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VOLUME TSTN UMBER 30
Seek Bead
For Race <
By E. M. DeAIi %
Charleston ? The Charleston '<
Business League, a newly organ-, ;
izcd group Of business and pro_; 1
fessional men, took, to the Char-, }
leston County legislative Com- c
jrittee a reouest that something i
definite be d?ne to provide a! v
beach for Negroes somewhbre in' *
the vicinity cf this city during1
its meeting on Monday January; I
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Leading the group who pre-i .
sented this petition to city fath-j 4
ers was Walter Johnson,. outr|
tf. standing business man and Ci-^icj
C leader, who has been elected^ ^
pfesident of the organization. ! c
Other officers .?f the.organiza-] '
y' tiort are, Mrs. Mary McNeil. Sec- ^
IV retary; Robert F. Mornscn. nndl s
Charles Mas on po-chairmon of a* 1
.. committee^organized for the pur- r
' 1
pose of furthering the beach | I
movement. -J
PhJf*v>
r - Mr. Morrison, said he had <
been working toward such a! t
; recreational development for! i
seveal years; he first reminded] ]
. the delegation that $50,000 was] i
; Appropriated for a'Negro beach j I
;" tori950, "but that is the~Iasf we <
r neara vi u."
v- After mflldny thi.< statement J
Li-,-quoted at length from an an- |:
tfuai repbrt to Hi legislature by '
Charles H. Flory. S. C, State I
} For^ter, in 1950, which set forth
that at the time there were 19Safe
parks, only four of which
according to his reports were 1
he was friendly
'jf "but the fiext time y&u see him,
| ask him if he has recommended
sun appropriation for this purpose.
Th^re is a difference," <
said Senator, Wallace," in talk; '
r 4
f and action. So far as I know, no
ir. State department has recom-!
mended an appropriation for a1
? Negro Reach. The $50,000 was.
appropriated upon our ..wn initiative."
i '
Rep. Nathaniel W. Can-. 11 -aid
that the $50,000 wa>- siT!i avail.:
?? able?but that the nmin>; trrirblcwas
finding a beach area avail-' 1
; . able_for_iale for th purpose < f
being user 1 ,-a* e?N-grn- honeft. ' "
He stated' 'hat h* did not think
the problem was one of mrrnev i .
but rather of finding a sit ^
Morrison pointed cut 'hat the
only beaches available t 1 Ne.|
groes are Atlantic Beach, immediately
?north ?-f Myrtle
Beach, and Huntingt-jri Idanu,!
which hp said was , u ,eb -bydrcis
of N'.-fQ- l?m?u.aay ,.f?
th m were from Savannah^andj.
At^rtnffa. TTe^said a beach in thei^
Charlestcn area., would serve
from Horry "0'>unty to Allendale.
The Broup a-k< 1 t ,e Delegation
to arrant* a conference
: V Red Cross Mobile
f Blood Unit To Be '
I At Benedict
I. A MV-KilX 'T-:- '
.. ....../hi, uiv?"u u?ni oi me I <
American RM Cro>s will be set- <
1 up at Benedict College here on r
February 6, it was announced
Tuesday.
C The Unit is b"ing placed thor I
I' to facilitate the donation of blood c
by citizens to the national blocd t
bank Citizens ara urged to do- (]
nate a pint of blood during 4h- <
present campaign. v.-hie' a--n
^ painless contdibution. I I
? Persons making sue hdonati >os c
are requested r. >4 to .-at any
fatty foods from f'-ur to five- f
hours before making the d nn- \
tion. f
fii... The Unit will operat between S
11 a.m. and (5 p.m on Febru- },
arv fi v
f
t
Sist<
Be
coj
li-Hesort x
Jn Coast
vith O'v. James F. Byrnes, with
1 view tu quick action. But lio
let ion was taken on the pro.
y?sntr "and since another targe
iiyup was waiting t ? di ens- an.
