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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-08-01
PROGRAM Planned
For Musicians Meet

Through the combined efforts Of
three local music clubs affiliated
with the National Association of
Negro Musicians, Inc, and the eff
ficient Citizens Committee, under
the leadership of Mrs. F. G.. Nc
Broom, plans are carefully being
completed for the seventeenth an
nual convention of the N. A. N. NJ,
which will convene in Detroit, Aug
% to q, inclusive.
Among the new features to be
inaugurated will be the National
Additions and Scholarship Awards,
which will be a pre-convention
program, under the direction of DR..
j. w. Moore, of Flint, Mich, ma
tional chairman of scholarships.
This part of the program Niii BE
held at Bethel A. M. e. Church,
Friday, August 81.
Sponsors also announce that
Florence Cole Talbert, prima dom
ma soprano, will be in attendance,
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-08-01
Court Passes
Sentence Upon
Husband Killer

Mrs. Leota Davis, who changed
her plea from mot guilty" to
guilty, in the Staying of her hus-
band, Erwin Davis, well-known
Brush Street bushes man on the
morning of April 81, was sentenced
last Thursday by Judge p. Scallen
in Recorders Court to a term Of
from one to fifteen years in the
Detroit House of Correction.
Mrs. Davis changed her plea on
her own free will, she told Judge
John p. Scallen in Recorders
Court before whom the trial was
heard on July 8. She was to have
been sentenced on July Is, but ow-
ing to the fact that Judge Scallen
was away on his vacation the sem
tence date was set for July %
Mrs. Davis has been under a ply
sician's care since the trial start
ed She was represented by Attys
Elisha Scott of Topeka, Kansas. and
Samuel Weller Of Detroit.
John X. Graham and Charles w.
Jones, ace member of Prosecutor
Duncan c. McCrea's Staff handled
the case for the state.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-08-01

information to this effect having
just been received In a recent let
ter from her, in which she writes:
Il anticipate pleasant visit in my
native city, since it has been sew
eral years since l was there"
Detroit is endeavoring to make
this one of the outstanding ses-
sions in the history Of the con-
vention.
Sunday, Aug. %, Donors Day.
will be combined with the opening
mass meeting at Second Baptist
Church.
Tuesday, Aug. %, the junior ses-
sion viii open at DO y. M, at
Peoples Baptist Church.
Another feature planned will be
the presentation Of Detroit's most
outstanding and prize-winning tall
ent, In a gigantic benefit perfor-
nance with Gloster Currents
Symphonic Orchestra, in the audi
forum of the Lucy Thurman Y.
w. G. A.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-08-01

University's law school, Gaines,
through his counsel, had brought
mandamus suit against the uni
versity board of curaters to force
favorable action upon his applica-
ton for entrance, Gaines conten-
ton being that the curators have
denied him his rights under the
14th Amendment in thus discrimi-
mating against him.
Appeal bond was fixed as $500,
and the students attorneys now
have ten days in which to file an
appeal, taking the case to the
Missouri state supreme court. No
early decision of the case is ex-
pected, as under normal conditions
it would not be reached by the
state tribunal for year and it
may be two years before a deci-
sion is handed down. Both parties,
according to reports, have indi-
Gated that they will not be content
with the state supreme courts rul-
ing in the case and that eventually
it will be carried to the United
States Supreme Court.
Judge Dinwiddie's opinion in
effect held that the laws and con-
stitution of the state of Missouri
provide separate educational in
situations for whites and Negroes
from the primary schools, through
high schools and universities, with
higher educational facilities offer
ed colored students at Lincoln
University, Jefferson City, Mo.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-08-01
Benjamin Pelham
Back On The Job
CONGRATULATED BY FRIENDS
AFTER SUCCESSFUL OPERATION

column Detroit Sidelights," by
Lee j. Smits, has the following TO
say of Ben Pelham:
They're coming faster than
ever over at the morgue-got to
have a temporary relief driver.
They should have a couple of ex-
ira doctors and some relief for the
clerks.
There is but one person in Wayne
County to whom this appeal can
effectively be addressed, and that
is Ben Pelham. 1t is up to the
auditors to give the order, but be-
fore the order issues, Ben Pelham
is called upon for information as
to how it may legally be carried
out.
On the soaring forenoon when
the morgue emergency was put up
to Ben, he started the machinery
in motion at once, setting the pro-
blem before John Cowan, auditor
making a suggestion or two, then
stepping aside while John Cowan
proceeded to get swift action. Ben
Pelham has been referred to, not
entirely in jest, as the 'czar Of the
County Building The title is
highly inaccurate. Ben makes no
attempt to exercise authority, he
is simply the man who knows all
there is to know about the County's
business. He knows whether q
thing can be done, whether it
should be done, how to proceed
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-08-01
FIVE BLACK DICTIONARIES
FACE MURDER TRIALS
in DEATH OF COLEMAN

