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THE RICHMOND PLANET Virginia State Library. FIRST DEGREE MURDER! Sylvester Medley Faces Electric Chair-Believed Crazy Insanity Plea Will Be the Defense----A Graphic Description of the Trage dy VOLUME XLV, NO. 35 FIF Sylveste Insanity PI (Special by John Mitchell, Jr.) The following statement published in the Richmond, Va., Times-Dispatch of July 2, 1928, attracted my attention and caused me to seek an interview with the well known fish merchant, William H. Davis, Jr., who is now doing business under the name of the American Fish Company: After thirty hours' search by Henry County and city police, aided by an armed force of several hundred citizens, Sylvester Medley, 17-year-old Negro killer of one and assailant of three others here Saturday, was captured yesterday in the 3400 block East Marshall Street, by Sergeant I. G. Cousins of the Detective Bureau. The Negro confessed, police said, to killing Samuel E. Grimmell, 16, John Marshall High School student, and shooting the boy's mother, Mrs. Nellie H. Haskins; his adoptive father, Henry H. Grimmell 60, and firing at Miss Evelyn Haskins, 18. Arrest Is Spectacular The arrest was spectacular. Sergeant Cousins was sitting on the front porch of his home, at 3417 East Marshall Street, with his wife. About 12:30 an automobile occupied by two Negro men turned into Marshall St. from 34th St. The officer immediately recognized Medley. The officer had arrested the Negro before on a lionar charge. Stepping from the porch, the officer stood on the sidewalk and as the car drove up, leveled his pistol, ordering the occupants to stop the car. They complied. At first Medley denied he was the man wanted. Then he admitted he was the one who had shot his employer and members of the Haskins family, at their home on the Bethlehem Road, Henrico County, shortly after 6 o'clock Saturday morning. Another Negro Released Sergeant Cousins took the Negro to Police Headquarters. Meanwhile, the other occupant of the machine, who was said to be William H. Davis, Negro, was allowed to go. At Police Headquarters, it was learned from the Negro that he had worked all day on Seventeenth St., between Franklin and Grace Sts., just under the shadow of First Police Station. Several times, the Negro told his captor, police officers walked past him. Did Not Know Name I found Wm. H. Davis, Jr., Wednesday morning in his private office and made known to him my mission. "Did you know Sylvester Medley?" I asked. "I knew him, but not by his name. He had worked for me about two years ago. For an extra help, cleaning and helping around here. On Saturday morning at about 1 o'clock, he came in here and said to me. I see you have changed the name on the window to the American Fish Co.' My business had been the Virginia Fish Co. He said that he wanted some work to do. I told him I had nothing for him to do. He asked me to loan him a couple of dollars. I told him I did not have any money to lend him. Must Have Work "Then he said he had to have some work. He finally insisted that I let him work and pay him anything I saw fit. He would work for a dollar. So I put him to work cleaning fish and helping around. Saturday night, I paid him. He came back and said that he was bound to have some money. He had to have a room. I told him he could get a room for the night anywhere for 50 cents. Finally I sent him up to 124 N. 17th Street to get a room. I had paid off the other boy here and he tried to borrow some money from him. He did not succeed in doing so. Then he wanted the boy to go with him, but he would not do so. He spent the night in this house owned by my father, but rented out for a restaurant and a lodging house. On Sunday morning, he came over to my place. I had seen the report in the Times-Dispatch Sunday morning with a description of the man who had done the killing. (Continued on page 4) REV. J. ANDREW BOWLER HONORED Popular Divine Receives Coveted Degree. Virginia Union University Confers the Title. (Special by John Mitchell, Jr.) Upon the occasion of the Twenty-ninth annual Commencement of Virginia Union University, Wednesday evening June, 9 1928 a signal honor was conferred upon a Richmonder, who for more than a quarter of a century, in an humble capacity has trod the path of duty and won his way practically unnoticed and un sung. Recognized for his worth by those who have known his ability and observed his career, he sprang suddenly in the limelight, appeared upon the stage wearing a cap and gown, and amidst the plaudits of the assembled throng received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. I had known John Andrew Bewler during the course of a life-time and I have observed his spotless career. Honor and an upright life have been to him his most valuable assets. As an organizer he has been a surprise to many. As a man of indomitable will, he has been a study. As a student he has won unstinted praise. As a Christian gentleman, he has enjoyed the respect and es. teem of his fellows. His work on Church Hill in the upbuilding of Mr. Olivet Baptist Church is superb. He has seen many dark days and he has hasked in the offulent sunshine he follows persistent effort. This then brought a feeling of pride to the many friends of this citizen, whose remarkable services had at last been recognized by one of the leading educational institutions in this country. John Andrew Bowler was born in Richmond, Vp. March 1, 1862; his mother being Emily C. Bowler, beloved daughter of Morrissie Bowler. Young Bowler saw the light of daw as the first battles of the Civil War for the possession of this city were being fought. His parents were slaves. Northern teachers took a fancy to young Bowler when he was only five years of age and taught him a speech on. Abraham Lincoln. His voice suited their purposes and he was instructed in singing and became the prize pupil to "show off" when visitors came, by his apt powers of elocution, Miss B. L. C. Canaday, a white teacher tok a marked interest in him during these days. Young Bowler attended the public schools of Richmond first at the Old Navy Hill School and then in the old wooden structure beside the Normal and High School on Twelfth Street. It was known as Miss Hancock's School. He graduated from the Normal and High School on Twelfth Street in 1877. He wanted to secure a higher education and in order to do he blacked boots and sold newspapers on the streets of this city. He entered and completed a course in the Richmond Theological Institute, completing a course there 1861. It may be well to state that his money gave cut while he was in the graduating class and in order to repleish his funds, he shovelled snow until his hands were frosted. When he received his diploma, his hands were still sore and he had just one penny in his pocket. This was his M. A. S. starting point in life so to speak—one cent in cash and two diplomas. He became a boll hop in a New York hotel, 29th and Broadway. The fast life in this city did not appeal to him and he returned to Richmond. Va. He applied for a position in the public schools of this city and was given an appointment at the old East End School, now the George Mason School. January 1 1882 at $30.00 per month. He still occupies that position with greatly different surroundings. For 46 years he has served satisfactorily in this position and is one of the most honored and highly respected instructors in the system. From the lowest to the highest grades in the elementary department he has served under eleven different principals, all of whom recognized his rare ability for this particular kind of work. He started the first night-school in the East End. He was among the first teachers in the Vacation School in that section and today enjoys the unique distinction of being principal and teacher with 13 teachers and with over 500 pupils in attendance. John Andrew Boy saving grace