>tHer problem with the delegation
tile discussion ended
vithPut a formal decision o.nth- r
wp y.
Groveland New
Frial Keset For
[!oiirt February 11
?New York ? Tkc retrial of,
rVafter Pec Irvin, the survivingi
lefondaul vin the Oroydand (
'rape" ease of 1049. has been j
jostponed again and is now
scheduled to take place in Ocala,
"la.," starting February n ntto-rveys
for tTie NAACP learned
Friday.
Pre:itrial motions to be arg? -t'
Kl in the Marion County Cireu.t
Z!ourt on Saturday, February 9,1
nclude a motion to re-adrr.it ,
MAACP Special Counsel Thur-1 ;
good Marshall and Assistant] ]
Special Cunsel Jack Greenbergj ,
to the case. The tWb NAACP ,
lawyers were barred from thej
trial by rtrrint?Judge 5^ Ji?
Butch, who accused the Association
of stirring up' trouble in
the community.
Alex Ackerman, Jr., and Paulj
Perkins, Orlando attorneys for
the defense, yrill also argue a
Of frorida Bias
Washington ? Intensification,
af tThc hunt fof the kllor or kill-;
ers of Mr. and Mrs. Tfnrrv T
Mo<>r*' of Mims, Florida, has;
been assured by Attorney-General
J. Howard MeGrath.
The nation's chief law enforce-'
mont officer gave thi> .assurance
to a delegatinn of rcpresi nta- <
lives of Ifi national organizations
wlv> consulted with him here ?n '
Ji+fvtrtry y ami demanded- "that
th(. invi tigation now underway'
he expedited" and intensified ]
stj thai there will Tie immeiatc.
apprehension and arrest of the'
guilty parties."
flash:! il
THE 1IAG IS BACK
In response to constant re- j
quests of readers, starting this
week, tlie column "Tltf? Hag I
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*?*.. TT. . ...? I .
win appear regularly.
nils week's "Hag* may be
found on the back page.
NEW HOME 1
MYSTF.RIOI I.<
BY E. M. DEAL!. j 1
()\t'?rd, N. C';?'A dynamite j
>last which s:.ook a wide area,
f S uthem Granville C"unty (
arly today damaged a newly!
completed residence owned by,
' i ?
no of tli successful Negro far-j
ners of tis eetion. '
Friday night Sheriff's deputies,) .
corking with Stat,. Bureau e
\
nvestiga'tiOn, after a day lpngj "
ffort. we're-without information1'
hat might reveal the identity
f the party who set off two
?urges of dynamite Thursday1 1
tght twsrir the homp-of--Snnf"rri-t--*
Toldhig, 55. and father of 11, C
hildren. '
The blast occurred in Brass-' t
i' ld, N C., t wnship near the 1
Vako County line, and oho mile! f
pom Grissom. Mr. Holding nhb i
Sheriff F P, Davis that he had. r
ipnrd rumors that an nttcmpt !
t'ouM he m'utT- tr' rlnrna?e f'-o i
T ' <
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r AND /T^
LUMIUA SOUTH ( AKOI |\A7
j: .K"
Left to riifht are shown, M
MFdbucst. instructor Columbia
Maj, Hani el Daw ley, Nurse I'
Officer, Third Army; Miss Franc
Educational Director Columbia
Fapt. Adeline Holand, WAC \
State Baptist Leade
Byrnes During Plant
The President of the United] fo;
States and the Governor of on
Stout h Carolina came in for a' th
bit of Criticism by members of I 1
of tiy -executive. board of the State
Baptist Convention, which \-o
mot hcre Wednesday to makelbv
plans for te annual State Bap-j bu
tlst Convention,which meets in Cx
MuJ lists in May. 1 fir]
The religious leaders denounr-j nv
ed the appointment of General f,j
Miark Clark as ambassador to;
th?r Vatican by President Harry b<
S. Truman, and thc. portion of Hi
Governor Jan*?-* F. Ayrn<?*S;r-j |?j
nual message to the general as-,
sembly in which he outlined ^
plans for cxrvtinuing racial sog- j,v
rogation in public -chools. Two
committee groups vCere named t?, ?]
u:
Tobias* Son in-Law . a
Dies In What Is
Relieved Suicide
/
N-:-w \ >vk City ? Wiiliaui <H
iiry I). an. s. n-ui law i?f I) .
