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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Destroy. Not Defeat

Brand that In your brains.
Americans.
DESTROY, NOT DEFEAT US
that is the aim of the tri-pow-
cred Axis.
THE COPPER POT."-New
York is colossal. San Francisco
is bohemian. New Orleans is
picturesque. It is with this last
city that we have to do in this
chronicle. 1t is in New Orleans
that Oliver La Fargo has laid
the goings-on in his latest novel
Copper Pot" (Houghton-Miff-
lin. 1t presents the Partisan"
side of that curious city better
than I've seen it presented in
any piece of fiction of late years.
It's the tale of Tom Hartshorn,
born in a castle" on Rhode
Island. educated at Harvard and
rich enough to do as he ding-dad
pleases.
Tom takes up painting-with
women as a chaser-as his vaca-
ton In the French quarter
(Which some irreverent fellows I
know call the Latin hindquar-
teri of New Orleans.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
His Answers Ready

Five months later, on Deem
Der 2, the watchful Lentz read in
the obit column of the local paper
that one of Ennis sisters had
died, and he decided TO attend
the funeral. 1t was there he
found the missing man he wanted
to question so badly.
At headquarters, the stalwart
Ennis calmly denied knowing
anything about the Hawn killing,
and he was a match for his in
terrogators with ready answers
for every question
"On the night OF Feb. Il.
1885," Ennis repeated, II visited
a friend at the hospital and
got home at 1890 and went
straight to bed"
Frank Barnes said you came
home after midnlght--and when
you did come home you were
wearing a blood-soaked shirt,
charged Lentz.
what can yen expect"
sneered Ennis, - from a
brother-in-law ."
But Ennis was held despite his
denials.
Next day, Lentz received a
phone call. Five minutes later he
was at the Whisnant Hosiery Mills
where Champion o. Terry, an en-
ploye, who had phoned the officer,
was waiting for him.
Gets Murder Witness
81 was there when Mr.. Hawn
was murdered-I saw the whole
thingw began the 25-year-old
youth excitedly; and haven't
had a decent nights sleep since.
When / read In the newspapers,
chief, about your questioning
Ennis 1 decided TO get this thing
off my chest.
II was at the Rock House Tav-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Husband Often AWGy

Her husband, she explained, fire.
ouently remained away from home
on business for two or three days
ct a time and therefore she had
not been alarmed at his absence.
At the slain mans garage an
employe stated that the last time
he saw Mr.. Hawn was at 6 o'clock
on Monday evening. Lentz deter
mined to trace his movements
from that time on and assigned
four deputies toIquestion the 1000
residents of the town of Hickory.
The task proved successful in
short order An electrician at the
Rialto Theater, while changing the
marquee sign, had seen Hawn in
an automobile parked outside at
about 10 o'clock Monday night
m MTD mr. CUTM-n Ayp ~
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
He's Ready to Talk

A night behind bars had its ef-
feet on the prisoner and he was
n dy 10 tell the truth in the
morning.
I'm madly In love with Mary
and couldn't bear to think Of
her In Jail; decided 10 confess
the murder and she would be
released and could escape. Later,
of course, / intended to tell the
truth. Now 1 suppose you real
i've that / didn't kill Hawn."
The pretty, voluptuous redhead
seemed to have indelibly impressed
her irresistible personality on all
her men friends. But, for his gall
liant attempt to free her, this mis-
guided admirer got 30 days in Jail.
On November 20, 1893, the four
defendants went 10 trial before
Judge Wilson Warlick. II was a
Observation-Disclosures legal battle
from the start.
Each of the prisoners had alibis
supported by many witnesses
while the state had Champion
Terry alone, and he was subjected
to whitening barrage of questions
by defense counsel.
LentZ saw his case totter pre-
Icariously when the defense sud-
denly presented to the court a
signed time card from the Wits
nant Hosiery Mills showing that
Terry had worked on the night of
the crime until 3 a. m.!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Told Not to Talk

"A little while later they came
back and crowded around me
they warned me that II i ever
told what / had seen they'd give
me the same as Hawn got
I've been afraid to talk until
learned you had Ennis behind
bars"
Thirty five year old Sam Bost
member Of one of the oldest and
m o st prominent families in the
state, had previously been ques-
toned by Lentz - he was Mary
Boyd's date at Cape Hickory Tav.
ern on the fatal night.
If the startling statement >ot
Champ Terry was true, what the
chief had considered the wild oat
escapade Of this scion of a fine
family would turn out TO be in
stead a red rendezvous of murder
Mary Boyd, Sam Bost and Nose
Brown were brought in and jailed
and at a preliminary hearing were
denied bail.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
BOOKS
by Rsnjan,i;n
DE Ca5sere5
Great Drama Of the Microbe
Told by Ambassadors in White

