The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-11-28

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afternoon"
He felt their hands pushing him
back onto the cot. The door closed:
he looked round. He was alone.
The room was quiet. He had come
out into the world again. He had
not tried to: II had just happened.
He was being turned here and
there by a surge OF strange forces
he could not understand. 1t was
not to save his life that he had
come out. he did not care what
they did to him. They could place
him in the electric chair right now.
for all he cared. IL was TO save his
pride that he had come. He did not
want them 10 make sport OF him.
III they had killed him that night
when they were dragging him down
the steps. that would have been a
deed born OF their strength over
him. But he felt they had no right
10 sit and watch him. 10 use him
for whatever they wanted.
The door opened and a police
man brought in tray OF food. set
II on a chair next To him and left.
There was steak and fried pota-
toes and coffee. Gingerly he cut
piece OF steak and put II into his
mouth. II tasted so good that he
tried 10 swallow II before he chew
ed IT, He sat on the edge OF the
cot and drew the chair forward so
that he could reach the food He
ate so fast that his Jaws ached. He
stopped and held the food in his
mouth. feeling the juices OF his
glands flowing round II. when he
was through. he lit cigarette.
stretched out upon the cot and
closed his eyes. He dozed off TO an
uneasy sleep.
Then suddenly sat upright He
had not seen newspaper In a
long time. What were they saying
now? He got up: he swayed and
the room lurched He was still
weak and giddy. He leaned against
the wall and walked slowly 10 the
door. Cautiously. he turned the
knob. The door swung in and he
looked into the face OF police
man.
What's the matter, boy?,
He saw heavy gun sagging at
the mans hip. The policeman
caught him by the wrists and led
him back To- the cot.
Here take IL easy
IL want paper" he said.
"Hunh? A paper?"
IL want to read the paper"
wait a minute. I'll see"
The policeman went out and
presently returned with an armful
OF papers.
Here you are, boy. You're in EN-
ALL"
He did not turn TO the papers
until after the man had left the
room. Then he spread out the
Tribune and cav. NEGRO RAPIST
FAINTS AT INQUEST. He under
stood now; II was the inquest he
had been taken TO. He had tainted
and they had brought him here.
lie read:
Overwhelmed by the sight OF
his accusers. Bigger Thomas. Negro
sex-slayer. tainted dramatically this
morning at the inquest OF Mary Dali
ton. millionaire Chicago heiress.
Emerging from stupor for the
first time since his capture last
Monday night. the black killer sat
cowed and fearful az hundreds
sought to get glimpse OF him.
HE looks exactly like an ape!'
exclaimed terrified young white
girl who watched the black slayer
being loaded onto a stretcher after
he had tainted.
Though the Negro killers body
does not seem compactly built. he
gives the impression OF possessing
abnormal physical strength. He q
about five feet. nine inches tall and
his skin is exceedingly black. His
lower jaw protrudes obnoxiously
reminding one OF jungle beast.
His arms are long, hanging In q
dangling fashion TO his knees. II
is easy to imagine how this man.
in the grip Of brain-numbing sex
passion, overpowered little Mary
Dalton. raped her, murdered her
beheaded her. then stuffed her body
into a roaring furnace TO destroy
the evidence OF his crime.
Ellis shoulders are huge, muecu-
lar, and he keeps them hunched
as II about to spring upon you al
any moment. lie looks at the world
with strange, sullen. hxed-from-
under stare. as though defying all
efforts OF compassion.
"All In all. he seems a beast ut
terly untouched by the softenins
influences OF modern civilization
In speech and manner he lacks the
charm Of. the average. harmless,
genial. grinnins southern darby 90
beloved by the American people.
THE moment the killer made his
appearance at the inquest. there
were shouts OF Lynch I'm. Kill
I'M
But the british Negro seemed
Indifferent 10 his fate. a. though
4 inquests. trials. and even the long
ing certainty OF the electric chaiI
held no terror for him. He acted
like an earlier missing link In tho
human species. He seemed out Of
place in a white mans civilization
An Irish police captain remark
ed with deep conviction: I'm con
vInced that death IL the only cure
for the likes Of him.
For three days thesNegro had
refused nourishment Police believe
that he IL either trying 10 stsrvs
himself TO death and cheat the