The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-05

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The official lynchers have
caught nine Negroes, one of them
woman, framed them, slapped
them into jail, and sentenced them
to die. In a single day, the state
supreme court of Alabama, before
whom the Scottsboro case is To
come for review, affirmed the
sentences of nine Negroes, and set
the same day for the execution of
all nine. They are all in KiIby
prison and on Feb. 9 they will be
strapped in the hot seat, one after
the other, to make holiday for
the lynchers.
The horrible story of how one
Of them, Ben Foster, from Selma,
Ala, was tortured and framed
was revealed today when his sis
ter, Adie Foster, came to Birm-
ingham ito see the |. L. D. folks"
to tell them about it and to ask
them to let all the toiling masses
Of the world know ABOUT it. Ben
Foster was framed on a charge
of numbering Clarence Mccain.
The story his sister Adie, told, a
story Of horror that exposes the
full brutality Of the lynchers is
told below.
The eight other Negroes SEN
fenced to die February 9, whose
cases, following the white ruling
class tradition which governs the
courts. are probably no different
from Ben Fosters, are:
Teaner Aubrey, Negro woman
charged with the murder of Rosa
Mae Mcknight, her mistress, in
Monroe county.
Hardie White, charged In Mo-
bile county with the murder of
Luther Williams, street-car con-
tductor.
John Thompson and Lewis Cum
mings, charged with the murder Of
Henry Blom in Mobile.
Ernest Waller, charged with the
murder Of Daisy Montgomery, In
Selma.
Solomon Roper, charged with
Numbering Brazier with an axe, in
Selma.
Fred Kinney, charged in Perry
county with, the murder of Jim
Phillips.
Leo Fountain, charged In Mon
roe county with the murder of
Robert Martin.
Three Of these, it is to be noted
| are from Selma, in Dallas county
the same place where Bonnie Eos.
ter was framed and tortured az
told below.
| Adie Foster told me about thai
today. She is slight. pretty wo.
man In her twenties.
Just 20 Years Old
"Ben Is just 20 years DID," sh.
said. Heres everything tina
happened. Ben went out on til,
Summerville road near Selma, ant
he got into an argument with /,
white boy they call Junior Welsh
The white boy shot Ben and brok,
his arm. Then Ben hit back, bu
he didn't do much damage becaus,
he was hurt so bad himself.
"Ben was in bad pain with tn,
arm and so he went to the Gooc
Samaritan hospital. The doctor
bound up his arm. But by thi
time the sheriff had heard abou
it and he got people together, anS
blOodhounds, and trailed Ben from
the spot where they had the fight
to the hospital. They took Ben t.
the Selma county Jail.
Third Degree
at happened that nine days be
fore that, a white man they cal
M. c. Mccain had been killed. N,
one knew who did it. Neither die
the police. Ben was at my hous'
at the time, and it was just abou
the time that Mccain was killeC
that Ben was starting down Phil
pot avenue to play dominoes a
his friend Eddie Mitchell's house.
when they got Ben in Jail, witt
his broken arm and all, they tor
tured him to say he killed Nc
Cain. / reckon they just NATURAL,
had to have goat. They had t,
blame it on somebody and the Do
lice didn't know who did it. The,
put him in the sweat-box but h
wouldn't say he killed Mccain.
Fhen they took him out lat
hours and carried him across t,
Alabama River, and beat him wit
a pistol. But he wouldn't say h
killed Mccain, because he didn't
do it.
"Then they took him back d
jail and they got a big police dos
as high as my waist and the,
stripped Ben naked and sicked tn,
dog on him. They let the dos
tear at his naked flesh, secre
places and all. They told Ben no
to dare to touch the dog. He Jus
had to lie there and let the dos
tear at him. But he still wouldnR
say he killed Mccain.
eThen the police chief, Norman
Stanfield, stuck a pistol right int,
Ben's mouth and told him: IF vol
don't admit you killed Mccain
we'll barbecue you
"Ben said, I'D rather have an,
death than a burnin' death. but
won't say I killed Mccain
"Then the grard jury met an,
they couldn't find true biI
AGAINST Ben for Killing Mccain
So the police chief came 70 Re,