Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-05-15

May 8, at 8 pm, from Neal Funeral
Home, Inc. Rev. Fred S. Parkinson
officiated. 1nterment, Crystal Lake
cemetery.
Louise Lee Wilson, beloved sister
of Mrs. Hattie Ruthledge of Camden,
N. j., passed Monday, May 10. at st.
Luke's hospital. Funeral services
were held Thursday, May 13, at 2:3O
pm, from Pilgrim Baptist church.
Rev. l.. w. Harris officiated. Inter-
ment, Forest cemetery. Obsequies in
charge of Neal Funeral Home, Inc.
days later Angelo Herndon leaves
Fulton Tower for New York City.
S18,723.S5 in cash raised through
more than 800 separate loans from
organizations and individuals in %
states.
APRIL II, 1935-United States
Supreme Court hears appeal in
Herndon case, presented by Whitney
North Seymour, brilliant constitu-
ional authority retained by the LID.
MAY 20, 1935-The United States
Supreme Court in a to 3 decision
based on a technicality called
novel doctrine" by dissenting
minority, upholds the chain gang
sentence. The dissenting opinion was
written by Justice Cardoza, Stone
and BrandeiS,
JUNE II, 1935-the LID. secures
a stay of execution from Supreme
Court Justice Owen j. Roberts until
the October term of the u. S.
Supreme Court. simultaneously the
LID. launches drive for 100000
signature-petition to Gov. Talmadge
of Georgia. The petition is soon
sponsored by II powerful national
organizations including such diverse
elements as the Socialist Party, Com
munist Party and powerful church
groups.
SEPTEMBER 1935-Joint Com
mittee to Aid the Herndon Defense
formed by six defense organizations.
OCTOBER ID, 1935-The United
States Supreme Court refuses re-
hearing in the Herndon Case. The
! application for re-hearing was &C
companied by brief amicus curiae
friends of the COURT sponsored by
the National Association for Adj
vancement of Colored People. Ma
tional Bar Association, Church
League for Industrial Democracy,
Methodist Federation of Social Ser
vice, Justice Commission of the
Central Conference of American
Rabbits, American Civil Liberties
Union, and outstanding churchmen.
OCTOBER 1935-55th national
convention of the American Fedora
ton of Labor passes resolution cal
ling on all unions to back the fight
to abolish the Georgia slave insur-
rection law and supporting the
Georgia Federation of Labor to this
end.
OCTOBER %, 1935-Angelo Hern-
don voluntarily surrenders himself
to Georgia authorities. Simultaneous
ly, LID. attorneys secure writ of
habeas corpus and court order
staying his transfer from Fulton
Tower prison to the chain-gang.
NOVEMBER II, 1935-Hearing on
writ of habeas corpus before Judge
Hugh M. Dorsey, ex-governor of
Georgia, in Fulton County Superior
Court. Herndon represented BY Whit
ney North Seymour and w. A.
Sutherland of Atlanta. Ga.
DECEMBER 1, 1885 = 100000
mark reached in signature campaign.
DECEMBER Z, 1935-Judge Dor
sey's decision declares instruction
law" unconstitutional and releases
Herndon in $1,000 bail. He arrives in
New York on the next day where
he is greeted by tremendous delega-
ton organized by Joint Committee
to Aid the Herndon Defense which
helped mobolize the nationwide sup
port in his behalf.
JUNE 13, 1936-the State Supreme
Court of Georgia, upholds the appeal
of the state of Georgia, and reverses
Judge Dorseys decision. 1. L. D. i'm
mediately files appeal to U. S.
Supreme Court, securing stay of
execution.
FEBRUARY 8, 1887 = Herndon
case argued the second time before
tn United States Supreme Court by
Attorney Seymour.
MARCH 8, 1937-Herndon'S auto
biography, Let Me Live, published
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