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Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-14
Match Point Club
Resumes Games

These enthusiastic contract play
ers, the Match Point Duplicate club
members, have resumed their
games and Tuesday night met with
Mrs. j. C. Neale.
High scores were won by: Mrs.
Guy G., Beynon and Mrs. Lemons.
first: Mrs. Mont j. Reid and Frank
Birkhauser, second; Mr. and Mrs
Ford Smith. third, and Mrs. w. j
Meagher and Mrs. Cali P. Harrison
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-14
A Three Days Cough
Is Your Danger Signal

No matter how many medicines
you have tried for your cough, chest
cold or bronchial irritation, you can
Serious trouble may be brewing and
with anything less than Creomul-
sion, which goes right to the seat
of the trouble to aid nature to
soothe and heal the infiamed men,
branes as the germ-laden phlegm
is loosened and expelled.
Even if other remedies have
failed, don't be discouraged, your
druggist is authorized to guarantee
Creomulsion and to refund your
money If you are not satisfied with
results from the very first bottle.
Get Creomulsion right now. (Adv.)
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25
nth ANNIVERSARY DINNER TO
BE GIVEN BY LUNCHEON CLUB

Attorney Percival r. Piper,
chairman of the committee on ar
engagements for the 4th anniver-
sary dinner of the Booker T. Wash
ington Trade Association Noon
day Luncheon Club, states that
the stage is all set for a real gala
night. The dinner will be held at
the Y. w. c. A,Wednesday, July
goth, at 500 p. m The doors will
be open at 7:45 and the invocation
will be said promptly at 500. At
torney A. c. Brown of Chicago
will be the guest speaker and in
addition to the dinner and program
there will be plenty of fun and
entertainment features. Gloster
Currents Nightingales will furnish
music for the occasion. There will
be no regular meeting of the Lun-
cheon Club on that day. 1t is an
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25

the Black Legion.
II knew it some weeks ago." she
replied. 81 heard that farmers
near the place where my husband
was killed, knew something about
who killed him and l was advised
to go to the police department and
ask them to get the farmers to sign
an affidavit that the men they
heard talking on the night of the
murder, were not Negroes but
white. The next day l saw one of
the local newspapers and read "a
bout some of the Detroit police be-
ing under suspicion of being men,
bers of the Black Legion.
and was afraid to tell them. One
of the names in the paper looked
like the name of the officer I was
told to see."
When questioned again on this
point Wednesday night, Mrs. Cole
man recanted her previous state
ment, apparently being afraid, and
said she had not been told that.
the Black Legion members had
killed her husband.
my husband and l had been liv-
ing apart for some time prior to
his death, and he was living with
a former schoolmate of mine. l
did not know 1t was she, until af-
ter his death, when l went with
detectives to the woman's house.
to search for army papers belong
ing to Silas. We did not find the
papers, but we did find some of my
husbands clothes in the house.
Il had been i'll for a year at
Herman Kiefer Hospital, and had
not been released long before Sill
as was murdered. 1 saw him two
days before his death, but my sis
ter Mrs. Gallie Hines saw him the
day of the tragedy.
Detective William Simmons, of
the Homicide Squad, who had solv-
ed so many important crimes, was
at first assigned to the case and
soon he stopped working on the
case, and later / learned he had
been transferred from the Homicide
Squad for some reason which 1
don't know.
EARLY this year, was sent word
by the woman who took my hus-
band that an important letter had
come for him to her address and
she wanted me to come and get
it, but I was advised by a police
man not to go. l never received
the letter and don't know what 1t
81 was also told that a colored
man who worked on the same job
with my husband. informed the wo-
man that Silas had SIS coming to
him and he offered to take me to
Continued from Page ~
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25

A souvenir booklet has just been
issued by the Nacirema Club, CIV
ing the entire program for the an
nual "Nacirema Week" celebration.
A week of elaborate festivities has
been planned, which will begin
August End, and continue until Au-
gust s.
The program will be as follows:
Sunday, August 2, annual picnic
all day at Kerr's Grove; Monday,
after p. m, open house and cock
tail hour; Tuesday, after 10 p. m,
sports dance at the club house
with the students as hosts; We'd
nesday, trip to Rotunda, leaving
club at $50 p. m; Thursday,
breakfast at Belle Isle at s n. m,
and midsummer sport dance at
Graystone Gardens from 8 D. m,
to a. M; Friday, lawn card tea
at club house with ladies of Ma
cirema as hostesses.
The week Of enjoyment will be
concluded Saturday with a visitors
party at the club house after It
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25

