The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-09-07

York; and wa Nh
He thc youh hncled John
Jones, an Ninden louisiana
white complaint that had been re'ns in her
bedroom window Harris and Ms ager stopped ~ detroit en-
to New York. august - with RELATIVE Nihf Harris The
publication tbrrl, withheld until ih, week. due
10 the danger to his lie mcml'r oi the lynch mob sin
searching him l,ucus him. >inc he ht only
survivor who can positively identity mob leader.
HARRIS STORY
"They beat me until couldn't stand any longer
and as lay bleeding the ground. Of them up
and kicked me as hard he could right in the stomach,
Albert Harris, Jr l7-year-old mob victim mumbed
f.r,e tar1i TAD ~ IN, tr-iir,s Ill l3 l. farcod -
undergo At he hand, q cazed Ihi'e aoremac' mad
They arrested and kept in jail FOR three day.
all right The night they turned loose, OF the
deputy sherHs said he driving where lived
with him awhile When abou, half mile from
where lived he stopped the and said o X boy
CAR WAITING G"' '''e' 80 N''''
Il 90, out Of his car and he drove of There zero
two parked there in the dark waiting They turn
ed their headlights as started to walk away
Before h could get aWt, rasa armed win s. .ls and
ed to me-
After bong subjected Is on, 81 the moss ec 9eginrs
a human could taad. Albet was I~t parrlA a, ~ crawl
;nt ~ u.s. n4 +.t it 'o'al'@e
Harris Sr N.t, terrified Ile earcd tqr h ,aietl Of
his son VINO mad collapsed, brused ana bleeding at his
The nest right the pale r@o acd 1 The de-
serted cDlllirNSIdc llgIls other
members of family uHt Alb r ~ back Of
their car aud aro>e hm Isl mix e taie tlne 70
KNOCKED TEETH OUT
According to ilarrs Sir. uta from
Texas on SATURDAY. some whit, n. h house
II told them that Bi Nick v0t,reat had taken
him out q town They went % lill and irnd oa' hat
he hadn't taken him anywhere Anpcrcd they camc back
Ia my house gal, n and bnoccd n, froat tccth out
They threatened "a lynch me q diont bong Albert
Go &c, him dammit" oa~ Of them said we rouo
have him back here to prove something i you don't
have him here were going to kill you!
81 haven't done anything" Harris protested they
hit him again and again.
Hoping to prove his sons innocence Iarris drove
back 70 rcNa> the nest da, and returned with his SON
refinery worker and victorian % World War III After the
,bitc woman Il o had eoniplancd ~ ~,n,eont pecpnr in
press charec. tbcy We're released
STREET DESERTED
II was about $50 at night, Albert said, when they
let US out looked around and noticed the street was
practically empty Not a Negro sight Just then
mob of white grabbed They threw sheet
head tied hands and feet together and showed me
Cotton Valley to Minden, louisiana about IL or Ia
miles
One bunch took and the others took Jones the
side of little hill and started working on him could
E Rfe5 Gp if5S STOMACH
They hit in the head with pistol, beat with
clubs and pounded m until passed AS lay there
the ground nearly dead Of them over and
kicked right in the stomach just hard he could
must have passed out again guess they thought sure
when came TO- they were gone could hear
Jones groanng little. He moaning for water. Drag
gng my body along creyyled little creek took off
of my shoes and filled II with water for Jones Hs
body horribly burned, up and bleeding. All
could lift his head my lap and SIT quietly while
he died thought that would make il little easier said
SCARED FOR LIFE
Albcr pulled back q, Nee aa inNed thc deep
head and body an bear sears he Will carry with him he
resi- ~ ~. W. 'i' .i ~ 8, san r., -, 81,