speaks with the accent of South
erner-slow, and drawing.
Question 1, by Tribune represen-
tative: Mr.. Dean, you told the
Prosecutors office something to
the effect that there are probably
several other Black Legion vic
tins at the bottom Of Rush Lake,
where Silas Coleman was murder
ed. Were any of those unknown
victim Negroes?
Dean: Well, 1 don't know. l
was only told by Colonel Harvey
Davis, of the Black Legion, that
there were several more bodies in
the sink holes, out there at Pinck-
ney. l don't know these things to
be true, but Harvey told me so.
Question 2: In your own words,
tell me what you think of the Black
Legion, as it is to-day, since the
whole world is shocked by the ac-
tivities of the organization in Mich
igan.
Dean: l am glad to help break
up this dangerous organization, and
help Michigan to get rid of it.
am going to devote the rest of my
life, to help break it up and give
all the information l know.
Question 8: How does it feel to
kill a Negro or any other human
being?
Dean | can't say.
So ended the Tribune's interview
with Dayton Dean, former klans-
man and chief executioner for the
DIoolx aoio,
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-08-01

DETROIT, Michigan (CNS)-
Benjamin B. Pelham, who recently
underwent a major operation at
the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Min
nesota, has returned to the city.
His first official duty on his re-
turn, called him to the closing ses-
sion of the Annual Equalization
Session of the Board of Supervi-
sion of the County of Wayne. The
Board took notice of Mr.. Pelham's
return as follows:
To-day, returned from the sha-
dows of serious illness, this friend
and counselor, Benjamin B. Pei
ham, Clerk to the Committees Of
this Board, is with us again in his
accustomed seat, and If it is fitting
at this time that we felicitate him
upon his recovery, and record our
happiness that he is back with us
again"
And upon motion of Supervisor
Ely the following resolution was
unanimously adopted by the 1877
supervisors present:
therefore, BE 1t Res lived, That
this Board of Supervisors hereby
congratulates Benjamin b. Pelham
upon his return to health and to
his fruitful and well appreciated
labors, and wishes him many long
years of continued success in his
public service"
The Legal Record, of Detroit, a
newspaper dedicated to the in
terests of the legal profession in
its issue of July 16, 1886, in its
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-08-01
d e a n Interviewed
By Tribune Reporter
L a st Frid a y
(By Staff RepOrter)

Harvey Davis, and the four 9TH
er members of the Black Legion
under indictment for the thrill"
murder of Silas Coleman, 42-year-
cid colored World War veteran,
May %, 1885, were bound over for
trial without bail, in Judge Ed
ward J. Jeffries, Court, Tuesday, at
the preliminary examination. The
four other indicted men are John
Zimmerman, Erwin ID. Lee, a n d
James Roy Torrance and Charles
Rouse.
Dayton Dean, the trigger man
who implicated the five members
of the hooded cult in the Coleman
murder, testified at the examina-
ton that prior to the brutal muir
der of Coleman, Davis came to him
and said: "We're going to have
little party out at Rush Lake We
want to have a little excitement.
Get hold of a Negro--any Negro, so
long as he's black"
Dean further testified that Rouse
designated Coleman as a suitable
victim. The witness confessed that
he assisted in Turing Coleman 10
Rush Lake, where he was turned
over to Davis and other members
of the party, whom Dean stated
took the unsuspecting victim to a
lonely marshy spot near Pinkney,
and shot him to death.
The courtroom was tense with
drama when Dean pointed out each
OF the five accused Black Legion
members at the examination and
identified them - ------------.---
Other important witnesses at the
examination were Edmund Haines,
of Pinckney, who discovered Cole
mans body in the marsh; Dr. Fl.
L. Sigler, who performed the autou-
sy which disclosed five bullet
wounds in the victims body, four
of which had entered from the
back; Claude Townsville, coroner
of Fowlerville; and Mrs. Eula
Coleman, frail widow of the slain
war veteran, who testified that she
last saw her husband two days be-
fore the murder, and that she later
identified the body at Pickney,
three days following the tragedy.
Prosecutor Duncan c. McCrea
was present in person at the ex-
animation and took an active part
in examining the witnesses. The
five indicted legionnaires were re-
presented by their defense coun-
sci, Attorney Bernard Cruez.
Since the examination, addition
al information bearing on the case
has been secured by Detective
Harville, of the Homicide Squad,
and associate detectives. They To-
Gated and secured testimonies
from Thelma Robinson, a friend
of Coleman, who saw and talked
with him on the night of the MUIR
der and described the clothing he
wore. 1t was the same clothing
found on the dead body. other new
clues are being Investigated.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-08-01