So 4 AMBASSADORS INVITE
"A There ought TO be a
statue TO great Japanese
fighter here in America, pref
erably in Rockefeller Centre.
Now, please hold the brickbat
you are going 10 throw at me
till you've read on. The japanese
was Hideyo Noguchi 1876
1929, one of the most heroic
warriors who have ever lived.
He fought in a war where there
are no armistices or peace
treaties-the war against tropi-
cal fevers, the mosquito and
disease-bearing microbes that
fly over the five continents like
pollen from the Tree of Evil.
The amazing story of No
guchi is told again in "Ambassa-
doris in White: the Story of
Tropical Medicine" by Charles
Morrow Wilson (Holt). 1t is a
veritable epic of the men, from
Carlos Finlay, Walter Reed,
William Gorges, Bill" Decks
and Noguchi to the doctors of
today, who are still waging war
on death and disease in the
American tropics.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Robbery Not Motive

THE murder certainly wasn't
for robbery" commented Lent.
and he walked away toward an
abandoned coupe standing near
by. He checked the license
plates with the registration card
from the dead mans pocket
book-it was Hawns automo-
bile. The inside OF the car
showed no evidence that the
crime had been committed
there.
Lentz found the faint impress
slons OF another car that had
circled the spot. and nearby a
sinister-tinted length Of iron pipe
that undoubtedly had been used in
the commission Of the crime.
Further search convinced the
chief that no other obvious clues
would be found, so he left word 10
get in touch with the Charlotte
police for a fingerprint expert, and
then left for the Hawn residence
lie gently broke the tragic news
10 Mrs. Hawn, mother OF a brood
Of seven. The stricken woman was
eventually able to tell the officer
that her husband had left Monday
morning but had returned home tc
change clothes that same after
noon while she was out.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21

Police Chief Refuses
TO Give Up When He
Reaches Dead End

EOUR officers circled the victim,
a man past middle-age cruelty
battered about the head and his
clothes badly isarranged. Con-
stable George Gilbert OF Brook
ford. ~. C.. asked:
Anybody know him:"
Police Chief Edward Lentz Of
nearby Hickory answered:
Its Raymond Hawn. n garage
owner I'm Hickory, and IL re-
member right the father Of
large family"
The statement had a noticeably
grim effect on the other three Off
GERS gathered on spot near the
Brookford school house right of
Highway II that Wednesday
morning. Feb. 19, 1886. Sheriff
o. d. Bars added;
"Old Bob Fox was gathering
mushrooms around here and he
found the body after dawn"
Coroner r. L. Washburn, the
fourth member OF the quartet,
knelt beside the body.
"Skull crushed like an egg
shell-he's been dead about SO
hours that makes II some
time between midnight and
dawn OF Tuesday morning"
He handed Chief Lentz a wallet
which. contained positive identi-
fication of the murdered man as
Hawn. II contained SIS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Confesses Crime

Then, this long drawn out, ex-
asperating case took another crazy
tangent w h e n Edward Burns of
Hickory walked into headquarters
and cody announced that he had
killed Raymond Hawn. His state.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
League of ScoundreIs

Not that I agree with all of
Mr.. Seldes' opinions. especially
his yen for the League of Ma
tons, which, to me. will always
be a League of Scoundrels. But
there is so much sound thought.
calm reasoning and common
sense in this American often
sive," to quote the subtitle of
the book, and Mr.. Seldes has
such a passion for liberty-which
he rightly says must be Gre
ated"-that find very little to
quarrel with.
Here Is one of the most vivid
and one of the truest-things
in this book:
I'VE know the name and
character of our enemy--the
Axis; but after months of war
we are not entirely convinced
that IL intends to destroy ms
because we do not see why IL
has to destroy us. DESTROY;
not defeat. We have seen IL
happen I'm France and Poland
and Norway and Holland; but
we cannot imagine that the
Nazis intend actually to appoint
q German governor general over
the Mississippi Valley, q gauloi-
ter In the New England prov
inces and forbid us to read
newspapers, go to the movies
or drink coffee; we cannot be-
heve that tho Axis intends 20
destroy the character Of
America, annihilating the hber-
ties our ancestors fought for
and tho level of comfort which
we cherished so scrupulousIy I'm
later generations"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21

