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AUG. 11 1923 STATE LIBRARY THE RICHMOND PLANET Virginia State Library. VOLUME XLV, NO. 39 RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY 11 1928 PRICE, FIVE CENTS. A FRIDAY MURDER! OFFICER WALTER BURROUGHS' BLUNDER Kills James Sharp--Wrong Man Sent to Judgment (Special by John Mitchell, Jr.) James Sharp, colored, the grandfather of eight grandchildren, was shot three times and killed Friday night, August 3, 1928, in his own home, at 809 Gilbert Avenue, by Patrolman Walter B. Burroughs, of the "clean-up squad." The inquest was held by Acting Coroner E. G. Hill in the coroner's office in the City Hall last Tuesday at 10:30 A.M. The officer was charged in the warrant with involuntary manhunger, after being the defendant and a statement of the accused officer, the case was certified to the Hustings Court grand jury, which meets in October. Uncontradicted Facts. The uncontradicted facts are as follows: Officers Burroughs and Chadwick saw a group of colored youngsters on the corner of Sixth and Baker Streets. The latter ran with the officers in pursuit. Just why the young men ran and why the officers chased them have not been explained. They were simply loitering on the corner and no evidence has as yet been adduced to show that anyone of them had any liquor or had committed any crime. In fact, at a later hearing Officer Burroughs admitted, under the cross questioning of Attorney Alfred E. Cohen, that he did not know who he was chasing. It was also brought out that the wrong man had been shot. In His Own Back Yard. James Sharp was seated in the back yard of his cellar dwelling place, in company with a female friend of one of the family. Her name was Mrs. Lizzie Freeman, of 511 North First Street. Officer Burroughs was chasing the youngsters. One of them, who has come forward, says that the officer was after him. He ran under a table in the yard and hid, while James Sharp and his friend, the company had scamped into the house for safety. Burroughs rushed into the house and grappled with James Sharp, who had absolutely nothing to do with the affair and without displaying his badge, he fired three times on James Sharp. Those Deadly Bullets One bullet glanced his head, and the last one presumably entered his heart and his life was at an end in this world. Burroughs had no warrant for Sharp's arrest and he could not legally cross the threshold of Sharp's door without such a document. He was a trespasser, and Sharp had the legal right to resist him, even to the point of striking him with the glass jar as alleged, although the charge that he did so is upon the unsupported statement of the officer himself. These are the facts as brought out, about which there can be no controversy. There is no allegation that James Sharp had any whiskey in the house or that he was a bootlegger, or that he had any weapon of any kind in his humble habitation. A Peaceful Citizen. He had been employed for years by the Richmond Tile and Mosaic Company, and his white employer gave him a "clean bill" as a reliable citizen. Despite all of this, without having committed any crime, his home was unceremoniously invaded and he was shot down, while the youth being sought was running away from under a table in the yard, where he had sought temporary refuge. The deductions of the prosecution are as follows: Walter B. Burroughs in ducking, under the lower doorway leading into James Sharp's rooms did not lower his head sufficiently and it came in contact with the door. As evidence of this three strands of his hair were found just where his head struck. Intended To Kill. This tended to daze him. Sharp was getting away from him, and in his haste, he fired on him, probably thinking that some one had struck him. He exceeded the legal requirement by firing a second time and then proceeded to carry out his purpose to kill and he fired the third time, with the result that the bullet went through the heart of his victim. Officer Burroughs' claim is that he was in hand-to-hand struggle with Sharp in Sharp's own home, and where he had no legal right to be. He got Sharp's head under his arm, struck him with a black-jack, that Sharp wrested the black-jack out of his hand and that he then fired his revolver to protect himself. No Safety Inside. He also claimed that he struggled with Sharp in the yard and that Sharp pulled him onward into the house, where he killed him. The evidence of the witness is that James Sharp and his female companion went inside of the house for safety, that Burroughs had his flashlight in one hand and his revolver in the other. That he immediately opened fire on