Tobia... alt-mat,. vie' J\
Av.U- t. . tht. l'\ (Ini A.-seu. - /
iv. was fi.utvi .ieiyd T'w' j
m -rriini. JaauaTv othin th-.- tp.kit.
'n l" hi-. T'lljia*' a w?
nart merit. 'Ci \V - t 110th St ret. a-:
M.r. Dean was 11 year n|d (
and was an executive , f : 1 v- hi
United Nation.? until his i! ath.
His wife. Mary :lV'an an 1 tw t i
hildron CI.annum 12 ana J.we. ;>s
12 survive. yh
His fat ra -ir. law. Dr. T hia : p.and
his * family ar in Paris p,;
where thev writ ! n- i n' v',
.i-cnoral Assembly s- se-i '-i.
iVndingt invot i^atn .M - ]
D<wnrs ddath. poiicr- lided it as t i
.'apparent uiride." in
BLASTED BY E
>?BOMBERSKlUSV.
S?h riff Davis tojd Cp-rlor-, { ^
hat lie knew of n > rac ial differmc(\s
In th(, r-uiununity where
tic <>xii1n?i n in i.. , m. / i
-r . .. ? \ / \ \ t 4 ' v \ | ^ UUl *V1 I . " 1
I Icting said lv- had experienced j
:r.tuhlo over the locate n ?'f his'
xrportv line. Mr. JT'ddin'tf, a for- _
fa i
ner resident of Wake County,
. , , . " cm
iv i jn this community for
' J
,t> 17 yf<\ is the "
'?) arrs oL -*no farm
? 4 ' Sin
and i ,. , - *
rpi . . ' (" i
i no a v. \ use wa - situa- j4
ed '.n r;? *d\ ised bv vsi
J' -i- . \ 11
lvu ? M ?*'?UTT"
"hurrU forrfl^tiy r is n ?u-ct- cd.
ntf pl;i'o for w' ' v'1 t!odi<t,i ,
\oc.ording to : :!*. ho tin
o whom it had fQvoi t> -t' after w-v
mrfdifeiodTVio 1 And gfr'Tn h< :r^ f*(-t
ts u^o for O'hurch purp ood-, p-><.
d.?*Hc -aid that h 'pforded. to , t
ro^p tho nr^pPrtv nndAr frtnrd wn
oronffer of
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l INFORJV
SATNRDAY, JANUARY
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? -J M &*&*' '' ? ocowwi ^
? V ^ : '
f" / pFi' ^ A-y^y-'w jf
ffifr 73^ y-?*YvC<W*.? f
V > : s ^ . *&*-?OOC*6?W MOO?.V?W/' *,
^ ^
in
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rs. Fun ice Nurse I'rocui
i hospital; olhia; Nurse
roeuremenl Allison. Ada
es Hurgess, . cille Miller. F
Hospital; Dawley on tl
rVAF a n d Army at the
:rs Hit Truman,
ling Meet Here .
['ward the organization's stanr
both matters, respectively, te
President and Governor.