pheric traffic. with otir own SOL
diers travelling through and sta
toned in these countries, the
United States is not beyond the
menace of these diseases which,
many times in the past have
been epidemic within its boun-
daries.
This is an heroic age we live
in. And l recommend to your
attention this book of real
heroes IA m b ssadors in
White"
PROCLAIM LIBERTY" -
Gilbert Seldes, once a columnist
for the Hearst papers and now
of the television department of
the Colum bia Broadcasting
Company. approaches all our
problems of today in his 200
page book, proclaim Liberty"
1.-THE Greystone- pFessAA in an
intelligent and. above all, 200
Cer cent American spirit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21

ern that night. Hawn came In a
little after midnight and headed
right over 10 a table where Mary
Boyd was drinking with Sam
Bost. He ordered Mary to leave
BOst and came back to town
with him.
"She yelled for him TO get out,
but he wouldn't go. Jack Ennis,
a friend OF Sam BOst, and Nose
Brown, the owner of the tavern,
came from a back room and the
men hustled Hawn out OF the
front door.
II noticed that Sam had n
piece of pipe in his han d.
Through the open door ] could
see BOst bang Hawn over the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Tries Underworld

The red-head's friend turned out
to be the son of a prominent fam
lily in town and his story tailed
with that of the girl.
From then on the investigation
ebbed and disappeared from the
newspapers. But Chief LentZ stub
bornly continued the search.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Identifies Girl

do YOU know the girl?
LentZ asked.
The electrician nodded.
MARY Boyd. She goes TO
HIS Cafe around the corner
quite often
Half an hour later a red-headec
beauty. accompanied by a deputy
walked into the chiefs office.
How well did you know Ray
mond Hawn ." asked Lentz.
Raymond Hawn? ] just
learned that he was dead"
That's not what asked
YOU" snapped the officer.
1--WE were just good friends
good friends for about two
years"
"Well. what do you know
about his murder? When did
YOU see him last ."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
False Confession
Merely Strengthens
Hunt for SIayers

On an off chance that the crimi-
nal grapevine might be Of some
help in getting a track on the
mysterious and elusive Hawn
slayer, Chief Lentz ferreted among
the underworld and there learned
that Hickory resident named
Frank Barnes had recently been
convicted of an assault charge and
was serving a term a the Gale
donia Prison Farm.
On a sitting day in July the
Hickory officer paid the convict a
visit. When asked if he knew
anything about the Hawn case,
the deeply tanned Barnes was re-
luctant TO talk until he was as
sured that he had nothing 10 lose
by assisting the state; then the
prisoner opened up:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
The Copper Pot

What between the bottle and
the gals and the fiowing-tie
Whistlers of the studios he
finally manages to paint a mas
terpiece called THE Copper
Pot" What this canvas with
the dead-end title looks like 1
don't know, for il is not repro
duced in the book.
But finally-bam! Tom loses
his income. his sense of security
gets the "willies" and vanitas
vanitatum!-the war makes its
way to America. Mars noses out
Venus, for when Tom thinks he
gets the call to fight he gets rid
of skirt obsession.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21


forced to declare that they were
unable TO agree. They were dis
missed by Judge Warlick.
But Chief Lentz was not to be
denied. To bolster Champ Terry's
testimony he unearthed another
witness in the person of Gladys
Hicks, a young Hickory miss.
Four Found Guilty
She revealed that Mary Boyd
had taken a seat beside her in a
local drugstore one day the pre-
vious summer and in a confiden-
tial mood confessed that she was
in great trouble.
To the feminine curiosity of
Miss Hicks, she responded by tell
ing her that she had been at the
Rock House Tavern when Hawn
was killed
With this added testimony the
case was brought TO trial for a
second time on Feb. 10, 1899, three
years after the crime. Again il
took five days to present the evil
dence.
But this time the jury required
only three hours of elaboration;
and the verdict reached was that
all four defendants were guilty of
murder in the second degree.
Sentence quickly followed. The
next day each of the three men
were given ii to II years to be
served at the state prison; the
Haunting icy-eyed beauty took her
sentence OF six TO nine years with
redlipped disdain.
Chief Lentz at long last breathed
a sigh of relief. He was satisfied.
1t took three years-but he got
four for one %
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Has Denial Ready