Sharp and after pressing his hand to his head, he told him he was going to kill him and that he proceeded to do it. The following is the testimony of the witnesses before Coroner E. G. Hill, of South Richmond: Elijah Henderson's Statement. Elijah Henderson, 814 N. Seventh Street, said: "I was standing on my back porch facing the back. It was around 10:30 that night. I heard some shooting. When the car rolled up some boys came running down through the alley. Some on them ran down the alley from Gilbert Avenue to Seventh Street. Officers jumped off the car in Gilbert Avenue. The officers ran down to that door and ran on into the house with a search-light in his hand. About two or three minutes I heard the report of a gun. I heard that gun twice. Lucy Freeman Talks. Too. This man, James Sharp, was sitting in a chair outside the door just as you go into the house. Naturally, when the boys ran, he got up and went into the house to get out of the way. After the shooting I heard a lot of screaming and hollering. Sharp works. I meet him every morning going to work as I am going away. Mrs. Lucy Freeman said: "I live at 511 N. First, Street. I was down at James Sharp's house visiting his daughter. She had gone out for a walk and I was waiting for her to come back. She is sick. Wanted Fresh Air. "I passed around the front and looked in and I went around to the back. James Sharp and his brother, Fleming Sharp, and his daughter, 'Key', were sitting at the door. James told me that the sick girl had gone up the alley to get a little fresh air. Fleming told me to take his seat. He was going in and lie down for awhile. I had been there about five minutes when there was great excitement. We got up and ran into the house. I was in front of James Sharp. When we got in, the firing began. I kept on upstairs and made my escape. Officer Gave No Time. "The officer did not give us any time for anything. He threw up his gun and opened fire. He didn't give us time for nothing. If I had been behind I would have been shot instead of James Sharp. I saw the boys. I don't know who they were. The officer who did the shooting was a big stout gentleman, who had on a light suit. I did not hear him say a word. I would have told him, had he given us time that he had the wrong man." The Slaim Man's Brother. Fleming Sharp said: 'I live at 809 Gilbert Avenue. I was asleep in the basement Friday night, August 3rd, about 10:30 o'clock. The report of the gun awoke me. James Sharp ran into my room. He called Ike (Jesse Turner). The officer turned the flash-light on him and said, 'You son of a bitch, I am going to kill you.' James Sharp said, 'Don't shoot me no more.' He fell upon the officer's shoulder, with both hands and hung his head. The officer put his hand upon his own head and then fired. Fell Dead After Shot. "Sharp immediately fell dead after the shot. The officer stepped back into the room and holdered and said, 'Call the other policeman. Then I put on my pants, turned the light up and came out with the lamp in my hand and met my sister (Mattie Gerrien) at the door." Mrs. Mattie Gerrien, who rents the house, 809 Gilbert Avenue, said: "I had been out walking with my sick daughter. As I reached the corner of Gilbert Avenue and Bryan Street, I noticed the excitement of one of the boys, who the police were chasing from the corner of Sixth and Baker Streets, rushing On Kitchen Floor. "The officers came up by me, up Gilbert Avenue on Baker Street. I got out of the way. A few steps made and I heard the shooting. The crying and yelling of the children led me to believe that one of them was shot. I reached home and found out that James Sharp had been shot at home and his body was on the kitchen floor. I went around to go in the back way. An officer was there with his flash-light. I thought it was a gun and I exclaimed, 'Don't shoot. I am at home. He said, 'No more will come in.' I went straight out the back door to the outside window." W. A. Perkins' Statement. W. A. Perkins, 751 North Sixth Street, plasterer and contractor, said "I was at home, southeast corner Sixth and Duval Streets. I was standing on my back porch. I saw two officers run around the corner, going about thirty-five or forty miles per hour, turn in Gilbert Avenue. My son and I closed the door and started to the mouth of the alley. We heard the report of the gun. I ran up there. I saw an officer rubbing his head. I was at the window looking in down there. There was crying going on. I ran back, 'phoned for an ambulance and I 'phoned to headquarters. I did not see the shooting. I heard two shots. I saw hair on the ledge above the door. I saw three hairs. They were sandy