Evening star., 1948-11-28
WidowHe|d in Staying
b|ames Hooded Men
For Death Of Negro
BY the Assoeioted Press

SAVANNAH, Ga, Nov. 27.-The
widow of Robert Mallard, colored,
arrested for his murder today,
screamed "he was killed by hooded
Ku Kluxers."
A few minutes later the woman,
Amy James Mallard. began wailing
incoherently and collapsed in the
arms of her brother. J. c. James,
attorney of Buffalo, N. Y.
She was arrested on a warrant
charging murder as she left her hus-
bands funeral. She was taken into
custody by 1t. w. E. McDuffie of
the Georgia Bureau of Investiga-
ton.
On arrival at the police station a
reporter for the Savannah Evening
Press asked If she would like to
make a statement.
Three Held as Witnesses.
Until this moment she had been
calm. It'll tell the world do" she
shrieked, "he was killed by hooded
Ku Kluxers. He worked hard for
me-"
Her husband was slain around
midnight, November 20, and she said
at the time he was killed by armed
and masked men from ambush near
Lyons. Ga.
1t, McDuffie did not elaborate on
the arrest or assign any reason for
the killing.
He did disclose, however, that
three Negroes were being held in
Lyons as material witnesses.
II think the Ku Klux Klan has
been wrongfully accused in this
case. 1t is our belief they are not
guilty of shooting Mallard," he said.
Khan Issues Statement.
His statement followed one by DR..
Samuel Green, grand dragon of the
Klan, claiming that the robed
members of the invisible empire also
had been cleared by Toombs Coun-
ty Sheriff r. E. Gray.
DR.. Green apparently had re-
port on the murder from Sheriff
Gray before anyone else except the
OBI, which would not comment.
1t. McDuffie said the widow
would be taken to Swainsboro, Ga,
for questioning by Capt. Delmar
Jones, OBI chief.
When asked by 1t. McDuffie If
he would like to accompany his sis
ter to Swainsboro, Mr.. James de-
clined.
Those held in Lyons were identi-
fled by It. McDuffle as Sallie Carter,
%, william Tim Carter. 18, colored,
and his sister, Emma Lean Carter,
49,
The lieutenant said the Carriers
and the Mallards were occupants Of
the car when the Staying took place.
The victim was killed with a sin
gle shot, apparently fred through
the windshield of his new car.
1t. McDuffie said Frank Brinson,
a white farmer, was the first man
to reach the scene of the shooting.
He lived about 300 yards away.
The lieutenant quoted Mr. Brin-
son as saying one of the Negroes
came for him after the shooting.
Mr.. Brinson related, 1t. McDufie
said, that a blue steel revolver fell
from the car when the dead mans
body was removed. The farmer said
ne heard two shots and saw no evi-
dence OF automobiles present at the
scene.
1t. McDuffe said State patrolmen
found a nickel-plated. 80 caliber
revolver in Amy Mallard's auto
mobile at Lyons today. He quoted
her as saying she placed the gun
in the car for protection after her
husbands Staying.
Klan Dragon Green said he had
a signed statement from Sheriff
Gray saying ' . the Klan had
nothing to do with this job. This
Negro was disturbing church serv-
ices at the Providence (white)
Church. =" This Negro was a bad
Negro, as have had dealings with
him"
The Atlanta Journals correspond
ent at Vidalia, headquarters for the