of the converted at the ten years. He was bapt Rev. James H. Holme came a member of the Church in 1871. He (Continued on) Mrs. Fannie M. Dr. to the city after spending in the Middle West. the Commencement University, Wilberlo Alma Mater and also kind and Pittsburgh. burghe was the gui Mrs. Charles A. Per Charles Kennedy's Baltimore. Mr. Ken resided at 409 E. Clark there now. The ydrowned at the Beth and is holding the reword from his parent. Mr. Edward J. Coerated upon recently at the Retreat for the again. John Andrew Bowler found the saving grace of the Lord and was converted at the tender age of nine years. He was baptized by the late Rev. James H. Holmes, D. D., and became a member of the First Baptist Church in 1871. He has filled every (Continued on page 8) Mrs. Fannie M. Drew has returned to the city after spending two weeks in the Middle West. She attended the Commencement at Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio, her Alma Mater and also visited Cleveland and Pittsburgh. While in Pittsburgh she was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Perry. Charles Kennedy's son is dead in Baltimore. Mr. Kennedy at one time resided at 409 E. Clay St., but is not there now. The young man was drowned at the Bethlehem Steel Co., and is holding the remains awaiting word from his parents. Mr. Edward J. Cook who was operated upon recently for appendicitis at the Retreat for the Sick is at home again. WASITMURDER? Noted South Richmond Divine Receives High Honor- Asks Time to Decide THE BROTHERS Here is Sylvester Medley, 17, standing between Detective Sergeant Cousins, on left, and Henrico Officer Sodier shortly after his arrest Sunday by Segeant Cousins for the killing of Samuel Grimmell, 16, and attacking Mrs. Nellie Haskins and Henry Grimmell early Saturday at the Grimmell home on the Bethelehem road, near Greendale station. (Courtesy Richmond, Va. News Leader.) Here is Sylvester Medley, 17, standing between Detective Sergeant Cousins, on left, and Henrico Officer Sodier shortly after his arrest Sunday by Segeant Cousins for the killing of Samuel Grimmell, 16, and attacking Mrs. Nellie Haskins and Henry Grimmell early Saturday at the Grimmell home on the Bethelehem road, near Greendale station. (Courtesy Richmond, Va. News Leader.) Coroner James M. Whitfield is not satisfied in his own mind that the colored man found badly injured in Fulton was not shoved or thrown from the viaduct. He could have fallen from the trestle. He was Metropolitan Calls Rev. Noted South R Receives High Time to PROMINENT RICHMOND PASTOR CALLED TO WASHINGTON, D. C. Rev. E. 'C. Smith, pastor of the Second Baptist Church, South Richmond, Va., A. B. from both the Virginia Theological Seminary and College and the Virginia Union University. B. D. Virginia Seminary, has found Friday morning, June 29th and was alive when carried to St. Philips Hospital, where he later died: his remains being turned over to Funeral Director Robert C. Scott, who is holding the same with the Bap. Church E. C. Smith Richmond Divine Honor--Asks To Decide recently been tendered a call to the pastorate of the great Metropolitan Baptist Church, Washington, D. C. This Church is one of the largest churches of the Baptist connection. The membership is reported to be seven thousand. It was formerly pastored by the late Dr. M. W. D. Norman. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. ER! d Crazy e Tragedy RDER? ndition in Fulton. hope that ha may be identified and his relatives located. The man's head was crushed by the impact of the fall. Any one knowing of any person missing should call up City Coroner James M. Whitfield or Robert C. Scott Randolph 2013. In receiving this call, Rev. Smith, who is only 31 years old, enjoys the distinction of being the youngest man in the entire connection who has been so signally honored. The calling of Rev. Smith is the second attempt to secure a leader since the death of Dr. Norman. The first being a Dr. Harrison of Houston, Texas, who was unable to accept as that time. Rev. Smith has come to no decision as yet regarding the call. The members of his Richmond charge are loud in their plea for him to remain with them. But because of the very large opportunity for service, he said that he would just have to give it his earnest and prayerful consideration. Mrs. Lizzie B. Hairston, of Brooklyn, N. Y., is in the city with her daughter, Miss Grace Peyton, the guests of Mrs. Luvenia Burrell, 1001 N. 4th Street. I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS! CONTROL YOURSELF, POP! GOSH! I LOVE YOU! YOU'RE ADORABLE MOLLY DEAR (SIGH) ARE YOU SURE YOU LOVE ME? SWEETHEART--THERE AIN'T NUTHIN' I WOULDN'T DO FOR YOU! GOOD! PREPARE TO DIE, DERN YA! S-S-SIR~ YOU MISUNDERSTAND ME! M-MINE IS AN UNDYING LOVE! AUTOCASTER Peggy Joyce Will Wed Again! Not At All Cynical About Men, Says Ex-Wife of Five C New York, June—. Well, here's the answer to one of the world's burning questions. Peggy Hopkins Joyce is going to get married again! No, she doesn't know just yet who'll be No. 6—such details take care of themselves in Peggy's scheme—but she wants it understood she hasn't lost faith in men. "I've no doubt that some day I fall fall in love again and let my impulses govern my voice," says Peggy Hopkins Joyce. "I'm not a bit of a cynic even though he may have tried to make me so. "I am not ashamed of my interest a men nor of their interest in me. Man is woman's natural study, and although she has finally achieved a large degree of emancipation, she is no less dependent upon man than in the days of Moses." One point is positive, and that is that Peggy will never be a business woman. She thinks they are a bit quarrel. Moreover, she's curious about it. Moreover, she's curious about to bring him to the altar is the daily activity of every woman to her race." "Any Girl Can Win Any Man" "A woman's ambitions are unnatural if they do not have their inspirations in her sex," she declares. "When I see so many women aping men, tiring their unsuited bodies in male tasks, blindly ambitious to succeed in business, I feel sorry for them. They are being false to themselves and to their sex. But already some of these business women profess to scorn as who remain feminine. "American women, by neglecting the study of their men, are forfeiting their ¹®rthight. 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Looking over his back fence one morning to get acquainted in neighborly fashion, he spied his neighbor standing there in a fannel shirt, holding his neck, with a broad-brimmed hat—a regular fellow—His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales. The Prince, it seems, pitches hay and helps gather the crops on his big ranch in Canada, when the notion strikes him, or he may go hunting or trout fishing. Not to be outdone in American neighborliness, he invited Hunt in to dinner. "An hour later when we were seated at dinner," writes Hunt, in recounting the scene "he turned to a winkle in his gray eyes and asked: 'Have you a rawnch or a ranch?' "How do you mean? I questioned. "Well, a raunch is something that you support, while a ranch is something that supports you,' he answered with a chuckle. 'I'm not telling which I have, he laughed. Then he said seriously: 'Few people I am trying to understand just to build up and enjure fine improved live stock in Western Canada. I want to do everything I can to help along the cattle and sheep and horse breeder I really mean it.'" Hunt became well acquainted with his royal neighbor and learned many little-known and interesting sidelights; the young man who in newspaper offices, is generally on- A. sidered the most popular personality of international note. His story, which appears in the Cosmopolitan he prefaces thus: "Now the one way really to get to know a man is to be his neighbor. I'm going to tell exactly how he, human being trying to get along is this fairly world, struck me And he does, concluding: 'The Prince of Wales is a regular fellow. should I want a better neighbor.'" Maken on the porch of the Hoover home at Washington. D. C., this picture shows, the Secretary of Commerce, who is the Republican presidential candidate and Mrs. Herbert Hoover, and, top row, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover, Jr., son and daughter-in-law of Mr. Hoover, and Allen Hoover, another son of the Secretary. OFTAWA, ONT.