color. They were straight. James Sharp works for the Richmond Tile and Mosaic Company. I last saw him Thursday. He was a quiet old man." Cause of Shooting. Willie Branch, alias "Buck" Branch, seventeen years of age, 624 North Sixth Street, said: "I work at the Richmond Credit Clothing Company, porter and deliver goods. I was on the corner of Sixth and Baker at the time the officer's car came. They came from Seventh Street up Baker. We all ran off the corner and ran down Duval Street to Gilbert Alley and went up to where the side Alley was. Seventh Street Alley. Two fellows were in front of me and I turned to go around another way to go and I fell. There was a colored lady and gentleman sitting out there. "The officers were so close behind me. I did under the table in the yard. The lady and gentleman rented the house. An officer ran into the house with a flash-light in one hand and a pistol in the other. Then I heard two shots. I heard screams. I ran to Seventh Street, saw the officers' car coming down Seventh Street. I ran back and hid until the officers' car passed. I put on my coat and went up Seventh Street walking. Hiram Jones, Howard Maynard, Moses Norrell, Lincoln Carr were the names of the boys. Maynard was in front of me. Chasing Boys Only. The officers were chasing us off the corner Maynard kept through. I saw him about an hour afterwards on Seventh Street. I was the last one that left the corner, the slowest runner. Only two went down the way Howard Maynard and I went." M. A. Norrell, 714 North Sixth Street, said: "I was out of town when the shooting occurred. I went out and inspected the premises on Saturday later on in the afternoon." Sergeant P. B. Sterling said: "The morning after it happened I talked with Officer Burroughs. He said he had a statement. He said that he had shot this nigger in self-defense. He had been struck by a Not Seriously Injured. "He said he had a knot on his head. In reply to a question from Attorney Alfred E. Cohen, he said he did not see the knot, not having noticed his head particularly. Coroner E. G. Hill said that James Sharp had been shot through the heart and spleen, the bullet lodging in the abdomen. One bullet went through his liver and entered the intestines. Another bullet appeared to have struck his head a glancing blow. In Judge Ingram's Court. This testimony completed, all of those present went over to the Police Court, where a hearing was scheduled to take place at 12 o'clock Photographs of the home and yard of James Sharp were there on display, having been taken by Photographer George W. Brown. The Police Department had provided a diagram of the neighborhood upon the request of Coroner E. G. Hill. Some delay took place. A broken half gallon glass jar was placed on the desk of Judge John L. Ingram. Then the witnesses, who had previously testified before the coroner, proceeded to repeat their testimony before Judge John L. Ingram. Officer Burroughs' Statement Attorney Leith S. Bremner represented Officer Burroughs, while Attorney Alfred E. Cohen represented the prosecution. Officer Burroughs stated that he was chasing the boys and that he rushed in on James Sharp. A struggle took place in the yard. He said that he did not use his flash-light at all. Sharp dragged him into the house and assaulted him with the glass' jar. he had his head under his (Burroughs) arm and he (Burroughs) struck him with his the black-jack. he with then the black-jack from him and then he finding himself helpless, shot him. Attorney Cohen's Cross-Examination Under a severe cross-examination by Attorney Alfred E. Cohen, he admitted that he did not know who he was chasing. No crime had been committed so far as he knew by any of the boys. He had no warrant for Sharp and was not in possession of a search warrant. He shot James Sharp in his own home and in his own kitchen, which was used also as a bedroom. Sergeant R. B. Sterling repeated his statement, and Judge John L. L.GRAM sent Officer Walter B. Burroughs on to the October term of the Hustings Court when the grand jury meets and he bailed him in the sum of $500 00. Suspended From Duty. Chief of Police R. B. Jordan had promptly suspended Officer Burroughs from duty, pending the final outcome of the criminal proceedings. The warrant issued is as follows: W. B. Burroughs, on warrant did unlawfully and feloniously commit involuntary manslaughter in that he did kill and murder one, James Sharp, while in the discharge of his duties as a police officer. NOTICE At a meeting of colored citizens held at the home of Williams' Lodge on Tuesday night, it was the sense of the meeting that the colored people of Richmond ought