Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-02-15

victims OF bombingB and parents
Of school childrrn were arrcatc,
Thursday. Feb, 7 In connection
with violence over an attempt /,
register colorcd pupils In previous
~ ail.white schools here.
Eight Negroes and one whit,
person weru Rrrpsted on charge,
of C0nSplring 90 cndRnEer the
lives Of the children,
On complaint OF y local whit,
restaurant owner and father ot
school ohildrrn. Cairo police pick
rd up without prior notice DR. W
4. FinERl, president Of tbs
branch. Mrs, Rosetta Walker
mother Of two children who hav,
been transferred 10 = white
school, DIR. J q, Wallace, q leader
of the branch whose home waS
the target OF q shotgun blast on
the night 81 January IN; Rev Ar
thur Jclka; q, y. Williams: David
v, Iansdrn, white attorney for
the local group; DR. w, y. Madi,
Ron; and Lester Bailey and June
shagaloff, NAACP field Hecrc.
tATica,
Al were released within four
hours after posting bail bond of
1000 each Hearings on the
charges were set for Thursday,
February ~ Warrants were In.
sued for the arrests on the charge
of conspirinE 10 "gndanEeT the
life and health of certain chiidron'
" Cairo for insisting upon their
transfer from outmoded Jim Crow
schools 10 the schools nearest Ca
their homes,
A Warrant was also issued for
ths ArTrat Of Mrs. Carrie Watkins.
mother 10 q child who had been
transferred. she was not held, be-
cause % pregnancy.
Al were charged with two sep.
arate miadrmnRnor citations, and
released on $1,000 bond pending n
hearing Thursday. Feb, ~ Tho
warrants werp signed by 10 com.
pIaintaBtA who described them.
selves M white parents or their
agents.
The FIRST citation charged the
accused specifically with
"EndRnRertnE the lives and
health 81 children by forcing them
by threats and Inducements IA
enter Cairo schools previously nj.
tended only by white pupils"
The second citation charged tho
eight consplred!
TO unlawfIlly cause or permit
children 10 ba placed In such .
situation that thsir lives were en-.
dRngsrcd"
Despite the outbreak ~ viO.
Irnce. Negro parents continued IA
try 10 register their children, IA
far only seven pupils have been
accepted In formerly white
schools. -Four are In grade school,
two In junior high school. and OnF
In high school.
A series ~ violence In Cairo. q
southern Illinois town which
borders on the Mason. Dixon line
whs touched off Jan. n. whsr
three fisry crosses were burned IN
and around Negro districts.
Parents ~ ~ Negro pupils were
scheduled % attempt 90 register
their children In formerly all
white schools. Monday. Jan. ~.
During the three days that fol
I0wsd n shot was fired into the
home ~ DR.. Wallace. n bomb drH
trDyed an unOccupi"d room In the
homo Of Or Urbans BaAs. and
dynamite was found near a bust
meas place ~ Henry Dyson, Nee
president ~ the Cairo MACE
! DR.. Wallace also received q letter
warning him % leave the city OF
suffer thr consequences.
-Four white msn have been ar
rested In connection with the
b,anbinE ~ Or Bass home They
were Robert Hogan. 20, saIeaman:
Charles ~. Miller Jr. 81. Jerry
Dean Eills. ~. and Roy Downs,
n.
UpOn being Informed ~ the ar.
rest 81 the HAACP people. Thur
Rosd Marshall, NAAcP special
counsel. left New York immediate
~ n consult with Illinois lawyers
On preparation 81 IN. defense.
Meanwhile Waiter whIts, Ma
ACP executive secretary. gave -.
suTABees that "thIs attempt % In
timIdats the Isadrrs % our Cairo
brAheh for demanding thSir oSD-
stitutI0nAI rights win not dctsV
ths NAACP from oOutisuing 10
night against ~ forms u Eneial
dIscStm1natiOa and segregntioaL "
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