—Zip of shears will use to a greater volume this year in Canada than ever before in its history, it is indicated in a survey of the Department of Colonisation and Development of the Canadian Pacific railway, just made public here. Practically every one of the nine Canadian provinces showed an increase in sheep population last year, and further increase is certain this year, the survey states. Production of wool in the Dominion in 1927 totalled 18,672,766 pounds, an increase of 662,870 pounds over 1926. Increase in the clip in the prairie provinces of Western Canada, an ideal region for sheep raising, amounted to 1,096,022 pounds, or nearly 25 per cent. The total wool designated to the Canadian Cooperative Wool Grower Ltd. the growers' own organization, with branches in all provinces, amounted to 3,274,615 pounds of which 1,493,181 pounds from Alberta, 691,232 pounds from Minnesota, 611,984 pounds from Canada, and 600,000 pounds from British Columbia. Wool exports, according to the survey, showed an increase last year over both 1925 and 1926, both the United Kingdom and the United States markets contributing to this. The total exports of new wool for the Dominion in 1927 amounted to 12,303,000 pounds, the present report indicates that this figure is increasing. ```markdown ``` THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME You Know What a Good Dictionary Costs You You know what a Webster's Dictionary for School purposes will cost You. We are quoting you a nominal price. It is to introduce . . . WEBSTER'S COLLEGE, HOME and OFFICE DICTIONARY SELF-PRONOUNCING (EXACT SIZE) DICTIONARY HAS BEEN A STANDARD PUBLICATION FOR MORE THAN HALF WE HAVE WEBSTER'S COLLEGE, HOME AND OFFICE DICTIONARY TO OFFER IS THAT WILL AFFORD SATISFACTION. IF THE DICTIONARY IS NOT NTED TO BE, WE WILL GLADLY REFUND YOU THE MONEY PAID. GST AND MAIL IT TO US WITH $1.00 AND 25 CTS. FOR MAIL AND PACKING WILL BE SENT TO YOU. 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Had he decided so to do, he would be succeeded by the Lieutenant-Governor, who is a Republican, as the brilliant New Yorker was the only Democrat elected during that Republican landslide. He will make approximately twelve speeches during the campaign. By his open declaration upon the liquor question, he has made it the burning issue and has accordingly made a minor affair of the oil scandals on which Senator James A. Reed, of Missouri, would have depended had he been chosen the standard bearer of the Democratic Party. The effect of inculcating by name and specification the 18th Amendment in the Democratic platform was nullified when Governor Smith notified the Convention then in session in Houston that his position on this all important subject had not been changed and that he would seek to modify the drastic features of the Volstead Act leaving to the States the right to determine the alcoholic contents of wine and beer. This announcement horrified the extreme dry element, which element claimed that Governor Smith had virtually bolted the platform, the expressed will of the Democratic National Convention and that the members of that Convention had the right and were justified in bolting him as candidate of the party for the presidency. In retaliation, Hoover Democratic clubs are being organized throughout the country to encompass his defeat. As Governor Smith is being backed in States, which are antagonistic to the equalization fee of the McNary-Haugen farmers' bill, the Democratic National Convention found itself in the same predicament as did the Republicans at Kansas City and could only make vague promises "spoken to the ear to be broken to the hope." Although a lynching greeted the delegates at Houston before the opening of that great organization, not one sentence appears in the platform denunciatory of this crowning infamy of the century. No colored citizen appeared inside the convention hall either as a delegate or as an alternate. They were lucky enough to get inside as menial servants. As for Governor Smith, he and his managers evidently sented danger and as a result, he remained in New York, where he smilingly enjoyed the convention exercises over radio. There may also be some method and wisdom in the determination not to have him travel over the country making speeches, where he is liable to come within the range of the anarchist or the Ku-Kluxer. In view of present conditions, what are his handicaps and what are the obstructions to his success? He has waged a spectacular contest for the nomination. He has won out without any suspicion of fraud, deception or unfair dealing. He accepted the gauge of a two-thirds vote and although he had the power so to do, he did not change the established rule to a majority vote in order to secure the nomination. He has dissipated the propaganda that a man's religion shall grove a bar to his nomination as candidate for President. He is a Roman Catholic and he has not made any compromising remarks with regard to his chosen religion, in order to secure the honor which has come to him. So far, so good. Has "Al" Smith's friends depleted their resources, financial and otherwise to bring this about, to accomplish the most wonderful achievement of this or any other century in the country's history. Time alone can answer this question. Is there an outburst, an uprising of the people demanding that this man of destiny shall take the lead as head of the nation and lead them unto the plains of legislative equality and freedom, to the end that the fundamental principles of the Constitution itself shall not only be symbolized, but realized? We shall see. Governor Smith will have opposing him, the prohibition machine, which is drawing $40,000,000 per year, with its army of workers from the national government. He will have the open hostility of President Calvin Coolidge and trained lieutenants. He will have the money power of the "Soft Drink" people, the "Candy and Ice Cream" interests, the Grocery Combine, The Department Store interests, all of whom claim that the whiskey interests diverted money from the legitimate channels to the injury of the working man's family. He will have the church people lined up with the Ku Klux Klan, with the propaganda that the Pope of Rome and the Roman Catholic Church are behind this movement for the election of a Roman Catholic President. He will have the opposition of the elements opposed to the Chief Sachem of Tammany Hall organization, the past record of which has been a stench in the nostrils of the nation, even though it is claimed that the Augean Stables have since been cleaned and are sweet smelling and pure today. Last but not least, he must face the bitter opposition of the wealthy "boot-leggers" today, who do not want the country, other than bone dry. It keeps the price of the underground liquor up from 600 to 1,000 per cent. When you let in beer, it decreases the consumption of hard liquor. When you let in wine, it lessens the use of soft drinks. It is against this kind of hypocrisy that Gov. Alfred E. Smith, of New York, is arraying his battalions. In this contest, he has the enthusiastic support of Democrats and Republicans under the organized name of Association against Prohibition. It was this support, which he would have forfeited had he failed to emphasize his pre-convention position and announce that while he would enforce the law as it now stands, he would insist upon a modification of the same. Can Alfred E. Smith