to exhaust every resource at their command to assist the family of James Sharp, who was killed in his home by a police officer last night in their efforts to see that justice is done in this case. In order to do this a fund must be created to provide for the legal and other expenses which will be necessary to insure a vigorous prosecution. An appeal is made to all churches, organizations and persons who- wish to assist in this effort to send their contributions to C. B. Gilpin, treasurer of the Citizens' Committee, at 700 North Second Street, or make them to the cashier of either of the three colored banks of the city. All colored citizens of the city who are interested in this matter are invited to become a member of the Citizens' Committee and are requested to present the appeal to their friends, churches and organizations. The Richmond Planet edited by John Mitchell, Jr., will give a complete account of the matter, which will be useful in presenting the appeal to all interested persons. GRAVEL HILL BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. W. L. Tuck, Pastor. Sunday School convened at the usual hour, with Superintendent C. V. Brown at her port of duty. At 8 P. M., Rev. Scotty Cotman preached for Building Club No. 1. Prayer service on Wednesday nights. Come out. Our sick are improving. Mrs Tuck. is still sick. Mr. J. W. Johnson, of Washington, D. C., arrived in the city last Saturday and left Monday afternoon. He is looking the picture of health. FULTON NOTES Rev. C. A. Cobbs delivered a very short inspirational sermon, using for the basis of his discourse, "The Man That Forgot." The sixteenth anniversary of the Ardelia's Fold, No. 16, I. O. S. and D. of B. was held at the church in the evening. Sermon by the pastor Remarks by Mrs. Lily Baskerville and Miss Kulah Cunningham, representing the headquarters. All of the proceeds went to the Shepherd Band. Much credit is due to the pastor and his corp of officers, to be so liberal to the Band. Owing to the absence of the pastor from town on the 2nd inst, the funeral services of Miss Viola Lovene Jackson were preached by Rev. C. B. Jefferson. The pastor's subject at the evening services tomorrow will be, "The Temptation of Christ." The funeral services of Brother Robert Hawkins were held at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. Edgar White, on the 6th inst. Sermon by Rev. C. B. Jefferson. Solo by Mr. William Manning. The Female Usher Board of the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church will serve supper at the residence of Mrs Rebecca Terrell, 4206 Fulton Street, on the 13th inst. Supper, 25 cents. ROANOKE NOTES Rev. James S. Hatcher preached at Mt. Zion A. M. E. Church last Sunday morning on the "Dynamic of Faith." He delivered another helpful message Sunday night. Mr. J. M. Lipscomb, of 465 Highland Avenue, S. W., left last Saturday for Danville, Va. He has been in poor health for some time. Mrs. Maranda Barnes, of Tenth Avenue, N. E., has been indisposed for the last two weeks. Many people are spending their outings in other cities during the warm days of August. A street carnival for the benefit of Mt. Zion A. M. E. Church is given this week in Wells Avenue, between Jefferson and Henry Streets. Mrs. Brooks of Lynchburg Avenue, has been quite feeble since January. Mrs. G. W. Owens continues ill. Mrs. Toler, of Cherry Avenue, N. W., is much improved. Mr. David Bennett, who roomed at 416 Tenth Avenue, N. E., left for his home three weeks ago and died there. Mrs. Ann Barlow is recovering from her recent illness. Call and see Mrs. Catherine Stanfield and examine her ready-to-wear apparels. ON TO CLAREMONT, AUGUST 15, 1928—ON TO BAYSHORE, SEPTEMBER 3, 1928 To the Public: The Pleasure Makers of Richmond will carry their sixth annual excursion down the historic James to Claremont on the Steamer Islander with Richmond's best orchestra to entertain the guest. The Petersburg and City Point guests will take the steamer at City Point. Mr. Arthur Jackson will be in charge of them. Mr. James Bowman will be in charge of the Charles City guests, who will join us at Wilcox Wharf, and from there the steamer will proceed to the school. We will land at 3 o'clock at the school wharf and the guests will stay on the grounds until 5 o'clock. The steamer will then leave for Richmond and arrive in our city about 10:30 o'clock P. M. Fare: Adults, $1.50; children, 75 cents. The committee has also chartered an engine and fifteen coaches for an excursion from Richmond to Bayshore, Monday, September 3rd, Labor Day. We will leave Main Street Station at 7:30 A. M., returning leaving Buckroe 7:30 P. M. Adults, $1.50; children, $1.00. All