The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-12-05

1t was during the week proceeding
May 25th, 1885 that Davis impaired
his plan to Dayton Dean that he
was going to have "some of the
boys" out to the cottage and ex.
pressed the desire that he would
like to get a colored man - he
wanted to now how it felt to kill q
Negro - and this, ladies and gen.
tlemen, took place in the Mistersk,
Power Station in the City of De
troit.
Who were the boys he was going
to have out at the cottage? This
we must wait to see but see them
we will and very soon. They did
not know their victim - had not
seen him as yet - and so it was
that Dayton Dean, in implicit ODE
dience to his superior's request,
sought out Charlie Rouse. Charlie
Rouse was sub-contractor, a
plastering contractor Charlie
would know. And what was his re-
Spouse when approached? without
hesitation he said Il have just the
man"
Counsel for the defense want 20
know where we can show that
Bannerman, Lee and torrance
knew about this. If this does not
allow you to draw a reasonable in
ference as to carefully laid-out
plans, coupled with organization
for a common purpose - right
here in the City of Detroit, the
very community in which we live
in which Silas Coleman lived, de-
pending upon the existing laws as
his guaranty against the tyranny Of
such frenzied fanaticism. The very
fact that these men acted with
such self-assurance in laying out
plans TO commit such a heinous
crime only goes TO prove how in
sensible men can become to the
higher principles that civilization
deems necessary to the well-being
of our social order. 1t proves fur
Their that back of all this hellish
connivance of men who band them
selves together under the pretense
70 immunity from legal implication
and apparent absoluttion of the law
that makes this crime so soul
Of God. 1t is this state of affairs
sickening and bring the blush of
shame and chagrin to all the good
people of our fair state.
Dayton Dean reported back to
Harvey Davis and received fur
Their orders-FTell Charlie Rouse to
have his man ready for Saturda y
night, May 25th, 1885. Come around
to the house if I'm not home come
out to the cottage.
On Friday night May oath, 1885
we find Lee Bannerman and Lor.
ance are driving in two cars
there who do they meet? Harvey
Davis, Was this coincidence? Da.
Wis tells them he will be unable to
stay with them that night his lit
tie girl was sick. But he was there
nevertheless, to lead them to the
cottage. Was this organization? He
left them there on Fri. night. Fol
what? To go to bed. Now ladies and
gentlemen, | want you to know
what? To go to bed. Now, ladies and
these men went out on a Friday
night. For what? To go 10 bed
Now, ladies and gentlemen, / want
you to know that this was the oath
of May and these men went out on
Friday night to cottage For
what? Just to sleep. And then came
the morrow-the morrow was the
eventful day Saturday, May the
25th. 1885. What did they do? No
thing! But as the day wore on
Harvey Davis has not come as yet
Noon comes and then torrance and
Lee decide to drive in and see how
Davis little girl was. But when
they get here Davis and his wife
are ready - ready to leave the sick
little girl and drive out to the
rendezvous of thrills.
But We cannot accompany them
cut, we must wait here for the sub
ject of the thrill. - Later that
evening we see Charlie Rouse driv-
ing over to Deans house, having
picked up Dean, We now see them
driving over to Harvey Davis
house. Dean gets out of the car
goes to the door but nobody is
home. Dean knows what to do. Die
not Davis tell him if he was not al
home to come out to the lake? And
now we see Dean and Rouse driv.
ing to Meyers Road and Grand
River to pick up the man whose
life was to be the price of these
mems fun. Was this coincidence OF
was this part Of the plan?
Rouse realized he must have
some pretense to entice Silas Cole
man out to the lake. He also knew
he owed Silas Coleman eighteen
dollars in wages and it was under
the pretense of having to go out tC
the lake to see the contractor wht
had the money that Dean anC
induced Silas Coleman to accom-
pany them.
That Silas Coleman was innocen
of the fact that awaited him, HI
was telling Rouse and Dean abou
the party he had planned for tn,