and the rejuvenated Democratic Party running on an anti-bone dry track win the race to the White House? Herbert Hoover of California, Wm. McAdoo of the same State, J. Thomas Heflin of Alabama, and hosts of others, including Bishop James A. Cannon, say he cannot. You have the facts. Ponder them and draw your own conclusion. THE STRANGE CASE OF SYL VESTER MEDLEY A colored youth, now a resident of this city, but born in Monroe, North Carolina, is in the Henrico County Jail in this city charged with murder. The case has some peculiar phases in that he is a minor and was in the custody of the Detention Home officials, which officials held him under orders of the Juvenile Court, Judge J. Hoge Ricks, presiding. Henry F. Grimmell, a retired business man (white) wanted a boy around his house and conceived the idea of securing one of these wayward youths to serve him and his associates. Mrs. Nellie L. Haskins, who is dignified as the housekeeper of Mr. Gimmell's home came in direct contact with this peculiar product of the developing department of our criminal system. Sylvester Medley was nagged, abused, ordered and threatened until he became not only unruly, but stubborn. His efforts to leave the place were frustrated by the strong arm of the probation department in its effort to make a good citizen of him. He nursed his grievances and increased his hatred of the people living in this Grimmell home. Admittedly, he got up early last Saturday morning and laid in wait for Mrs. Haskins. When she came down, his pent-up feelings were in evidence and he shot her. He then proceeded to shoot and kill Samuel E. Grimmell. He fired and struck Henry F. Grimmell and fired at, but missed Miss Nellie Haskins. Was Sylvester Medley responsible for his act? Does the fact that he is a minor and was practically under the charge and supervision of the Juvenile Court of Richmond mean that the arm of the law governing minors can be exerted in his behalf? His admitted crime was a plain case of first degree murder, for which the Virginia statutes provide death in the electric chair or life imprisonment in the Virginia penitentiary. Those, who seem to be in the best position to know how that the ircary, Alienists are the ones to decide this question. The crime is so heinous and out of the ordinary that the average mind will hasten to the conclusion that he is a lunatic. If he, is he will spend the remainder of his days behind the walls of an insane asylum, now called hospitals in this State. If he is'of normal mind, his days THE RICHMOND PLANET; RICHMOND' VIRGINIA our car are assigned to the county office in this State are better prepared or more willing to stay; just how many these days shall be than those in the county in which the crime was committed. He must first be dealt with as a minor and then this department can commit him to a reformatory or to an asylum or it can send him to a criminal court of record to be tried as a "mature citizen. In the meantime, Medley is the most unconcerned person in the world, although his mother is apparently heart-broken. It may be well to state that not even a whisper of lynching has been heard here and the white and colored people are going their way with scarcely a thought as to what the outcome of this peculiar case will be. The knowledge that the law is operating and that all phases of the situation will be considered end the matter and bring about a feeling that full justice will be done all parties in the long run. When the full truth is brought out, it may be that Sylvester Medley, the boy murderer may appear in a more favorable light. First Degree Murder First Degree Murder (Continued from Page 1) Wore a Blue Shirt Wore a Blue Shirt "I noticed that this boy wore a blue shirt under the white one. He had two revolvers of 38-calibre. On Monday, he came in again and I had to go to Churchhill. He got in my car and went over there with me. When I turned into 34th and Marshall Streets, Detective Sergeant Cousins arrested him. Medley had plenty of nerve. He did not have any of the pistols on him when he was arrested. You understand my position. I have no desire to take away from Sergeant Cousins any of the credit for the capture of Medley. Some one had called from below. W. H. Davis, Jr., answered. He had a youngster preparing shrimps to fill several orders which ran up to five gallons. Brief Session "He was having a time to do this and I laughingly went down the steps, after thanking him for the information and was soon in the Police Court, which had adjourned after a few minutes session with only one lone colored man to be carried down to the City Jail on this Fourth of July morning. As for Judge John L. Ingram, he was in good humor and some others were in the lobby discussing T. Gray Haddon's chances to succeed the popular jurist as justice of this same police court. I did not linger long and after a brief visit to Coroner James M. Whitfield's office, I was soon again in the Planet Office. Medley was docile and unconcerned. He had left the Haskins' home after the crime and had ridden on the horse to a spot about a mile away from the scene of the shooting, in a wood just above the Deep Run Hunt Club, on the Broad Street Road. There he had changed his clothing and tied his horse to a tree, long before this was discovered about 4 o'clock in the afternoon Saturday. Then Came to City After walking up the road some distance he caught a street car and came to the city, getting off at 7th and Main streets. Then he went to a fish market on 17th Street. He said a Negro by the name of William H. Davis employed him to work for the day. He said he had known Davis some time. At no time during the time he was at the fish market, however, according to his story, he did give any hint of what he had done. As for that matter, he did not volunteer the information to anyone he met or talked with until he was captured he said. But while he was working Saturday night about 8 o'clock, a friend, Reuben Scott. Negro, who lives near his home in the 900 block of Mosby street, came to him. The friend, he said, had read an account of the shooting in the paper and came to see him about it. "You had better give yourself up to the police; they will catch you anyway, he said the friend advised him. He said he agreed with Scott that he thought the police would get him eventually, and thought he would surrender. Scott also advised Medley to go to his mother at the Mosby street address, according to the assailant. Then the friend said he would bring Medley's mother down to the fish market later. Medley' told different stories as to where he spent the night. First, he said he caught a car and went out to the end of the Westampton line, where he spent the night in a wood. He said he came to Richmond in the morning at about 1 o'clock and went to the home of Davis, on 17th Street, near Grace. Then he went riding with Davis, he said. Asked whether he had planned to leave the city, the Negro replied that he had not. Planned to Surrender Planned to Surrender "I wanna stay here or give myself up, he said. given my help. Interviewed at the jail, the Negro told the story as follows: "I got up up about 5:30 o'clock and went to the kitchen to make the fire. I waited around in the room until Mrs. Haskins came down. I was standing near the kitchen cabinet when she entered the room. I saw the gun standing against the cabinet and something told me to take it and shoot the woman. I don't know why I did it. I had not planned to shoot anybody. "Then I walked out into the hall and saw the girl and the boy. I shot at her first, but she ran upstairs. Then I shot the boy. I did not try to go upstairs. I did not fear I would be shot by Mr. Grimmell. But, when Mr. Grimmell appeared at the head of the stairs, I shot him. "After that, I left the house. I heard a pistol shot and I knew Mr. Grimmell was trying to get somebody's attention. So I got