colored people going to Buckroe on that day will go on our train. This is the first time in many years that the railroad authorities have chartered a train to colored group to take their people. When you come to the station buy your tickets from the committee and not at the ticket window. THE PLEASURE MAKERS. JAMES M. FRAYSER, Chairman, J. H. BLACKWELL, Manager. Mr. Willie Cogbill of New York City is visiting relatives and friends here this week and is the guest of his cousin, Mrs L G King, 1617 Hull St DEATHS REPORTED The following is a list of deaths of colored persons reported to the Richmond Bureau of Health from July 31st, to August 8, 1928, with the age and date of death: Kitchen Parker, age 50 years, July 31, 923 N. 5th St. Horace Leroy Jones, age 3 months, August 1, 1211 Grayland Ave. Roger Miles, age 4 months, August 1, 542 N. 7th St. John Armstead, age 36 years, July 27, 201 W. Fell St. Julette H. Smith, age 8 months, July 4, 1012 $ _{12} $ Nicholson St. Viola Jackson, age 16 years, July 30, 434 Nicholson St. Mary Miles, age 44 years, August 1. 5,11. N. 77b St. August 3, 512 E. Federal St. Annie Hendrick, age 31 years. Annie Hendrick, age 31 years, August 3, 301 Pilkington St. Charlie Ellis, age 62 years, August 4, City Home. Maggie Hill, age 18 years, August 3, 408 W. 22nd St. Robert Hawkins, age 60 years, August 71 Graham St. 71 Graham St. 1 month August 3, 712 Granam St. Vernell Giles, age 1 month, August 5, 1220 N. 1st St. Abner Bells, age 57 years, August 5, 161 Idlewood Ave. Richard Lamont Ruffin, age 2 months, August 3, 727 W. Leigh St. Doris Hayden, age 10 years, August 4, 2027 Fairfield St. Amelia Herndon, age 47 years, August 3, 505 Norton St. Robert Lee Hanley, age 1 year, August 4, 1717 Winder St. August 4, 1717 Winder St. John W. Foster, age 51 years. Lucretia Thompson, age 74 years, August 4, 1725 Jacuelin St. Celina Watkins, age 54 years, August 4, 508 W. Baker St. Josephine Harris, age 48 years, August 4, 1927 Carrington St. Lillian M. Holmes, age 1 month, August 6th. The Shepherd's Twilight to Bay Shore, Aug. 25. Slenderness Still Keynote of New Styles inches summer than without it says Miss Kathryn Cunningham, designer for the H.W. Gossard Company care of all the places w. of Chicago. 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The tried and toffes, despaired of other means are not nearly so stylish since the appearance on the market of a new figure remoulder This figure remoulder, or reducing garment, was designed scientifically. A material had to be invented. There had been reducing garments before which squeezed the figure down. But they were neither comfort able nor supply enough to permit the grace of movement demanded by Mme. Jenny. Charmosette the material of the new reducing garment, distributes surplus flesh more mally, smoothing the skin of it has no tones waxes or lacings. "The wearer really has on a three-gone when she does this reducing garment. And she is unconscious of it, except when she looks in the mirror and sees that she is four or five inches slimmer than without it. says Miss Kathryn Cunningham, designer for the H.W. Dessard Company of Chicago "Being brasuere, girlie TIME OF SERVICES IN THE CHAPEL AT CITY HOME. Rev. F. W. Quarles, Leader and Manager for Charitable Union, 1010 N. 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The killing of James Sharp, an humble colored man, in his basement home in this city Friday night, August 3, 1928, after he had completed his day's labor and was sitting in his own back yard, apparently free from all cares save those attendant upon his responsibility as the father of a sick daughter, the brother of an unwell brother, and the grandfather of eight little grandchildren, who were supported from the meager earnings made by working for his white employer, is one of the most distressing tragedies that has ever taken place in this city. Viewed from any angle, this murder is without a shadow of justification or excuse. Officer Walter B. Burroughs' own statement is all that is necessary to prove that it is one of the most atrocious crimes ever committed in this State in the name of the law. Sergeant Dan W. Duling has made an enviable record since he has had charge of this body of sleuths and his good judgment and faithfulness in the discharge of his puzzling and onerous duties have called for the most favorable commendation by both white and colored people. For our part, we never dreamed that he had in that array of talent a man of the temperament and hard-heartedness of this indiscreet officer. What are the facts? The purity squad has a special duty of looking after the illegal traffic