Negro. So he asked me if / knew
where l could get hold of one.
told him l did not know, but I'd
see Charlie Rouse, he might know.
$50 l got hold of Charlie Rouse
and Charlie said he had just the
right man, he had one working for
him, so we made arrangements
with Davis and with Charlie Rouse;
Charlie Rouse was to make ar
rangements with the Negro and l
was to make arrangements with
Davis where to meet him.
Tells of Plans
so Charlie Rouse came over to
my house and picked me up in his
car and we went over to Harvey
Davis house, but he wasn't home
so l knew he was out at the lake,
so Charlie made arrangements to
meet the colored fellow at $3.50 that
night.
1T was Meyers road or School
craft, and Grand River. 1 told
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25
Harlem N. Y. Would
Gust White Cops

New York-(ANP)-Taking cog
nizance of the growing unrest OF
the people of Harlem as expressed
in the series of riots that have
occurred here since the big out
break last March, the Citizens
Democratic club, through it's exc
cutive member, DR.. l.. B. Capehart,
has drawn up a lengthy resolu-
ton on the matter which has been
sent to the mayor, the press, min
listers of the churches and the
executives officers of many Har-
lem organizations.
The resolution calls for a fifty
percent reduction in the white po-
lice force now patroling Harlem
and their replacement by fifty per
cent Negro police officers. 1t fur
Their calls for the formation of
corp of Negro mounted police to
Continued from Page A.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25

ticipated that this dinner will
bring together one of the largest
number OF business and profession
al people ever assembled in De-
troit as the request for reserva-
tions has already exceeded the
supply.
Geo. w. Cox, agency director of
the North Carolina Mutual Insur-
ance Company Of Durham, N. c.,
delivered a stirring address at the
weekly meeting Wednesday, July
18th, on the Durham Corporations
which resulted in the immediate ap-
pointment of a committee to set
in motion some Of the things out
lined in Mr. Cox's address.
A Glee Club representing the
Bethune-Cookman College of Day.
tona Beach, Fla, lead by Miss
Josie Roberts, rendered several
selections that were highly enjoy
ed.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25

A transcription of Dayton Deans
story of Coleman's brutal murder,
as related to Prosecutor McCrea
and members of the Police Depart
ment, reads in part as follows:
81 was working for the public
lighting Commission at the Mister
sky Power Station and Harvey Da-
Wis came in one day and we were
talking and he wnated to know if
I'd get hold of a colored guy for
him. 80. go. -.
"He said they were going to have
a party out to the lake and they
wanted Ia have little excitement.
They wanted to get hold of a col
ored fellow, didn't make any differ-
ence where he came from as long
as he was black. They wanted to
take him out and kill him.
"Col. Davis said he wanted to
known what it felt like to shoot a
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25
Detroit Artist To
Show Paintings At
T e xas F al r

The Harmon Foundation, of New
York City, an organization which
promotes and encourages the Fin,
Arts among. Negroes, has accepted
two paintings of Allison Oglesby
of 1884 fireman avenue, Detroit, az
being worthy of being exhibited IL
the Hall of Negro Life at the Texas
Centennial.
Oglesby studied at the Massa'
chusetts State Normal Art School
in Boston, and the Wicker School
of Fine Arts, Detroit. He has ex-
hibited his work at the Museum OF
Fine Arts at the Michigan State
Fair, the John Reed Club, and else
where, under auspices of the Har-
mon Foundation.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25
CHICAGO LAWYER TO ADDRESS
B,T.W. LUNCHEON CLUB

seas duty in the World War, and
upon his return to the United
States, entered in business in In
dianapolis, Indiana and Atlanta,
Georgia. Later, he went to Chica-
go and was manager of the Doug
las Memorial Bank, and at the
present time, is actively engaged
in the practice of Law in that city,
representing many business insti-
tutions. Mr.. Brown is keen
thinker, and has had the privilege
of addressing many audiences. The
public is invited to hear him on this
occasion.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25