my clothes on as fast as I could, then the horse and rode away. I saw a man come up in the yard, but I could not shoot because I had left the gun in the house. "After changing my clothes and leaving the horse in the wood, I came Moore St. Bapt. Church, West Leigh St., between Kinney and Bowe Sts Dr. Gordon B. Hancock, PASTOR. ```markdown ``` to town on a street car and went down to the fish market, where I went to work. I did not tell anybody what I had done. I stopped work at about 11 o'clock Saturday night. "That night I rented a room on 17th Street, where I spent the night. The father of the man I worked for that day, William H. Davis, Jr., lived in the same house." Medley then was asked if he had any motive for the shooting. His story concerning this point follows: **Flashes Across Mind** "I don't know. It just flashed across my mind to shoot when Mrs. Haskins came downstairs. I did not hear them getting out of bed. "The older folks were all the time after me about something. I could never have any peace around them. It was first one thing and then another, and I just got tired of it. I wanted to get work somewhere else, and several times I left them. Every time I left them they came and got me and there was no way of getting away from them. I was only making $5 working for them. What's $5? That wasn't enough, and I couldn't get away to make more. I didn't know how to get away; they wouldn't let me go." Medley slept in servants' quarters on the Haskins' place. The police said that, usually, he was called by someone at the house in the morning. But Friday morning, he had gone to the house before being called and before members of the household had arrived Medley was born at Monroe, N. C. He came to Richmond with his mother when he was 2 years old and has lived at the Mosby street address since. The police said Medley has been arrested before on liquor charges. The man, whose name is not known, who drove up to the house as Medley was leaving, spread the alarm of the shooting to the police. After finding the wounded people, he drove to the Second Police Station, and police soon followed him to the scene. With the aid of neighbors, the wounded were taken to the hospital. Samuel E. Grimmell, 16-year-old John Marshall High School student, died a short time after reaching Johnston-Willis hospital, where he was rushed after the fatal shooting. His mother, Mrs. Nellie L. Haskins, is in the hospital shot through the stomach and expected to die, while Henry H. Grimmell, 60, retired Richmond plumber, is in a serious condition. Armed with riot guns and aided by bloodhounds, police of Richmond and Henrico county are searching for the assailant, a cyclist Melloy, former tomboy street. The Negro man last seen, was headed for Richmond on a horse he had taken from the Grimmell stable. He had been employed for the past two years by Grimmell. Sheriffs of all adjoining counties, the chiefs of police of all nearby cities and towns, and railroad detectives of all surrounding lines have been notified and are aiding in the man hunt, according to T. Wilson Seay, sheriff of tampa. Medley is its chief officer, being new black, 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing 140 pounds. He has two teeth, 10 teeth missing, and was wearing a blue shirt, light pants and a blue cap. Mr. Grimmell said: "Mrs. Haskins went downstairs to open up the house at about a quarter to 6. When she went out on the porch, the Negro fired at her with a double barreled, shot gun. She screamed and Samuel, the boy who is her son, ran down to help her. The Negro shot him. "I put on my artificial leg to go down to see what the trouble was. I am a camera. When I reached the head the stairs to go down, I seen him standing there with the gun through the screen door. When I started down the steps, he opened the door and fired at me. "He hit me in the right side. I fired at him. I don't know whether I hit him. I crawled up the steps and got to my room. I fired my pistol out of the window to get the neighbors' attention. When they came I asked them to telephone to Richmond for the officers and the ambulance. The police came promptly. "They took Mrs. Haskins and the boy to the hospital in the ambulance. I came after in a car. The Negro's name is Sylvester, about 18 or 19 years old. I can't give any reason at all for what he did. No words passed. He must have been crazy." He seemed all right last night. He must have come in the house, got the double-barrel shotgun and a box of cartridges and laid in wait for us. He had been employed on the place about two years." The Negro was calm after his arrest and not reluctant to talk. Yet, he told varying stories as to the reason for the shooting. Apparently, there was none; unless the Negro had been brooding over some minor differences with his employer and Mrs. Haskins. At first he said he had lain in his bed during Friday night and planned the murder. Then, he said, he was seized with an impulse to use the gun, just as Mrs. Haskins entered the kitchen of the home, where he was waiting for the fire to burn up. Another story he told was that he had become dissatisfied with working at the place, but, though he had threatened several times to seek other employment, was always "forced" by his employer to return. This last story he told his counsel, Charles W. Moss, who visited him at the jail yesterday. To Sergeant Cousins the Negro told the story as follows: *Story of Shooting* "I got up yesterday morning at 5:30 A. M. and went to the kitchen to make a fire. I pulled all the curtains down in the kitchen. I got behind the kitchen cabinet and waited for Mrs. Haskins to come down stairs. When she came down I shot her. Then I ran around in the front of the house and shot the rest of them. I don't know whether I hit them or not. I had three shells in the gun. "One Sunday in May Mrs. Haskins had a man at the house whose name was Miller. She cooked some meat that day. Later members of the family left the house, leaving me there to wash the dishes, and put things away. Before leaving Mrs. Haskins told me not to eat any of the meat. I washed the dishes and read the paper after they had gone. Then I went out in the yard and left the door open. Two dogs got in the kitchen and ate the meat. I wanted to show it to Mrs. Haskins when she came back, but Miller (the other man who had come to the house) insisted on cutting the meat. He said he would tell her how it disappeared when she returned. "When Mrs. Haskins came back she jumped on me about the meat. She also jumped on me about not paying a bill. "That morning (the morning of the shooting) I lay in wait for her, and something told me to kill her. I shot Mrs. Haskins first, then I shot at her daughter and son next, and then I shot Mr. Grimmell. "A man came up in a car after the shooting, but I did not shoot him. I left the gun in the kitchen. Later I got my clothes and rode away on a horse. "Sometime later I caught a street car and came to Richmond, going down to 17th Street." 