Thc. meeting was held in' the
>rary of Ponvjdiet College.
tional servile s wore conductcc
IlOV. W. h. Wilson O S;pnrt:ii
irg, vice president of the Stat*
invention. Rov\'. R. E. Boykir
i- J. J. Abney were electee
embers of the executive board
ling vacancies caused by th<
aths last year of Rev. J. W
>ykins of Camden and A. W
ill of Florence.
itOtiRAMf PLANNED
As f'%r the conventon itself
c ixecutiwes adopted the foi
wing program:
Devotional mos-ages by Di
inrlos II, Brown of Columbia
r. B.D. Lewis- < f Chatkstot
id H 1-1. Hardin ?'f Morris Col
CONTINUED "ON PACE 5
i (Iditioris
4
Sieirsixme
f I
Kd;t J,.j. I{. N!
t - .1 1 I r j
f <I iii r
K. M. n< A.; i;> - , jj.
i Mi 0 A!i, .1 i,;it ; Hi t,
: K;i ! Aja. < ! fro::
hamm t (% ; . ,
niis>;-'Mari , 1 a v u-ran r- .
it it .i.'ii] * < w" 'iiia;I w* (i !ia.*f
fct'd? ?+?11 u i> r-mi ?'.'.T'st; 11 11
J iill* ? ;n ; - _
O K.?" "TK
tU.fl . a< at W!k 't)
> :??; I: >! ir Or .,.ROm
Mi' If.- i , f
' ''A t \vr. a i f a v?-t?>r.?si <. >..
t and I v. < <-f
cnt?.
"? ?f?!'i'i :
uinese Dan cine/
irl At Site Spot
no Sudc The Law
<>\ ttrViIV. N. C.,- -When A
Kong. a Chinese dancing girl,
led t > appear in Kecordi-r's
irt Fn4ay to ar>swv r t 1 charOf
immoral peid'oruianee, her
i0 I Kind "Was "i\ieii d f T'eited.
r* was arrested s? ve.il days
>, after giving a performance
the T. \vn Pump. .1 Fa\vtt
le nicht sp'd, in which p dice
d she \va- iusufTicii ntlv < i -1 P.
\ .f*, a/.- of aidsm <i.d .10 a 4
Va /mnvral p 1 ham mee
s lodged against rn< .Taire- I
rmiehrul. master '! < rrcrr. nof
he chore H ' nop ?r ]
1: t F; hi v. but 1 * *
continued pen lr ' ! ^
\T,'cc F- r>
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19, 1952
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1 V
rement Officer For South (ar-|
s Mary Willa Crawford, llettyy w0
Spence, Oarnell Morrison. JLu-. ?
'ollowing a talk given by Major w
le need for nurses in (he IT. S.! ^.j
* present t ime. * th
?.
Second Arson Try i ^
j In Week Listed
At Augusta . j *
Augusta. Georgia';
- I JUi
i. According to police tne Sicond, -0
j case of arson within ^ wocU hnci
"i bcent reported here by the city f 'j0
I fire department. j y0
J. Rarly Saturday morning fire- e?
men answ<-red a- call to 1481 yc
! Brown Street, only t? find evil | yo
| soaked rags stuffed under one ( g<
rflrni r . .f thn l.nnr/1 T?l. - e'-~ 1
^. - ...... . mv. iivkuv. i me me was
I not serious. The house is owned of
rt hy "the Lucky Real Rstat0 com- es
j,pany, and Ihe records. shows j
1 that "is^was" occupied TS>y threoi' sa
V I
. I women, Mrs. Daisov Warren, bf
Mrs. Mrvttie Bell and Miss. Mat-; ^>n
j tie Mitchell, [ th
. Listed last \v< ok as an arson M
i j
rase wa a fire in the home of! *'
i Mr \V: 1! Barney Clark at i:>32 hf
- Fin wick Slif t, :n-cording to po-' K<
lice no arrest as l.? c ti made.
Math On > ,
c.n smii ::
v.v.. ; u- little oi :1 1
r.i i'.jniniur.ity '.?.* -rker, " '
i (> T -imv.i is' a na
f llw : y c.'ir.ty, n> w- 11 K'
ivr. v. n : n\' and generally for cll<
- : ; ' - ".al't's and k'V.?< k f' r ' c "
- k <;! !-.a thing going. ; s
R v. W. Mi Knil' v EVuvtnan.':
> gue
pa >< -i S? e -'id Nazareth Baptis4. ^ >
CI. iind; e: t v. ilknown public ,
. V '.it : t \*i> : f ii,.l lull..??i no ?