of "boottlegers." In this instance, it proceeded, or at least Officer Burroughs proceeded, to invade the precincts of the Juvenile Department of Virginia and chased a youth, age 17 years, for the arrest of which youth he had no warrant and no allegation is made that he and his associates had violated any law, unless loitering on a street corner at night can be set up as a violation of the law. When they ran, the loitering ceased and the using of a deadly weapon in any event was without the warrant of law. When Officer Burroughs went upon the premises of James Sharp without a search warrant and seized him inside of his own house, he became as much an intruder as any other man would be, who was not an officer of the law. James Sharp was justified in striking him with a jar, a bottle or any other weapon handy and Officer Walter B. Burroughs evidently knows it. Certainly, his superior officers will even now so inform him. Accepting the statement then of Officer Burroughs, he is convicted out of his own mouth. Burroughs is an athlete and that aged grandfather was no match for him in a hand-to-hand struggle. James Sharp had no weapon. He had no glass jar in his hand with which to strike the officer. But presuming that he did have, here was a young, trained athlete with skill, muscular power, a blackjack, a revolver pitted against an unarmed aged Negro, and he was so scared of him that he had to kill him. The mute body of James Sharp tells its own story. He was shot three times. Those tell-tale bullet wounds upon that ebony-hued body speak out in clarion tones. On the left side of his head is a wound about three-eighths of an inch deep where the bullet plowed its way. Through the right nipple is another hole through which another bullet plowed its way. To the left on his breast is still another hole, through which another bullet plowed its way, penetrating James Sharp's heart, while he pleaded with his slayer, "Don't shoot me no more!" These wounds were made so quickly that the reports from that deadly police revolver sounded like one shot, and those who heard them were of the opinion that there were only two shots fired, when as a matter of fact three bullets had ended the career of this old man inside of the humble precincts of his own home. Not a single drop of whiskey was found upon the premises, not a single weapon of any kind was found in any part of this retreat for the lowly. A sick brother, who has been serving the Master from time to time by preaching in a country church, saw his brother slain before his eyes by a man armed with the authority of the law and who stood sworn to protect the law-abiding. When Willie Branch, the 17-year-old youth, came forward and testified that he was the one being chased and that he was hiding under a table in the yard when Burroughs rushed into the doorway of James Sharp's house, that completed the case against Officer Walter B. Burroughs. Under the law, no officer could enter James Sharp's house without the permission of James Sharp or without a search warrant authorizing such a procedure, for James Sharp was not either suspected or charged with any crime. We have repeatedly insisted that there is enough law in Virginia to give us our rights and we have had upon the bench of the Supreme Court of Appeals of this State jurists able and just enough to accord them to us. Those we cannot secure in this State upon the present showing we have decided to go without. Let us see: Article I, Constitution of Virginia, reads: That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. When Policeman Walter B. Burroughs shot down in cold blood old man James Sharp while he pleaded for his life, he violated this part of the fundamental guarantees of the Constitution of this State. Article I, section 8, reads: That no man shall be deprived of his life, or his liberty, except by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers. Policeman Walter B. Burroughs says that James Sharp struck him on the head with a glass jar while he (Burroughs) was violating the Constitution of Virginia by entering Sharp's home without a warrant, causing a wound so slight that it requires a close inspection to see any mark there, the skin not even being broken, and for that he took Sharp's life, while the law specifically provides how such offenses shall be punished, either by the Police Court Justice, John L. Ingram, or by a jury of white men in the Hustings Court of this city. We say white men for the reason that only citizens of that color pass upon such cases, and Burroughs would not trust the punishment of James Sharp for the alleged assaulting of him to white men of Burroughs