The Booker T. Washington
Trade Association MONDAY
Luncheon Club will celebrate it's
fourth anniversary on Wednesday,
July goth, at 500 p. m. at the Y.
w. C. A. The club will have as its
principal speaker, Attorney Oscar
C. Brown of Chicago, Illinois.
Mr.. Brown is a graduate Of the
Commercial Department of How
ard University and also of the
Science and Law Department of
Howard University. Mr.. Brown
served as an officer, doing over
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25
Whites Would Ban Negroes
L;uing InD.C. Neighborhoods

tend that that white residents in
the block have a covenant on their
property which provides that it
will not be rented or sold to color
ed. Harry Smith, owner of the
house at AIT Columbia Road, turn
ed his house over to the Capital
View Realty Company, a colored
company, for rental. The realty
company in turn rented the house
to the Bruces, which apparently
satisfied Smith.
The neighbors complain that
Smith has broken his covenant and
have had papers served on him re-
curing him to appear in court to
Continued on page y
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25

Florence Shumake, contralto; Mae
Whitney soprano; Marie Slade
Kynes, Contralto; william Johnson,
tenor; Rhecha Ross, tenor; Bernice
Griffin White, contralto; Lubertha
Woodford, soprano.
Any youth or adult endorsed by
a branch organization Of the n
A. N M. as it's entrant will be
compete by complying
with the rules governing the con-
test.
The local units. The Imperial
Choral Society, The Detroit Musi-
clans Association and The Azalia
Hackley Music Club, will sponsor
their semi-Final Contest on the
night of Friday, August IA, The
winners will compete with national
winners Friday, August 81, The fin
ais to be held in the auditorium OF
Bethel A. M. E. Church, st. Antoine
and Frederick Streets on Friday
Evening August Dist, which night
accordig to the calander of the n.
A. n. NJ. is designated as National
Addition Night. DR.. j h n W.
Moore, is chairman o National
Scholarship Fund.
Entrance in contest a n b e
m a d anytime until August Sth.
All persons interested in entering
contest are requested to d
wife Jererone G. Macklin 54S East
Kirby Avenue, Detroit Michigan. or
call Trinity 2-40G8.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25
Meeting Called For
Applicants F or
Firemen's Jobs

All citizens who have lately TAX
N. the physical and written exam
nations for jobs in the Detroit
Fire Department are requested by
the Detroit Civic Rights Commit
tee to meet at the st. Antoine Y.
M. C. A., Sunday, July 26, at a.
m.
Business of Importance will be
discussed, in which applicants who
desire to be placed, will participate.
Frank Lett, former U. of M. ath-
letic star, will be in charge of the
meeting Members of the Detroit
Civic Rights Committee will be pre-
sent
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25

n-(ANP)-Seeking to
place a residence ban on Negroes
in the 400 block of Columbia Road,
Northwest, two suits were filed in
District Supreme Court last week
by white citizens.
The colored residents named In
the suits are Mr.. and Mrs. Angus
tus Bruce, All Columbia road, and
Harry ]. Robinson, All Columbia,
who are both renting their houses.
Mrs. Bruce is teacher in the Dis
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25
Cleavers and Knives
Play Havoc In Fight

In free-for-all fight at 500 f..
Elizabeth street, last Friday, bet
ween Clarence Forest, and Willie
and Lenora Smart, the latter was
badly wounded. Butcher knives,
meat cleavers and pocket knoves
were used in the brawl.
Lenora was taken to the Receiv-
ing Hospital where She is in a SER
ious condition.
Patrolman LeMaster and Dewitt
of the first precinct arrested
Smart and Forest who are now in
custody awaiting the outcome of
Lenora's wounds.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25