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Arriving in Chicago over the Dike highway from the south or the Lincoln highway from the east, one may follow U. S. Highway 41 to such fishing resorts as Boulder Junction Wolf, Boulder, Crooked and Wild Cat Lakes, Eagle River, the Lae du Flam beau Indian reservation, Mankowish Tomahawk and on up into the woods Wisconsin with its 8,000 little lakes of wild water. A tour of Old Faithful, Yellowstone Grand Canyon, Dunraven pass, Tahoe, Mammoth Hot Springs, and North Geyser basin. list will penetrate the Black country, an enchanted land, halls by Indian legend and by the spider the pioneer, and scared today to outdoorman. A single tour of enchanted land, starting from the natural wonders such as the Ice Cathedral Spires, Wind Crystal cave, Dell tower, and lake nestling among the hills at Terate Park, which is a sanct for big game. From the picturesque mining of Deadwood, the trail leads to Yellowstone, where the world is in a process of formation and with the very ground surfaces and beaches a tour of Old Faithful, Yellowstone Grand Canyon, Dunraven pass, Tahoe, Mammoth Hot Springs, and North Geyser basin. The park is a sanctuary of Following the A. Y. P. and Custer Battlefield highways from Chicago via Dubuque, Sloux Falls and Milehill to Rapid City and Deadwood, the motor RICHMOND, VIRGINIA D GODS NSIN'S NORTHLAND WSTONE TRAIL list will penetrate, the Black Hills country, an enchanted land, hallowed by Indian legend and by the spirit of the pioneer, and sacred today to the outdoorsman. A single tour of this enchanted land, touring from Rapid City, takes the tourist past many natural wonders, such as the Needles or Cathedral Spires, Wind Cave, Crystal cave, Dellite tower, and Glynn lake nestling among the hills of Gate, which is a something for big teams. From the picturesque mining city of Deadwood, the lead leads on to the Yellowstone, where the world is still in a process of formation and where the very ground teemes and bubbles. A tour of this wonderland will include Old Faithful, Yellowstone lake, Grand Canyon, Dunraven tower, Falls, Mammoth Hot Springs, and the North Geyser basin. The park is a sanctuary of wild life, a garden on a vast scale, while the lakes and streams offer something unusual in the way of fishing. Women Leaders at Texas Convention 3. 2. 5. 4. Among the women playing presidents pants in the Houston, Tex., Democratic National Committee are the following presidents above: Mrs. Jane W. Hickman of Maryland, the chair of MNO women voters as the vice president of the committee; & Mrs. William A. Do Pay the Deputy President of the committee; & Mrs. Dennis D. Moore president from Missouri; & Mrs. Ruth Black Newell of Missouri, presiding officer of the National Committee; & Mrs. Jessie E. Scott, of the Paul, MN, Georgia National Committee-woman and official reporter for the 19th national convention. W. F. Knudsen, Chevrolet president, offers cheerful news of General Motors. In May his company turned out 140,700 Chevrolet cars. On one day, May 28, the product was 7,075 finished cars and trucks. May, 1928, is 25,000 cars ahead of May, 1927. That's good production, but high General Motors officials should bear in mind that the machinery in their brains is more valuable than any other asset of General Motors. Men like President Sloan of General Motors and Raskob, head of General Motors finance, work themselves as they wouldn't work any piece of machinery. They take the night train from New York to Detroit, begin work there at 8 in the morning, work through the whole day, eating sandwiches at noon, still working, and take the night train back to New York. No machine can stand that, and no duty to stockholders justifies it. Dr. Walsh, of Fordham University, tells young man "The world is confronted with more mysteries than ever before. Science solves only a few problems." Yes, indeed. Why does the hydrogen atom have a single proton in the centre, and a single electron revolving around it, why does the helium atom, first sheer, the sun through the spectroscope have four nuclei with two electrons revolving around them, and how does the formation of four grammes helium, from hydrogen, produce energy as great as though eighty tons of coal were burned? There are some mysteries for you. Everything is a mystery if you go far enough into it. And the greatest of all mysteries is thought, which has no proton or electron so far as we know and is driven by an energy that has no more practical name than "soul" or "mind." A $20,000 prize is offered for the best ending to Schubert's "Unfinished Symphony." It won't be worth $20,000. To finish Schubert's symphony you would have to be Schubert. To restore her arms to the Venus of Milton or to show how the winged Venus looked before she got into that night, you would require the Women Leaders at Among the woman playing pro Dames the National Quarter I. Mrs. Jane W. Wardman of the voters as the vice president of the Dames of Edinburgh A. H. Daimoreth James F. Ferguson, he Newall of Middlesbrough, the Jessie E. Scott of the Paul Miles women and official reporter for the Proposes Smith AUTOCASTER Thomas L. Hickey, San Francisco lawyer, and an ardent supporter of Alfred E. Smith, who made the speech nominating Smith president at the Democratic National Convention at Houston, Texas. Girin and the feeling of the artist that made the statue. Every mind ever born is absolutely different from every other. James A. Farrell, president of the United States Steel Corporation, will visit the plant of the New Haven Wire Company today. When he was sixteen years old he worked there twelve hours out of every twenty-four for $4.65 a week. If you stick to your job, even that kind of job, you can get somewhere. In New York a young man brought into court by his father admitted that he had an income of $400 a week, and employed his father as hostler to take care of his saddle horses. His excuse was that the father had not led a moral life. The Japanese religion, that includes twenty different kinds of hell, probably would find one especially prepared for him, that wouldn't include any saddle horses. A visitor to the White House feeling important said to President Coolidge: "Mr. President, I must tell you I did not vote for you." "Well," replied the President, "some did." The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company insured a man part time for $1,500,000. A few gossiping ages, when the second biggest city in France had no inhabitant over fifty years of age, such insuring would have been financially solvent. Man live longer, intelligence counts. A wise man at fifty is a safer risk than a fool at twenty-five. And the Metropolitan has promoted longer living by intelligent health advertising. President's Son AUTOCASTER Here's a closeup . . . of John Coolidge, son of the president, as he proposed in cap and gown during his graduation from Ainherst. Texas Convention 2. national party in the Houston, Tex., and the following, presented above:稚稚, the chairing of 200,000 women; S. Mrs. William A. Do Pay; Mrs. James M. Thompson, National Committee; A. Mrs. Emily Blank of the National Committee; S. Mrs. Dempseyia National Committee-1600 national convention. Chairman Here's Clem Shaver, Chairman of Democratic National Committee, who swung the gavel at the convention at Houston, Tex. THE BIGGEST PLANE, MOSTLY WORLDWIDE Magazine Page 9 Leaves Race AUTOCASTER Governor Albert Ritchie of Maryland, who withdrew his name, is a candidate for the Democratic Presidential Nomination. Asserting that personal advancement should not be allowed in interfere with Democratic success, the suggested that Maryland's 16 votes be cast for Alfred E. Smith. Beats Robby Jones Johany Farrell, professional of Mamaroneck, N. Y., who won the National Open Golf Championship for the first time by defeating Bobby Jones, the Atlanta, Ga. wizard. The tension and excitement of the game can best be illustrated by the score: 163 to 144. Chief Doorkeeper R. Lee Barnes, chief doorkeeper at the Democratic National Convention at Houston, Texas. They didn't get past him or his aids without proper identification! "City of Sunshine," Host to Many Notables, Erecting Solariums for Invigorating Sun Baths This Tail MAYOR JOHN N. BROWN ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA WHERE THE 'SUN BATHING' VOGUE WAS ORIGINATED. HENRY MORGANTHAN, EX-AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY JOHN WHELAN, MILLIONAIRE SUN BATHER SHE WANTS HEALTH INSURANCE CYRUS H.K. CURTIS, WHO APPROVES FAD. COATS OF TAN ARE THE RAGE Hotels are erecting private solar hits on their roofs for the use of guests seeking health insurance and many will be ready for the seasons. PROMINENT SUN BATHERS- SCOTTISH PIPE BAND AT BANFF ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Social