The Omaha guide., 1934-11-24
SOUTHERN DAILY PRESS HITS
MARIANA LYNCHING ORGP

NEW YORK.-ManyA representa-
tive! southern newspapers have editor
iany denounced the horrifying lynch
ing on October 26 at Mariana, Fla,
Of Claude Neal who was kidnapped
from the Brewton, Ala, jail, trans
ported into Florida and tortured to
death with the apparent connivance
of law enforcement officers
Washington Post, October %: at
is such fragrant lapses from civilized
conduct which give substance to de-
mands for the undesirable remedy of
a Federal anti-lynching law"
Washington, d. G. News. October
20: "Unless the Federal Government
acts under the KIDNAPPING law, the
Alabama,F1orida lynching probably
will go unpublished like virtually all
will GO unpublished like virtually al
other lynchings. Because of the mob's
removal of the victim from one state
to another, this was an interstate
crime. Enactment Of the Costigan-
Wagner anti-lynching bin is one Of
he major charges upon the next Con-
gress. But that law cannot be passed
without the active support Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt IN whose Admins
ration there have already been As
lyncoings."
Rocky Mount, N. G. Telegram,
October 20: at IL reasonable to say
that no members Of the bob viii
be apprehended and brought int
court. We have no breif for the Ne
gro killer, although by all standards
he must be looked upon as innocen
until he is proved guilty. The fac
that the victim of the mob is allege'
to have confessed his crime does no
imply that his admissions were tru
or that they wars not wrung fror
him"
Miami, Fla. Herald, October q
"The Negro, if guilty Of the Grim
charge, assault and murder Of a youn
woman, deserves death. Bat by premI
legal methods"
r Winter Haven, Fla. Chief, Octobe
20: "The lynching of Claude Nea
Negro, at Mariana for the murde
of a white girl, was just as repre-
hensible as that of any other lyncl
ing that has ever been committe
anywhere else on earth. the me
e composing the iynching party ougl
g to be brought to justice Immediately
g st. Petersburg, Fla. Independent
October 80: Zone of the probab
g results of the Marianna lynching wi
be the stimulation of effort to pl
through congress a federal ant
e lynching bill"
g Asheville, N. G. Times, October 2!
eff the states do not enforce the
'e criminal laws, the time may CON
: when the Federal Government ma
find itself compelled to enforce tt
i law for them"
Taledega, Ala. Home, October 2
s"One of the most brazen exampl,
of d~isrespect for law that has ev,
been recorded. Only the mob perfor1
4 ed its part well, SO far as any effec
ual effort to stop 1t is concerned, Il
counties through which the mob pas
u ed had no officers, and the state
Florida had less than a governor.
2 fact the manner in which the mc
took its time was only exceeded
that Of Governor Sholtz.'
y Tampa, Fla. Tribune, October 2
u sample notice was given the author
ties Of the intentions of the mo
There can be no excuse of lack
warning, unpreparedness. The Go
ernor was notified Of the prospec
at Arcadia, received appeals from o
!" ~ganizations. He acted promptly
: notifying the Jackson county shesi
! that he would authorize calling o
= the troops if the sheriff deemed
II necessary to prevent the 1ynchin
IL The sheriff replied that he vou
= "take care" of te situation. How
~ "took care" of it is tragically to
I. by the body swaying from the Ma
u anna tree. What is to be done abo
slit?
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