DAYTON DEAN TELLS
HOW Ed ARMOUR
WAS SHOT BY CULT

shooting has been cleared up, every
effort will be made by the officers
of the law in Ecorse to clear up
other unsolved crimes in that COM
munity, to ascertain if they were
committed by members of the Black
Legion.
It will be recalled that an at
tempt was made on Mayor Vol
sine's life, by members of the hood
ed cult, according to Deans testi-
mony at previous examinations. A
bullet was also fired through a
window into the home of Clarence
oliver. 1t embedded itself in an
opposite wall, narrowly missing
members of the Oliver family.
Mrs. oliver was interviewed by
the Tribune Sunday She pointed
out the place in the window and
wall where the bullet pierced
Two gold fish glided about in
glass bowl near the corner of the
room where the Black Legion bull
let penetrated, and two of the
three small oliver children played
on the floor, throughout the inter-
view, entirely unaware of their
parents narrow escape from death,
on the night of the shooting.
The Bailey Case
Another unsolved case in Ecorse,
which the Dean confession has re-
called to the attention of the law,
concerns the death of James Bail
ey, another political campaigner
for Mayor Voisine, who was burn
ed to death in February, 1884, when
his home was mysteriously des-
troyed by fire. Bailey had just left
a political meeting and was alone
at home. At the time, the tragedy
was attributed to an over-heated
stove, but detectives are investigat-
ing to find out II Bailey was sur
prised and murdered by legion
naires and fire set to the house
to cover up the crime.
Mrs. Lucy Bailey, widow of the
dead politician, has three small
children and is receiving welfare
aid, she revealed to the Tribune
Tuesday. They reside on Seven
teenth street, near the house in
which Armour resided when he
was shot.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-08-01
MISSOURI JUDGE "UPHOLDS
UNIVERSITIES jim CROW
BAR AGAINST LAW STUDENT

Columbus, Mo.-(By Elizabeth
Cobb for ANP)-Judge w. M.
Dinwiddie, sitting in the Boone
County Circuit Court, last week
upheld the University of Missouri's
Jim Crow rule, which denied
Lloyd l.. Gaines, colored st. Louis
student, the right to enter the
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-08-01
Tribune Sponsors
The Joe Louis
Good Luck Club

The Tribune wishes to thank the
many merchants and citizens of
Detroit for their hearty response
to the Joe Louis Good Luck Club.
The aim of the club is to encour-
age Joe by showing that his home
town friends are wishing him good
luck in his future fights; also to
increase the patronage of member
merchants of the club, as we'll as
to help consumer members to Sc
cure discounts on their purchases.
Read about the club on page 8
of this issue and join the organiza-
ton.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-08-01
Cutting ARRAY
Ends Argument

Harry Fields, age "a, of 214S
Maple street, was taken to the Re-
ceiving Hospital from 1443 Sher-
man street, where he was cut on
the right cheek by Ossie Wesley
Wesley was arrested by Detective
Perry Moore of Hunt Street Sta
ton He is being charged with
felonious assault.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-08-01
Unidentified Mans
Skull Is Fractured

An unidentified man was found
on Hastings and
Farnsworth, Saturday morning.
Police believe that the man fell
and struck his head on the side
walk, while drunk. He was taken
to the Receiving Hospital where
it was reported that he was suf-
fering from a fractured skull.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-08-01
Police Probe Death
Of ia m e S Bailey
Who Died In Flames