''v 'r- li^il ar>u |V .
_ t>?V- -or^ft^P'nntfY TtTiTes
; 'lie e> lum.n "Meant- ;iru) Com-'
me.nt-"'.
] k . , . '
\ f"ii'ii i( unt ) Aikons, head j
1 adv? i ti' rig depart m? nt. Mr. a
Aiken.-'.. \>. h ' -tit : > H> TTV, Tag t- ate
h lire {:' y, Savannah, Cra. where; laid
h?f!t .1 : *pui..'irs 1?? in-vsj son
-? **> has i.f t keen nest pap
, analyse- >th> Negro market in< thir
1 I
I the e untrv. 1- New York City O
I -ov in] v'.nr ag hp pioneered] thoi
, 'he campaign of n-nghb >rhood j mm
spend in ft \v,'-. r- the rr.or wnsj pari
r-T'cri/ 1: <inee, he ha handl. tve
j ert sales f r automobile com- ther
I pnnie-;, n radio station and one
flier newspaper.
.Tame,. K. Crawford, printing
-hop foreman, . ntinning a po. j
l if' >n he's hie! si it u coming t j m
< 4' < newspaper |(.|Nj year. Mr.
1 Crawf. rd g<>f ]ai. printing train
v. i? m m- ,.r.o iTiunovV n .^a
an?? :it Tuskrttot4 Tnct fj
H h.i . nlso d on news- SB
pnivo in Phi'rr'o'nl-ia nnd Oarv. V
T>o addition* and rKinno* \
Mr. Mrfnv . ,H. a-. n r.art of
a r vinani"^ m'.a-cjin:! "f _ pr
f .i'i r*i - nr i c f tK? ,noV <n"
rvT. O'^or .ir" Yp<\ 4?h1 1 br! ^
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F'HICE TEN.CENTS <
LARH TO BE r
NPOPULAR'
\STOR SAYS j;
Charleston ? "M en who I C
re to be unpopular for 1 J
nl's righteousness, w' n giv*??^
*ir lives if necessary for un. P
?l?ii n^r right never die," $
e Reverend M. E. Sharper |"
Columbia declared in his ^
rmOn at Central Baptist urch
Sunday mrning. }
He used the alternate sub. T\
Is, "Devotion to a Cause" i ^
, "Daring to be Unpopular." ;
Rev. Mr. Sharper, wh? is al- 1
connected with the faculat
Morris College: in Sum- | ;I
r, based his sermon on the t,
mb-death of IlarT.v T. Moore *
Minis, Fla., who died alone n
Ith his wife following the
irvfrnas night destruction of ; ^
elr home. p
"Mr. Moore," the minister ^
lid, "was not generally [ ^
lown. But sinee his death, f<
i lias become a world-wide
ro. in the cause of brother. , ^
=d asu ftgnirotuness. This ^
ikes one feel that he has | c
it begun to live?and will i p
"Over live among mankind," t
He urged his e?mgnpgat!on ^
'T>ar)e to beuunpopular, if j j,
or cause to lMMhfai riglil usnenii
Though it may cost
?ur life?your phsical life? J c
u will live forever before [ e
t>d and man, as the reward." t
* cited numerans examples i a
persons who dle*i for caus- !
?among them J^esus Christ, ( t
Aji. abiding faith jen GOd, he j n
id, Should be the arm<>r put ! r.
ore undertaking unpopular j s
ua?-?. He ended by quoting a
e last words attributed to , p
r. Moore: I n
t I die, I was only trying to j p
dp my people; |K>mebody has
>t to dr the work," [ c
jc
frs. Jackson 'a
'ill Gets *Em
: rr. i^ber last summer our' #
> alx>ut, Mr FVed W. Jack- ^
>t* Andersen* She decided
en ugh people in h^r city' _
c lifting the Lighthouse and' ?j
nner and something had to( .
dene about it. S 1 she went; *
one rlay ;.hx! 'gathered in!