The live men who were accused
Of the crime by Dayton Dean, con-
fessed trigger-man of the Black
Legion, were: Colonel Harvey DAY.
is, now awaiting trial for the muir
der of Charles Poole and for con-
spiracy to Stay Mayor William Vol
sine, of Ecorse, Mich; Jack Ban
herman and Erwin Lee, awaiting
trial in the same case; and Charles
Rouse, and James Roy Lorenzo.
Warrants for the five men were
issued Tuesday, by Prosecutor Dun
can McCrea, charging them witt
kidnapping and murder.
Shot Six Times
! Coleman's body was discovered
in the swamp by fisherman, Sun
day, May 26, 1885. According tc
Coroner Claude Roundsville, OF
Livingstone County, five bullets
were in the victims head and neck
and another in the body was not
located. Farmers in the vicinity of
the tragedy, about sixty-five miles
from Detroit, stated that they
heard shots on the night of the
murder, but the crime was not solv-
ed by investigating officers of Liv-
ingstone and Wayne County, until
Deans amazing confession this
week.
After the story of the confession
broke, the Detroit Tribune was the
first newspaper in the city to To-
cate the widow of the murdered
man, and secure a statement from
her and her sister, who went to
Livingstone County a year ago to
identify the body.
Following a feverish, house-to
house search, in which investiga-
tors of the Prosecutors office and
star reporters of local dailies
Tribune representa-
tives finally located Mrs. Eula Cole
man, the dead mans widow, in an
apartment in a dilapidated
on the East Side. Her
little five-year-old son was also
present. Pictures and an exclu-
sive story were secured and as the
Tribune representatives were leav-
ing, a reporter and photographer
from one of the leading dailies
came to the apartment, and ex-
pressed establishment at the clev-
erness with which the Tribune had
located Mrs. Coleman in the short
5 p a of two hours, as her
whereabouts was not even known
to the Prosecutors office.
Mrs. COleman's Story
When asked by the Tribune, if
she had seen the story of Deans
confession in the daily paper, Mrs.
Coleman replied in the negative.
Then she told of the report that
her husband had been murdered by
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25

Brady, pastor of Second Baptist
Church, Detroit, and president e.
meritus of the convention. Many o.
Their speakers of note will appear
on program during the session.
The public is invited to attend
the convention. Rev. f.. L, Todd is
president,
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25
BAPTIST TO HOLD CONVENTION HERE

The Wolverine Missionary Bap-
fist convention will hold its
eighteenth annual session at Shiloh
Baptist Church, 553 Benton streets,
of which Rev. 5. ID. Ross is pastor,
Wednesday, July 20 to August 2.
Officials predicts it will be one of
the largest gatherings of coloret
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25
Artists Enroll In
Addition Contest

The National Musicians Associa'
tion of the Negro Musicians nc
converting in Detroit August 23rd-'
9th inclusive will award scholar
ship in the National Addition Con-
test.
Those having entered in Semi
Finals to be held in Detroit August
18th are, Fannie Black, piano;
Annie Belle, White piano; Pernilla
Rollins Flack, piano; Geraldine,
S h W, violin; Estella Andrews
soprano; Ed Lockett, baritone
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25
Dean, BLACK LEGION KILLER, TELLS HIS STORY

Charlie that Davis had gone out to
the lake with the rest of gang and
that we would meet him out there,
so we went out to the corner and
he recognized his man out there.
He got in the car and we drove out
to Brighton and left to Rush Lake.
I'VE went to the cottage and l
went in the back door and there
Continued on page ~
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25

trict public school while her hus-
band is a government worker.
Plaintiffs in the case are Mary
J. Parker, 4O7 Columbia road;
Mrs. Charles w. Fritter, 400 Col
umbia road, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
e. Currier, 3012 Park Place, North
west; Harriet Percilla Brady, 424
Irving street, and the Jerome S.
Murray Co., which sold the pro-
perty to Mr.. Robinson on May II.
The plaintiffs in the case con-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25

Baptist to meet in religious and
educational endeavors. in Michigan
for years. The women's department
and young peoples department will
hold their session at l. n | n
School on Brady and Livingstone.
The speaker at the Sunday after.
noon meeting W / be DR.. r. L
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25
Five Black Legionaires, Charged
With Thrill Murder OfWar
Vet, Silas Coleman
TRIBUNE FIRST TO LOCATE
WIDOW OF SLAIN IAN
AND SECURE INSIDE STORY
Dean Reveals How Victim Was Decoyed To
Lonely Spot and Killed For Amusement
(By Staff RepOrter)

In the courtroom of Judge Edward j. Jeffries, We'd
nesday morning, five members of the Black Legion stood
mute, when arraigned charge of kidnapping and
dering Sas Coleman, 42year-old colored World War
veteran, who was decoyed to lonely spot Rush
Lake. in Livingstone County, May 25 1885, and shot
to death. Judge Jeffries entered plea of guilty
and held the prisoners for examination July %.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25
Father Divines'
Follow ers In
M ore Trouble