Another Black Legion crime a
gainst a Negro, in addition to the
fiendish thrill" murder of the De-
troit war veteran, Silas Coleman,
in May of 1885, was revealed Sa-
turday to Prosecutor Duncan Nc
Crea's office and detectives of the
Homicide Squad of the local Police
Department, by Dayton Dean, cold
blooded executioner of the hooded
order.
Deans confession was in con-
nection with the attempted assas-
sination of Ed Armour, 34-year-old
Ford employee, of 1888 Fifteenth
street, Ecorse, on a night in the
spring of 1885.
At the time when Armour was
shot and seriously wounded in the
right side, as he was entering his
home about midnight, after return
from work, it was not known that
the assailants were members of
the Black Legion and the crime
remained a mystery, until last Sa-
turday, when Dean confessed that
he and Charles Rouse were with
Harvey Davis, when the latter shot
Armour.
Deans Story
According to Deans story, the
three men had driven to Ecorse for
the purpose of killing Clarence
Oliver, of Tenth street, an active
colored leader who had offended
the Black Legion by campaigning
for Mayor william w. Voisine,
whom the hooded organization OPP
'pcsed. =
After driving through the streets
of the colored residential section
in a vain effort to find Oliver, Dean
stated that Harvey Davis ordered
them to drive down another street,
and try to find some other Negro
to kill, just so it was a Negro.
The three legionnaires on their
mission of death, then turned into
Seventeenth street and Dean stat
ed they saw lone man approach
ing on foot in the distance. They
called to him, but he did not stop.
Dean and Davis got out of the car
and walked after him. When the
man. with his metal kit under his
right arm, arrived at his home,
then, at 1916 Seventeenth street,
and stood ringing the bell with his
left hand, Davis fired at him at
close range, the bullet penetrating
the metal lunch kit, ploughed
through the fleshy tissues of his
right side and embedded itself
near the spine.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-08-01
Armour interviewed

NltN'u
Mr.. Armour was interviewed at
his home Sunday, by representa-
tives of the Tribune, and his story
corroborated that told by Dean, in
all essential details. His state
ment was as follows:
81 was coming home about mid
night on the night of the shooting,
and was near my house, when l
saw a car approaching. AS it drew
near, the lights were turned off
and a man in the car called out
to me three times, saying "Come
here, Kid.
81 first thought he was saying,
Come here, Ed and / might have
stopped, but l soon realized 1 did
not know them. l took them for
a bunch of drunken whites and
walked on and rang at my door.
Two of the men, one tall and the
other short, got out Of the car and
walked behind me. When l reach
ed my door, the tall man fired. If
l had not had the metal lunch kit
under my right arm, the bullet
which struck the kit would have
gone straight through me.
after firing at me. the two men
hurried back into the car and sped
away.
81 went into the house and told
my wife had been shot. We tried
to locate DR.. Milton and another
colored physician, but failed to find
them. We then called the local
police department and they took
me to a hospital l remained in
the hospital several days. 1t was
three weeks before / was able to
return to my work at Ford's
Plant"
Mr.. Armour was born in New Or
leans and has been at the Ford
Plant for fifteen years. He has
been married for two years, and
has a little daughter, Lottie, about
year of age. He is an Elk and
a member of the First Baptist
Church, of Ecorse.
Mr.. Armour's wife is % years of
age and is a native of Georgia.
VOisine Pushes Probe
Mayor william W. voisine, when
interviewed by the Tribune Tues
day, stated that, now that Armour's
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06
SILICOSIS CASE
 DECIDED TODAY
Anderson Given Award of $I,5OO By COmpensa-
 ton Commissioner

A lump sum payment of $500 is given Einar Anderson of this city in settlement of his disputed com pensation claim against the T. F. Jackson O., according to a stipu- lation agreement between the par- ties, approved today by Commis- sioner James M. Lynch. The pay- ment is in full and final settlement of any claim that Anderson may have against his employer.
 Anderson claimed that he con- tracted silicosis while in the employ of the Jackson company. An in- jury sustained Aug. 8, 1884, is al- legged to have aggravated his con- dition. The claim was disputed by the company, and the stipulation agreement was decided on after several conferences.
 Tn another stipulation agreement approved today, Frank Malaspino of this city is given Sl50 in settle- ment of his claim against the Con- necticut State High Commission. The employer also agrees to pay medical bills incurred by the claim ant.
 Malaspino suffered an injury which he claimed resulted in a trammatic lumbago. The claim was disputed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06

Costs of extracting motor fuel from coal in Germany have been reduced to 20 cents gallon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06
LATE REALTY NEWS
Mortgage Deeds:

Mortgage Deeds: Anna Benaitis to David Eneel- man, real estate at 645-04O South Main street, $2,0O0.
 Warranty Deeds: Clara Engelman to Anna Benai- tis, real estate at 646-640 South Main street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06

