guilt was plain TO every
one
Walter White, y A. A. c. T.
secretary. who spoke directly az.
ter Senators Costigan and Wag.
ncr had opened the proceedings
with their appeals for the passage
OF the bill, refuted the usual ar.
4 guments against lynching anC
cited statistics He also introduced
into the record the full affidaviti
of Miss Clarabclle Peak. william
Crawford, and Ernest Mimms, VIII
Witnessed the lynching OF Norris
Dendy in Clinton. S. G. last July 4
Commenting on the Maryland
lynchings Or. Broadus Mitchell
OF the Johns Hopkins universit,
faculty and representative OF tn
National Urban League. vigorously
dashed the states rights doctrin
and said II had been a total los
in Maryland when Il came to pun
ishing lynchings. file said he ha
been told that the movements {
the Princess Anne lynchers wcr
so well known TO certain state OF
fcials that chart could be draw
showing where they were and wha
they were doing before, during an
after the lynching.
|, The committee, headed by Ser
ator Frederick Van Mugs OF Ind
ana, made public the list of the a
legged Maryland lynchers and II
considered likely that they will B
subpoenaed and brought TO Vast
ington 10 testify before the con
mittee.
Dieterich Questions Fine
: The testimony OF witnesses wa
, slowed somewhat by frequent quei
, lions from Senator William Diet
rich of Illinois who persisted In h
. statement that II would be an I'll
justice" TO tax the good and la
abiding people" Of a county $40
600 for lynching done by n
p. "hoodlum" element lie was al
J swered sharply and positively
: several witnesses. from the mort
, and from the south, who declar
: the good people could stop lyme
, ing II they would and since the
, now fail 90 act. law with a iir
, against the whole county possib
, would stir them to protect the
, pocketDcoks
, Arthur Garfield Hays OF Ne
, York. representing the AmericI
/. civil Liberties 'nion and Prof Ka
y. I.iewellyn. OF the Columbia un
, vcrsity law school were emphat
In their lnsistence on this clans
Of the bill as the very heart
the bill
Dean charlea " Houston Mi
Juanita Jackson. Arthur r. Spin
arm. Mrs Hannah Cloihier Hu
Elmcr A Carter. James W For
i Rev samuel " Cayert. Mare CO
). nelly. Miss Elizabeth Eastman. Mi
% Elisabeth Gilman. Clarence
r. Pickett. Rev Asbury smith lie
bert H. Stockton. Simon r. Sob
lon. Louis Azrael and Berhal
AIDES. we're other speakers. I'll
air mail hearing was moved to
smaller room so the anti-lynchir
hearing could have the large ca
Gus room In the Senate offi'
building.