leaders who sojourned here last season started something when they launched the sun bathing fad in this city of considerable sunshine. From one end of the nation to the other, sun bathing has swbpt the country and is the most discussedogue of the last decade. So popular has become the health insurance edict that City officials have appropriated funds for the erecting of Solarums where Sun Bathers may enjoy the invigorating treatments in privacy. John N. Brown, millionaire mayor,unself a believer in the health restoring and body building rays of Oleo Sol favors enlarging accommodations for the free use of a vast army of solarums inside the "Sunshine City" from every state in the union this fight. Famous medical men who visited St. Petersburg proclaim it the ideal location for sun bathing. They found that the sun beans upon little Pinel- "Stands Scotl SWORD DANCE IN CANADIAN ROCKES "Standa, Scotland, where it didt" Yes, except during the period, from August 31 to September 3, when it will seem to have been transplanted overnight to a new Highland haunt in the Canadian Rockies. The occasion is the Highland Gathering and Scottish Music Festival, to take place a second time at Banff, Alberta, with headquarters at the Banff Baronous Hotel, Songs that the Scot has sung, for seven centuries, and las Peninsula on an average of 360 days every year. They are recommending sojourns here for operation convalescences and for the middle aged, declaring that "daily sun baths will add ten years of youth" to their lives. "Sun baths tend to relieve the congestion of internal organs and the body of moisture," said one eminent physician who made a thorough study of climatic conditions in St. Petersburg. "The number of blood cells increase and the kidneys are stimulated to fuller and better action. The depth of breathing increases and the blood becomes richer in oxygen," he said. "All of these effects are most beneficial to the body in that they help to restore, to maintain and to improve health." In the bright, clear and refreshing soilded air of St. Petersburg, thoussands are daily following the vague rhythms of the day, costing clothes, loiling on the magnificent stretches of wide sand beach that almost totally surround the city. Island Where It Did?" SCOTTISH PIPE BAND A BANFF martial nagippies he has played even longer, will again rebound in the Canadian Rockies, making Banff resemble its namesake in Auld Creek. Initiated last year under the patronage of the Prince of Wales, this festival has quickly established itself as a Canadian institution, with regimental piping contests, athletic games, folk songs and Highland dances—all as old as Scotland herself. Notable among the musical features arranged by Harold Eustace Key, musical director of the Canadian Pacific Railway, is the special performance of the Jolly Boggars", a song by Burt Munroe, or Sir Henry Bishop, the daily concerts in the hotel palace room notable Canadian jorther will sing the folk songs of Scotland, and Scotish Canadian issues will join their jaddies in the Highland fing, the sword dance, the sailors' harpie, the Scotch reel and the graceful seam trubhue. The programs of Scottish music are drawn up in historical sequence, beginning with the old ballads of the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries, followed by groups from the period of Mary Queen of Scots, the Stuarts and the Jacobites, scholars from the songs of Burns Sir Walter Scott, Lady Niarne and Christopher North, as well as the Hebridean music recently made popular by Margaret Kennedy Praser. COATS OF TAN ARE THE RAGE Hotels are erecting private solar runs on their roofs for the use of guests seeking health insurance and many will be ready for the season's first arrivals in September. On one of the smaller island canvas walls stretched through the stately pines and waving palms, pro- vide but another of the many sun bathing spots for devotees. Last Spring members of the New York Yankees and Boston Brave baseball teams, in training here, went into sun bathing and were bronzeed in Indians when the season opened April while fans were bleached white. St. Petersburg boasted of many nationally famous men as sun bathers last season including Cyrus H Kurtis, multi-millionaire publisher Henry Morganthan, former American Ambassador to Turkey; John Whelan United Cigars stores multi-millionaire Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis baseball czar; E. S. Barnard, president American Baseball League; Jacob Rupp, owner of the New York Yankees Clarence Darrow. Dr. John H. Weber, Dr. George Crile, John Hays Hammonds, George Olvany, Tammany Hall chieftain; Lee Powell, president Seaboard railroad; John Trumbull, governor of Connecticut, and many others. d?" Aye, Laddie! PIPING FOR FIRST PRIZE BANFF At the same time the Alberta Amateur Championship meet will crowr the victors in the flat and hard races, weight-throwing, tugs-of-war high and broad jumping tossing the caber shot putting and an invelin throwing The momenta piperes from all over - *Diamond* will compete for the prizes offered by K.W. Thompson. 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It became delapidated and was unsafe. It was pulled down and three lots on the corner of 25th and S streets were purchased, a brick structure was erected at a cost of over $5,000.00. The membership continued to increase and the building was extended at a cost of $12,000.00. This debt is now around $5,000.00 and is being steadily reduced. Then came a unique and satisfactory happening. The Monumental Episcopal Church donated to the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church its old organ, which it was replacing with one of the most modern kind. The strange part of the whole business was that it was the organ that Rev. John Andrew Bowen had pumped for that church, when he was a boy for he lived in that neighborhood. On December 22, 1887, Ray. Bowler decided to change his mode of life and as a result, he led the charming and popular Miss Elynn Flournoy Keen to the altar. Six children have bossed this union. The following are alive and well today: John Andrew Bowler Jr., Elynn H., Antouette E. Bowler. To support this family, every summer he would leave his family and bell-hop at some northern summer resort, in order to have enough money to "tide" him over the winter months. He continued this practice until 1900, when he was able to make enough money to keep him and his family in good circumstances. Rev. Bowler's first church was at Watch Hill, Rhode Island, where he was employed as a bellman. On Sunday nights, he was given the opportunity to preach to the employees on the hill, in the basement of the Chapel. Many of the guests would attend. They joined in the song services. At the conclusion, the preacher would don his uniform and become a bell man again. During the presidency of Hon. Gregory W. Hayes at the Virginia Seminary and College, he was accorded the honorary title of A. M. Rev. Bowler has written some poems of note and the "What Has The Negro Done. "Race Pride." "Give Credit To Whom Tis Due." "Get Down and Walk." and "1911—The Old Normal School." have attracted and won favorable mention. EIGHT Vocals-Alberta Brown Test Race Record Catalog July, 1819 Broadway, New York City "NEW PROCESS" Records Day - Electrically the Records without Scratch He has reached the zenith of his glory, the crowning act of his life's work, when he extended his hand and received the recognition due to the culmination of his work in the form of that parchment appraising, acclaiming and according to him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. He is active in body and mind and appears to be in the meridian splendor of a well spent life. God bless him and may the years of the future bring and even greater pronounced blessings to him and his family. First Degree Murder (Continued from page 