Australia will ban the selling of tips or tip publications on races.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06

degrees of the order were discussed last night. The degree will be con- ferred Tuesday, May 10, upon a class of twenty candidates. Announce inent will be made at that time of the dates of the second and third degrees.
 Next Tuesday night in the Colum- bus club the board of governors will sponsor an Open House Night, fol- lowed by beano party. There will be entertainment and refreshments. Members and their friends are cor dlally invited to be present for the occasion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06
LOUISE PARDEE
 GUEST SPEAKER
Women of LitchfieId Arch. deacOnry Meets in
 ThOmastOn May IA
lspeoIaI to The Demoerat

NgRggA8A W AAAg ASaNAgSAN
 Thomaston, May 8-The annual meeting of the womens auxiliary of the Litchfleld archdeaconry will be held in Trinity church here, Thursday, May IA, at 10 o'clock. The speakers will be Rt Rev. Charles Blayney Colmore, bishop of Puerto Rico; Right Rev. Hiram Richard Hulse, bishop of Cuba; Mary Louise Pardec, member of the National council of Episcopal churches; Jennie Loomis, diocesan president of the auxiliary; Mrs Thomas Shannon, diocesan educa- tional secretary, and Percy Rex, editor of the Connecticut Church. man.
 The meeting will open with a corporate communion with Arch deacon R. V. Harris as celebrant, assisted by Rev. Leonard Smith, rector of the Thomaston parish. Bishop Colmore will preach the ser- mon. Miss Fannie F. Davies, chair man, will preside at the business session in the church at ll:30 a. fnp when archdeaconry and branch w. A. officers will present their reports. Luncheon will be served at p. m. in Trinity parish rooms.
 Delegates from the different par ishes will bring their own lunches, and the Thomaston w. A. will serve tea and coffee. There will be a roll call of branches in the church at 2:15 D. m. Afternoon services at which Bishop Hulse of Cuba will be the speaker will commence at 2;3O D. m. Latin America will be the subject of the bishops messages. This will also be the theme of the Women's auxiliary missionary so- cietyclasses for 1886.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06
Veteran K. Of C. Officers
 RenominatedLastED EDening
BannOn to Succeed Grand Knight C. F. MaIOney;
 Major Degree Shortly

Contests for outside guard and membership on the board of gover- nors of the Columbus club loom at the June elections of Sheridan Council, No. 24, Knights of Colurn- bus, as Hfresvlt of nominations held by the council last night. They were the only two offices for which more than one nomination was made.
 Signal honor was also paid last night to veteran officers of the council, notably James F. Colweli, William r. duilfoile, and James w. Burnes. Mr., Colwell is known throughout the state for his work as chancellor of Sheridan Council, the most important ritualistic ofiice in the order. He has held the office in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06

secretary 70 xearS late Conception church. Tickets will be distributed shortly.
 Deputy Grand Knight Bannon heads the committee in charge and he is assisted by Joseph Robinson, Thomas Scadden, Frank Butler, Ray Lyman, Thomas Phalen, Thomas Morris, Christopher Hanley, James Kelley, Frank Spillane, Charles Val aitis, Joseph Caron, Euclide Grenier, Edward Conlan, Jr., John Herr, George Daly, Patrick Wallace, Ed ward Bergin, Frank Mulcunry, Frank Dillane, Mark Doran, and John McKenna.
 Third Degree Planned
 Plans for exemplification of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06

loney placed in nomination for the office he now holds Deputy Grand Knight Charles J. Bannon, the nomination beings seconded by Past Grand Knight Charles F. Mcdonald and Past Deputy Grand Knight Roger Walsh.
 The following nominations came in order in addition to those above: Deputy Grand Knight, James J. Kelley; Advocate, Joseph Robinson; Warden, Edward Green; Inside Guard, Chris Hanley; Outside Guard, Tobias Ramon and Joseph Caron; Board of Trustees (one vacancy, Cornelius r. Maloney; Board of Governors (three to be elected), Charles F.. Mcdonald, present secretary treasurer of the board; Frank Butler, John P. Mar
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06

The anxious interest with which leglOns of Townsend adherents are following investigations into the plan which promised them $2OO monthly pensions at 60 seems mlrrOrcd in the faces of these two spectators at the con- gressIonal probe in Los Angeles. Former California Congressman Charlse Randall gravely watches the proceedings as the woman be- hind him strains to catch the testimony.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06
Treasurer 17 Years

Treasurer 17 Years Sheridan Council for 20 years and will commence his 30th term in July. Close behind him is Recorder Guilfoile who will begin his 28th year in that offlcc in July. Treasurer Burnes will commence his 18th term in office then.
 Bannon Nominated
 Grand Knight Cornelius r. Ma