II know nothing about the
murder" the girl retorted an
grily. 1.-THE last time l saw him
was Monday night. He Invited
me into his car outside the
T.ialto. and while we were sit
ting there my girl friend came
along and joined us. Hawn drove
us around for n while and then
left my girl friend of ut her
home. Hawn dropped me of at
Cape Hickory Tavern where l
met my date It's none OF
your business, but I'll tell you 1
stayed there until the next
morning and the manager will
cOrroborate my story"
"a perfect alibi, che Well,
well check on IT," growled the
chief.
With a disdainful toss of her
skirt the girl left after revealing
the identity Of her girl friend anC
her date"
At Lake Hickory where the tav.
ern is situated Lentz questioned
the manager, who assured hin
that the girl had arrived late with
a man much younger than Hawn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21

Susceptible r YMOND
HAWN (above), married and
father of seven children,
whose tavern junket ended in
his death.
head with the pipe until the old
man collapsed; then the three of
them carried Hawn behind the
house.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Ennis Disappears

"On the night Hawn was muir
dered 1 was visiting my brother
in-law, Jack Ennis, in Hickory.
We slept in the same room.
heard him come in a little after
midnight and he was pretty
tight; 1 guess he forgot L was
there, because he turned on the
light to undress and l saw that
his shirt was full of blood. He
took IL off and burned 1t in the
fireplace"
Did Ennis kill Hawn?" asked
Lentz tensely.
The convict shrugged:
ut may~have been over that
readhead :" and further he
could not be persuaded to talk.
But Jack Ennis had disap-
peared! Nor could trace Of him
be found.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Alqer of the Microbe

Noguchi. in many respects the
greatest of these men, might be
called an Horatio Alger hero of
the microbe. He was born on a
Japanese farm of poor, sickly
parents. In infancy his left arm
and the finger-tips of his right
hand were burned away when
he efawled into a ffe.---z.-------
He was thus crippled all his
life. He walked to Toxic to
study medicine. No money,
physically handicapped, without
friends here, he came to Amer
lea. He first worked for DR.. S.
Weir Mitchell in the University
of Pennsylvania. He was known
as "the messy lab. boy"
Careless of dress and OF what
he ate, he concentrated his life
forces on one idea: the disease
germ and how to conquer it.
Finally the Rockefeller Founda-
ton discovered" this veritable
Shakespeare of the microbe and
sent him-everywhere. He was
one Of the conquerors of yellow
fever. trachoma and syphilis.
He himself died Of yellow fever
in Africa. noting the ravages OF
the germ in his own body as he
passed into death.
Humanistie Conquisfadores
Ambassadors in White" Is in
Is chapters, and each one tells
a tole OF the humanistic con-
observation-disclosures that battle
the microbe.
This is the incredible condition
We in North America face to-
day. according to Mr.. Wilson:
There are somewhere around
a hundred and twenty million
people In Latin America from
the Rio Grande to Cape Horn.
At this very moment IL Is a good
bet that at least fifty million of
them are sick-sick Of every
thing from sprue to Ieprosy; sick
of almost all the diseases that
we in the United States en-
counter In our own lives, and of
a multitude of savage and highly
fatal diseases about which we
know almost nothing"
Is it any wonder, then, that
Acting Secretary of State Sum-
ner Welles said at Rio de Janeiro
recently:
"My government believes that
we must begin now to execute
plans vital to the human defense
Of the hemisphere for Improve
ment of health and sanitary con-
ditions, the provision and main
tenance of adequate supplies of
food, milk and water and the
effective control of insect-borne
and communicable diseases"
Seourees on March
Today there are more imme-
date necessities. The great
tropical scourges are on the
march again. Yellow fever is
once more outside the controls
which for a time seemed to be
holding it in check. Even with
quinine, the whole story Of ma
laria has not been told, and now
since the seizure of the Dutch
East Indies by the Japanese the
supply of qunine is dangerously
limited.
With war increasing hemis-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21

with a "swell-looking red-headed
girl companion.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-10-31
EDNA BLACK ASSOCIATES
ENDORSES G. 0. P.