;c t*? 40 subscriptions, h
he had a vacation way up in It
inecticut later wn. Yep, you
s-od Jt. She g t on so/ne t- Ik' t'
there and in come some tl
* suh-rnption-?. a(
'"is w < k, from Orangeburg ol
^ sTTe Ts presently '.'thing, In
e werk ,in school, have come it
b'tt its, one a< \vc cL>se the ~~
es with s me more subscrip.
!
ucl lu>w much, do we appreciit''
It's w rth a rmllion do!.
l.-> im t-? know Mrs. Jack-!
likes s > much the kind of
r we 'ry to publish, and the '
igs f t which we stand. . ]
ur thanks e;-> tn her. Maybe i
t- art* ?ome other ladies aid
who'd giv\- one day, a1 I
1 "f a day each week .!<irvg i
same thine;. If so, wo invi'e <
n to write u?. i
MARCH OF DIME!
I oft In rij;ht: J F, Dickson, Coll
ip? o I l.i 11 Masons of South Caroltn
;t?>n, I) < ., Industry Relations Hop
l.abor; J. 11. Drake, Normal, Ah
Itur.il and Mechanical College; K?
Rational lloard N.A A CP
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For d
Bloody Electri
Victim Netted
By t. M. DeAli cou
Savannah, Ga. ? According to1
:he chief of homicide here, a was
18 year old man is said to have] a 1
:onfessed killing his sister Fri-I
lay/afternoon by Striking her, A
the iu-ad "several" times ^re"
vith an electric iron and pawn-' 'r?1
ng it f?>r a bottic trf wine (worth j ca^
ib->ut $1.00 and Fifty cents in!
ash). | <^'?o:
Captain Leonard J. Hamilton,J. D
hief of the honvicidg squad,{ ney
d- ntified the man as William H.j ^l0rl
Greene, the brother of Mrs.l W.-j
'ani0 Williams, 54. and said that'lane
i-U- e<?nf< -d'm was made in the1 neUl
>re?t nee of police Commissioner] n***
innford Rutlev and Superior1 flcei
'm
Vew Flogging Of ! mo*
iVhiteville Man hea
! T1
told In Report I Gro(
" i ?ng
By E M. DeAli . | 0^he
WhiU-ville, N. C. Another j cap
iob violence incident, coming
1 thc wake of the sentencing of j *
iree man to two years e"achl
?r threatening to Klux a Naki- ^
a farmer, was reported Friday. ^
Sheriff Hugh Nance ' Identified fac0
ne victim as H^,D. Best, an emloyee
Of a^local Automobile gj
rm, who was seized at his home ju
ear south Wniteville and t^cn c*4"n
ir ar ide and flogged. /' /gW
The flogging is reported to
ave taken, place Tuesday night
ut the fact* irv tb*? ease not dislose^d
until officers had comleted
a preliminary investiga^- ^loo
ion and ^ Mr. Best had rwwpr- ***
d from the shock of the beat- a
ig. JE25
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According to a report from the
fficc of ?>h?rtflf Nance, two men
airic to Best's door and inquir- ^
d about how 0 they could c mact
a certain automobile deal- ?
r in WJiiteville.
Best is said to have reiftied!
hat he <iid not know but would ent<
ttcjmpt V> help tham locate o*h 1 .-wSj
naft by telephone. The ~ men
tepped inside and seized him C'
fter he bad picked up the tele- ??