4) (Special by John Mitchell jr.) The killing of Samuel E. Grimmell and the dangerous wounding of his mother, Mrs. Nellie L. Haskins on the Bothelehem Road in Henrico county, near this city early Saturday morning created a sensation here In the Police Court last Monday morning, Attorney Charles W. Moss who represents the accused, when questioned stated briefly but emphatically "The boy is crazy." He was then on his way to Henrico County Courthouse, where a preliminary examination had been arranged before Justice A. Taylor Pitt. I lost no time in trudging down there Except for two small groups of colored men on the outside the place was practically deserted. As I entered the Justice's courtroom, I saw Attorney Moss in Justice Pitt's private office conversing with him. No one was inside of the court-room idolishing, where I entered and took a seat on one of the crude benches reserved for spectators. The time set was 10 o'clock, but no witnesses appeared. Later a slender brown-sk n woman of middle age entered and sank down on the further end of the bench on which I sat. It took only a glance to see that she was in distress. I approached her and she told me her story: "I am Sylvester Medley's mother. He was born on Monday, March 20 1911; 5:30 o'clock at Monroe N. C. He has never been a bad boy but just mischievous. He always had a child's mind, even though he had grown older. He was sent to Mr. Henry Grimmell from the Juvenile Court of Richmond, being placed there by Mr. Phillips, the probation officer. He tried to get away from there as he could not get on with Mrs. Haskins, but they would not permit him to do so. The statement he made in the morning's paper (Times-Dispatch) is the truth. "My name is Queen Wakkins. I am from Chester. S. C. I live at 907 Mosby street. I will go out and bring my husband here." She did go. When Wakkins entered he recognized me and explained to his wife just who I was. A few moments later Attorney Moss entered Vocals-Clint Jones THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA and announced that the case had been postponed until Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Watkin's husband's name is John Watkins. She says she was born in 1893. Her age is approximately 35 years. SIXTH MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. F. W. Williams, new pastor of Fourth Baptist Church, will conduct the Communion Services for our Church Sunday, 8:30 P. M., July 8th His congregation will also worship with us. Everyone is asked to hear him. Rev. I. H. Hines will also preach for us Sunday night at 8:00 P. M. FRANKLIN NORMAL SCHOOL CASE NOT WON BY THE MINORITY TRUSTEES In view of recent articles appearing in several newspapers, the executive committee makes the following statement of facts relative to the Franklin Normal & Industrial Institute: The Franklin Normal and Industrial Institute, founded by Mrs. D. I. Hayden, is now being operated by the trustees of the said institution headed by Dr. John M. Gandy, and of which board Rev. M. C. Allen, Dr. F. N. Harris, and W. R. Thomas, form the executive committee. Notwithstanding statements to the contrary, the name of this institution has never been changed and is in no sense the recently organized Hayden Memorial Institute. The law suit instituted by minority trustees—Rodgers, Bess and Ashburn—has not been won by them and the rumor current that the school has or will revert to any group aside from the present trustees is absolutely false and ridiculously absurd. The Supreme Court in reversing and remanding the decree of the Circuit Court of Southampton has upheld every contention of the majority trustees. This court sets forth that there has been no violation of a trust on part of the majority trustees, and that the claim of the minority trustees, that the work of this board is that of a special and continuing trust cannot be maintained. The Supreme Court states, that without prejudice the case is remanded to the Circuit Court for the one purpose of having proper construction placed upon the proposed lease, which such lease the trustees have the legal right to make. Pending filing such lease, the Franklin Normal and Industrial Institute will open on its usual date and continue operation as heretofore. The transfer or change of possession of the Institution from the present trustees to an co-operative board has not been and will not be an issue in the court proceedings at all and the rumor to that effect given currency by those who hope to profit thereby is a culpable delusion practiced upon a sadly credulous following. In substantiation of the above statement, the attention of the reading public is directed to full text of the opinion of the Supreme Court which will be ready for distribution in the next few days. Executive Committee of Trustees Board, Franklin N. & I. Institute, F. N. HARRIS. M. D., W. R. THOMAS, M. 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The name McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets has been shortened—just ask for McCoy's Tablets at any drug store in America. SHEPHERD NOTES SHEPHERD NOTES Berkley's Progressive Fold will hold its anniversary Sunday, July 8 3:30 P. M. at Mt. Olivev Baptist Church, 25th and S Streets. Rev. J. Andrew Bowler, Jr. will deliver the annual sermon. The Shepherd's Band and the military units will be out. All members of the Order are invited to attend. The Fold at Midlothian recently organized by Mrs. Lillel E. Baskerville is making it known in no uncertain way that it is an important part in the great forward looking program of our Order. It was an among the first to respond to the appeal of the Grand Shepherd for a donation for Headquarters Fund. The Folds responding to this call thus far are as follows: Pride of Midlothian . . . $5.00 St. Elizabeth . . . $5.00 Philadelphia Zion Travelers . $5.00 Silver Leaf . . . $5.00 Rev. Wm. Thomas Memorial $5.00 Bloomingfield . . . $5.00 Simon N. Philadelphia Unity $5.00 Cery's . . . $5.00 Sunlight . . . $5.00 Pride of Leonis . . . $5.00 Wm. H. Stokes . . . $5.00 Shepherds Chorus . . $5.00 St. Elizabeth Fold opened this contribution. It is very gratifying to note the way this contribution is coming in. Rev. R. T. Parson of Newark, New Jersey reports satisfactory progress in establishing a branch of our Order in his city. He has gone about it with the tenacity, pluck and push which guarantee to him success in this undertaking. Deputy Fannie B. Taulton has focused on herself the great spotlight of fraternal admiration by reporting a new Fold for Braddock Park, Po. MISSING MISSING Ira M. Rusk, age, 21 years; height, 5 feet 10 inches; weight, 165 pounds; color of hair, medium brown. Has a birth mark the size of dime on back of head where hair is lighter in color. Been missing three years up to April 9, 1928. His mother is Mrs. Rusk, 4210 Oakenwald Avenue, Chicago, telephone Oakland 1408. Thanking you, we are Yours very truly, ERWIN GREER. DEATHS REPORTED The following is a list of deaths of colored persons reported to the Richmond Bureau of Health from June 26 to July 3, 1928, with age and date of death: Martha Clay, age 41 years; 7 Pink St. St.; June 24. Ella China, 51 years; 3822 3412 St.; June 25. Doc Graham, 21 years; 512 N. 4th St.; June 25. Roberta Lawrence, 17 years; 5510 Grove Avenue; June 26. Infant of Hcwella James Stevenson 5 days; 829 N. 29th; June 27. Ella Gray, 47 years; 1318 N. 32nd St.; June 25. Henry Flowers, 12 years; 916 Turpin St.; June 27. Julia Jackson, 56 years; R. F. D. Box 148, So. Richmond; June 26. Gladys Annie Soay, 27 years; 906 1-2 N. 8th St.; June 27. Charles Davis, 5 months; 602 1-2 Norton St. : June 29. Berneda Harris, 4 months; R. F. D. 5 Box 126: June 28. . Mary Harris, 43 years; 3116 N St.; June 28; Alice Goode Johnson, 69 years; 1424 W. Moore St. : June 30. Virginia Gallego, 63 years; 608 N. 28th St. : June 28. 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