The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-08-14
Nation Eyes Davis Case, Fhnsy
Evidence For S-Year-Old Crime

The case OF Leroy paws. %.
auai'irs eXlradiuor in Waync
Count, Jan. for the ALLEGED MUIR
der ~ white man. said 70 have
taken place eight years ago Is al.
tracing nationwide attention
The crime allcecdly committed by
Davis occurred in Gibson county
Tenn Davis dcnies committing
tho ai'egcd murder with which he
IS charged claiming that he was
never IN Gibson county nor had
ever heen IN the state of Tonnes
SEQ The accused now o5-ycars-of-
are would have been onlyl7 al tho
time the alleged murder was said
10 have heen pcrpeiratod The
only explanation offered as 10
DAVIS identity as The alleged
murderer by the Tennessee off
cer seeking the mans ex:radition
aas that he was Negro with
white teeth. and had peculiar
way of STOPPING over That was
an tho Identification the Tonnes
sec police officer could present IN
support q The charge placed
against him for he commission
lef ihe allcaed crime
Although Mlchigan's Governor
Hafsy Kelly signed papers for
Davis oNirafiiion 4 has been
ruuor@l that coyern 2 Kelly is
rot 8pifc satisfied with evidence
Of ise alleged mans guilt as pre-
sen'ea hy he officers from Ten
nerscc
Judge sherman Calender Waync
Circaif court jprisi granted
la.aav s'sy 80 proceedings IN tho
Davis CASE In the meantime. Judge
Calender wcn' u bis vacation
Appeals were made 10 Judge Ira
W jaime also % Wayne County
CirNf ,w'. fnr q fithcr STAY
II ~ execution Of Dayls's extra
diti iuduc Jayne responding
70 % plca ~ persons interested
IN 1853 ctso extended the stay
an Tier n DAYS
Srailllu-cinc tho Interest IN
the Davis case Is re,rv Fisher
acc process server in the office
% Va.Ne County Sheriff Andrew
Baird Fisher prominent in local
and st3te dom cratic circles. as
well as in fratornal. sports and
yoferars ariiyi,ics hn enlisted
The ald ~ Some - this city's
( pronnsnt members 81 ihe har,
as veli as others from cur Of De
troi, Dernty Fisher became IN
,crested in tho Davis case some
time age and mon tho plea Of
be mother of Leroy Davis
! Francis Dem VOL known at
I torncv. a eradure n Amherst
( college and ihe Detroit College
90 Law nm c'ficer IN The First
World War. d der ~ Purple
Hear, decoration has been re-
tanned Ms ohiof-of-counsel An In
terestinr sidclirht IN Tho retention
~ Attorney Den, nv former com
rsdc-in arms Pctry Fisher IS that
mo le'tcr served in the same reg
imcn, 9eSih lnianiry as Dent,
Who was lieutenant Dent was
wounded The nigh, q sept p.
1918. during an engagement with
Gfman forces. IN tho Areonne
Forest II IS related that Fisher
vas within % feet ~ the spot
where Dent was wounded
Walter Nelson attorney and
mom:nenflv associa,cd with Amer
can clsil Liberties committee,
has Il mated his services In the
proposed legal hattie 70 follow
with the ATTEMPT 70 execute the
cytradiion Of LEROY Davis helms
made by the state ~ Tennessee
From chi5ago. with offers OF
voluntary assistance are Con-
gresham VIM Dawson prominent
attorney. also veteran Of World
War !. villa Brown, ayiatrix.
and Col. Robinson who was chief
~ the Ethiopian anpcr during
The regime ~ Emperor Halle Sc
lassie of Abysslnia The letter -
graduate ~ Wilberforce uni
versity II VILLA Brown is best
known not only as an attractive
Young woman. but also as a dar-
rg and hiehy efficient eYiafrix
The Wolverine Bar association
has also promised he services Of