rv.i?_- uncvwiy l? tWK Up int* | " ilv"
umber. A third man is said to. ^d
Jaced a sack over his head. |
The flogging was a repetition! 50 c
vf other incidents which have! h
me to the attention of aufhori- ?f t
ies since jw nightriders becamv j *or
ctive several months ago. Best, A
,'as blindfolded and carried to call
jydnt two or three "miles dis-| the
ance, forced to bend over a ear the
coder, and was beaten with a; ooti
eavv belt. He mv?s let out of the!"fam
!ir ah* ut a mile from his homerj ' C
I tile
!0 Cases Of 1-0 ' io?s
U <L~-- find
" v/iiantsiun I s^h
Charleston?Half of the twen-j
/ tuberculosis cases reported, <
ere in November were colored, that
Dr. E. F. Parker, chairman of Wjy.
c medical affairs committee of; ed ,
ie County Tuberculosis Asvoci- a sn
l"sed that 'JO new cases^t;t
rft .pi -i.i. r.- in In..hi., mn.^ jip
iii' us -tagr, capable of passing,
to others. Ge
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rt reporter- John Z. Ryan.
; report stated that^Oreenc ^
being held in city hall oh
harge o?,,piurder. Mn. W^-?
i?, lived at 804 West 35th St
ccording to neighbors,
ene appeared at the oclwd
it door of his sister's .home. 'a
ed out to her once, ?md '
spasms of grief when the - J
etectives R. L. Collins, Sud- ^
Barnes, Jr., Inspector R. D. ^
ev, Sgl. C. C. Floyd, Office?
J. Lott and Cpl. A. E. Clev<?- <
I anwered the call Xrcan
fhhors about 10:30 Friday
ning. According to these of- * I
*s the sister was found lying ]
down on tH*e kitchen floor,
i, as the result of several - 1
\rs on the back portion Of her M
i with the edge of the iron. 'j
le neighbors .said although I
me made convincing wail- , |
sounds, they did. bot notice
;r Mgns of genuine grief,
tain Hall, re-cOn?tri?cted the
ie as follows: 3
rs. Williams wgs ironing a
s, and had set -the iron ato
stretch another portion
he dress over the board sur;
when she was stfuck from ^
nd witji the iron,
ie fell on a glass jug of kefe,
breaking it and causing '*3
ral lacerations ?n her face. :
>ner Smith said that death JH
e almost at oqm from the *-9B
ry hkrwa-. ie
diacoveyy of a: pair of
d-stained overalls belongings -M
isketfull of clothes ready to ...f*
. He was later release!
questioning and it' w^s<aK!
ished that he was reene's
arrest followed ?
iptain Mailman told
that 3-reeaft told polfeHj^H
re to gp to recover the iron, " Si
they^ound the pawn value 0"j
been a bottle of wine
rents. The iron was reported
ave been in good shape and V
he tvrw* fViQf Oiv1lno?jt? foil.
$12.50.
iU r the coroner vVvad been
ed and his repoH > 'sceived
iron' was soon suspcted as
murder weapyi when it was
c< d to be nwfcsing from the
iliar ironing day scene. . _
apt. Hallwian, Greene said
killing resulted from a
ffli v nii-ifVAl h * 4
? j oeiwcen mm
hia sister, about Greene'*
trat^n from his wife. The
fce. however, were inclined
flceount this. They believe "
the real cause had to do
t money, perhaps a frustrate
lesire of Greene's to obtain
X r
ippery Suspect
ts 18 Years For
ries Of Thefts
arleston ? Walter Deleston,
>ery robbery suspect whom
1 police dubbed the "Wizof
Wappoo" after he slipright
out of their arms With
IcufPs dangling, pleaded
y to 11 burglary counts in '
ml sessions court here last
1c and drew 18 y*ars at hard
r. .
esiding Judge James B. Pruiccented
the nlea * &/?
riendation for mercy. He
vd the defendant that he
1 have received a total Of 55
s.
can understand h^w a man
it get into a fight, but there
is no excuse for stealing,'*
lestmn. a green * cutter at. the (
icipal Oolf Course, had stolx?re
than $500 in small rob?s
which had terrified the ,
urban WVappoo section. H*
rl nut of a police <*ar wheiir
arrests while officers were
r>ing their brow after
ed cha?e. He was recaptyrworal
ho^rs later,
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