New York-(ANP)-There seems
to be no rest for Father Divine's
followers, no matter where they
hail from. Take the case of Gordon
Bergeron, white, bus driver, who
brought a group of the Fathers
followers all the way from the
Pacific Coast here to feat at the
Fathers feet last week.
Gordon paid a fine of SIS in
Traffic Court for not having a fire
Continued on Page 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25
"NACIREMA WEEK" TO BE
OBSERVED AUGUST SECOND

p. M, the bachelars of Nacirems
acting as hosts.
The Nacirema Club, of which Roy
Morton is president, is located at
CHS goth street.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-25

Pictures of white princi-
pals in the Coleman case, as
portrayed on this page, read
ing from left to right, upper
row: Erwin Lee, John Ban
herman, and Harvey Davis.
In group picture, below:
Dayton Dean, center, point
ing out to two Investigators
of the Wayne County Prose-
Icutor's office, place where
Coleman jumped into the
swamp, after running down
the road from the cars, and
bridge behind trees in back
ground.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-10-19
BURY SCOTT PARHAM
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Services Are Held at First Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, Inter-
ment in ElmWOOd

The First Methodist Episcopal
church was virtually filled for the
funeral services held there at 4
o'clock Saturday afternoon for the
late Scott Parker Parham, 34-year-old
retired business man, who died Fri
day evening after an illness of several
years.
Rev. r. E. Brown, pastor of the
church, of which the deceased was a
member, was in charge of the SER
vices, and interment followed in Elm
wood cemetery.
In addition to relatives here and re-
latives of Mrs. Parham's, a host of
sorrcwing friends were here from
other towns and cities, some from a
considerable distance.
great array of flowers had been
prepared and were sent to the home
The grave was banked with flowers
after the interment ceremonies had
peen concluded.
Mr.. Parham is survived by his
widow and an only sister, Mrs. ]. C.
Cooper, together with host of more
distant relatives.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-10-19
GARRETT STREET TO
Be E-OPENEDS SOON
Drain Pipe Has Been Laid
Across Highway; Exca-
vations Continue

,-o.,,ott street in front of the First
,',olist church and at the site of
~ now underpass will zee reopened
affic in the next day or two after
closed for two weeks or more
py' n@ . storm sewer pipe was being
''' ~ had been anticipated that the
.,t yould be blocked only week,
80. ,yorkmen encountered quicksand
"" many cave-ins in excavating a
Az" any,, ahout 10 feet below the surface
az u 'be street, necessitating much
" o,re elaborate work than at first
was expected.
VT, me opening has been filled and to-
,or was piled with crushed stone. 1t
!. expected that this will be worn
,,,, from day to day and as that
,o,rors additional stone will be dump
1901 in+o the indenture while the soft
s .",+h is settling. The Garnett street
.aroment is seven inches thick, and
n pn he replaced at that depth when
raroa anew at the scene of the I'M
derpasS , ,
aar the railroad tracks cut the Dor
# the steam shovel has not yet
ns through to the William street
,ide.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-10-19
FUNERAL SUNDAY FOR
MRS. Z. T. TURNER, "a
Great Gathering of Relatives and
Friends at Residence in Mid
dleburg Township

Funeral services for the late Mrs.
Zachary Taylor Turner, who died last
Friday morning at her home in Mid
dleDurg township at the age of "a,
were held at the residence Sunday
afternoon, and attended by a large
gathering of relatives and friends
Because the family was so intimately
related in the city, vast number of
Henderson people were present.
Rev. D. A. Petty, pastor of the Mid
dleburg Methodist Episcopal church,
was in charge of the services, assist
ed by Rev. E. r. Nelson, of this city,
pastor of the Middleburg Baptist
church. Interment was in the family
cemetery near the residence.
Mrs. Turner had for years been a
member of the Methodist church at
Middleburg. She was native of that
section of the county, and was widely
known to many people. She is surviv-
ed by several children all of them
high standing citizens of the county.
Numerous floral offerings were
sent by sympathizing relatives and
friends, and the attendance at the
funeral is said to have been among
the largest of any rural funeral in
this section of the country.