Enthusiastic support Of Gov
Staltonstall, Attorney General
Bushnell and Laurence Bans,
was voiced at a crowded rs,Iy
Monday night at 1896 fremont
ST. The meeting was held IN.
der the auspices of the Edna
Black Associates, Edna Black
president, who presided, assist.
ed by Joseph Badgett.
Speakers were Atty Irwin T.
Dorch, Malcolm Weymouth.
Atty G. Bruce Robinson. Mr.
Hall, who spoke in behalf Of
Gov. saltonstall, and David G.
kenney who urged special SUD.
port for Laurence Banks for
representative from Ward g
In a stirring appeal, Miss
Black lauded the efficient,
stateSmanlike administration
of Gov. Saltonstall and his
farsighted cooperation in the
war effort. 1--WE can win this
election" she declared, If we
work hard and bring out the
vote"
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/ Their details.
Turkey Dinner by the Sept Soc.
urs Club will be held at so Will
lianas St., suite l, Thursday eve
ming, Nov. 5. We look forward to
your patronage. Dinner served
from 5 p. Nj. until.
Councillor D. F. Sullivan and
Councillor Carey are respon3-
ible for the following resolu-
ton introduced in the Boston
Council: RESOLVED: That
the City of Boston hereby goes
on record as approving the
principle of the Geyser Anti
Poll Tax Bill now before Con-
gress which bill is designed to
abolish the requirement of the
payment of poll tax as a
prerequisite for voting and be
it further RESOLVED that a
copy of this resolution be for
warded to the Massachusetts,
Delegation in Congress.
ANNA BOBITT GARDNER
presents again, the INTER
CHURCH DRAMATIC TOURNA-
MENT of Religious Plays at the
PEOPLES BAPTIST CHURCH.
THURSDAY EVE. NOV. 18th at
S:15 o'clock under the auspices
of the Pastors Club. Mrs. Mar
garet Smith, Pres, others parti-
cipating, the 4th Methodist
Church and the Academy Play
erS, group made up of members
OF various churches. who are
specializing in religious drama,
subscription 30c.
The Harriet Tubman House
was the place where the audi
ence filled the hall Tuesday
night at one of the Commun-
ity Chorus special concerts.
Mrs, Edith Mae Hopkins, the
attractive~ chairman, and her
committee, Mrs. Sadie D. Tur-
ner, Miss Ellen Daltry and
Miss Queena Hopes presented
a colorful program. Miss Irene
JuStus, Floyd Nelson, Mr.. Mill
er, Rev. M. G. Jennings and
Mrs. Fannie Lonon gave brief
talks. The concert was hig1.
lighted by Africanus Setback
and his friends from Africa
who sang and played their in
struments. Mr.. Schaack's group
of men were interesting. The
collation. was delicious. Again
Claudius j. Broadfeld, con-
ductor of the Community Cho-
Political ADVERTISEMENT
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Mrs. &C. White
Dies In n. Jersey

Friends in the city were
shocked to learn of the death
on Tuesday, Oct. 81, of Mrs.
Beatrice Warrick White, wife
of the violinist, DR.. Clarence
Cameron White, of Elizabeth,
N. j. No particulars have been
received and it is believed that
Mrs. Whites illness was Ct
short duration. Letsers from
her during the summer con-
tanned no intimation of fail
ing health.
Funeral services will be held
today, Saturday, Oct. 81, l
p m from the Nesbitt Funeral
Home, in Elizabeth.
Mrs. White has many friends
in Boston having come here as
a bride from Washington, D. C..
in 1905 and later she and Dr.,
White resided here for a num-
Der of years. Many will learn
with regret of her passing.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-10-31
WILL VOTE REPUBLICAN

tor Of the activities of the col
ored people in this present
campaign. 1 have faith in his
leadership.
He has vigor, determination,
and an unapologetic attitude
when it comes to matters af-
fecting his race. He has been
in practice of Law in Boston
for twenty years, and during
that time has served churches,
and fraternal organizations,
creditably, in most cases with
out compensation.
AS President Of the National
Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored People ne
fought and won many cases
for the members of our race,
at a tremendous sacrifice Of
his own time, without one
penny's compensation.
This is the kind Of leader
ship I respect. This is the kind
of leadership that will solve
the problem about which we
are wrangling. This kind of
leadership I hope my friends
will follow.
LOVETT B. GROVES.
Boston, Mass.
Oct. 90, 1912.
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9is : BY PUBLIC AccLAMATIoN = l94

or of Miss Margery Fry, bari
riSter, of London, England,
will be held Tuesday, Nov. 8,
2 p m at the Roxbury Court by
Judge FARMLAND w. L. Miles,
1t. Mildred Davenport Car
ter is expected home the first
of the week on a ten days fur
Tough.
NAACP Bridge and Whist,
Nov. IL at st. gym. Attractive
prizes. Ebba S. Perry and
Carolyn Jones, chairmen.