Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-05-30

(EdhOr's Note: SGetsOn Ken.
Hedy, author Of Southern Expo.
sure, Is no "dGmnya'tkee." He Is a
native Of the South, and has neVer
lived OHtSids Of 4; iWO OF his
Southern IOTsbeGys signed he
Declaration OF Independence, and
his grandfather fought IOT The
COHIedsTGcy.)
You're not expected 10 convict
anybody" said the defense at
t0rney 10 the jury.
So confident was the defense, IL
didn't even bother 10 introduce any
defense witnesses, even though the
rs white men on trial for tho lynch
murder Of n Negro had signed
damning confessions.
Nor was the defense diAap-
pointed.
mot guilty" declared the lily.
white jury Wednesday, freeing all
~ men.
Justice has been dons--l feel
the best I ever felt In my IifsW
beloved Carlos X. Hurd. who had
been named by fellow. defendants
~ trigger man.
II think this Ia q perfect example
Of proving that the Dept. Of Jus.
tics, Walter Winchsll, and other
people up North should keep their
mouth out Of the S0uth's buslnsssw
shouted Defense Attorney Tom
WOfOrd.
And no . trial unprecedented In
Southern Jurisprudence came 10 an
Unprecedented end.
Grsenvills--iIks Columbia, Tenn,
and Monroe, Ca, before it-hAd
laid the whltswaAh on thick. Justice
was JubIlantly lynchsd, partly 10
maintain "whits supremacy" part
~ 10 show the damnyankeeS who
really won thu Civil War.
symbolIEing tho Spirit Of Green.
vills were the collection Jars for the
lyncherS' defense fund, which
cropped up In local stores.
Tho brand Of lily-whits justice
dispensed ut Gresnville, Monroe.
and Columbia was Rrist from n mill
whose foundations still rest upon
the moro or less dsfunct inatitu-
ton Of chattel slavery. This same
mill ground out the Infamous Black
Codes, which during the post.
Reconstruction period went 20 far
~ 10 bar court testimony by Ne
groea against whites. Greenville |
means that the South has finally
progressed 90 the point where Il
IL willing 10 60 through the mo-
tons Of q lynch triRl--with con
hdcnee that the jury will not con
Wet.
Even when n white man Kills n
Negro without provocation. lily
white Southern JuTiea have always
felt that such n crime should be
regarded ~ misdemeanor NJ
most, with n maximum penalty Of
not more than 10 years. This IL
what the Khan oath. which requires
all kluSers 10 come 20 tho aid Of
u Brother klanAman In any on.
tremity, treason, rape, and mall.
CioHs murder alone excepted" real. |
~ means It's always open season
on Negroes down South II IL the
white mans privilege to kill Ne. |
Krocs with impunity, Only when
= Negro kills y Negro IL the crime
regarded rs murder.
nm quite certain that no South |
Srn jury has ever sentenced white |
man 10 death for killing one or
more Negroes. To believers In white
supremacy, the very idea Of taking |
= white life for having taken n
Negro life smacks " social
equality"
For generations Southern Ne |
groes have summed up this situa.
ton In a folksunR tone 81 tho few
forms Of protest permitted thSml |
when = Negro Mills . white man. |
They hangs him llkr = goat.
Hut when y white man Kills q
Negro,
They hardly carries Il TO court"
GreenVille carried Il TO court. the |
prosecutor prosecuted, the Judge
leaned over backward to he Impair \