color. Let us look at and read another section from the Constitution of Virginia: Article I, section 10, reads: That general warrants, whereby an officer or messenger may be commanded to search suspected places without evidence of a fact committed, or to seize any person or persons not named, or whose offense is not particularly described and supported by evidence, are grievous and oppressive, and ought not to be granted. When Policeman Walter B. Burroughs entered James Sharp's humble home, he violated this part of the Constitution of Virginia and he was not acting as an officer of the law, but upon his own motion as an individual and he became a trespasser, liable to expulsion by the occupant of the house that he invaded. But poor old man James Sharp did not repel him, for he was too busy begging for his life. Burroughs had butt his head against the upper part of the door-frame when he dived into that rear room and he was angry. Those three strands of his hair on the door frame, as testified to in the evidence, settled that. He proceeded to lynch old man James Sharp in violation of the law. He admittedly killed him as an officer of the law. What does the Constitution say about this? By what process alone can death be meted in this State? It cannot be done with a knife. It cannot be done with a rope. It cannot be done with a gun or with a revolver. It cannot be done with poison. It must be done with the electric chair. Burroughs did not have an electric chair in his possession that night. He had a blackjack and a revolver and he used first the weapon that he should have used last, if he had been permitted to use any at all. He had his fists. He did not use them. He had a blackjack. There is no evidence but his own word that he used that. The dead body discloses no wound made by any such weapon. He had a revolver and he used that and killed a man in a manner that the law says a man shall not be killed in this State. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND' VIRGINIA Article I, section 8, reads: That no man shall be deprived of his life, or liberty, except by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers. That in all criminal prosecutions a man hath a right to demand the cause and nature of his accusation, to be confronted with the accusers and witnesses, to call for evidence in his favor, and to a speedy trial by an impartial jury of his vicimage, without whose unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty. James Sharp is beyond human aid and suffering, but his grandfather-less eight children and his fatherless daughter are in dire straits, Walter B. Burroughs, as the result of your hasty action. Do you believe in God and the saving grace of Jesus Christ? How could you punish all these innocents and step aside from your official duties to be charged officially with murder? Did you mean to kill him? The warrant says you did not. You said that you did. You told Officer R. B. Sterling that you intended to kill him to save your life. You said you killed him in self-defense. You are afraid to die and you consider a blow from one of God's creatures of dark complexion a justification to take a human life. The alleged blow was a mere scratch. The public wishes to know how a blow from a glass jar in the hands of James Sharp, delivered some eight or more feet away from the door, could drive three strands of your sandy colored hair into the door jamb, through which opening you had just entered? You may be able to sleep, but the memory of that fateful night in that humble Negro's home will haunt you to your grave. We hope that the churches of this city will conduct prayer services for this erring member of the "bootleg squad." Officer Burroughs' own statement of the case, these citations of the law conclude this summary of one of the most outrageous assaults upon our fundamental laws and the destruction of one of the most sacred traditions of this Commonwealth that it has ever been our duty to record. I call it murder,— There you hev it plain and flat; I don't want to go no furder Than my Testament for that. —Ibid, Biglow Papers. Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame, And hang a calf's-skin on those recreant limbs. PERRY HOWARD'S PREDICAMENT. We read with much interest the account of the indictment of Hon. Perry W. Howard, the Republican leader of Mississippi by a grand jury in that State upon a charge of conspiracy. We do not presume that there is a criminal lawyer of standing in this country, pho does not know that a charge of conspiracy is one of the most difficult allegations to prove and for that reason is seldom appealed to save for the purpose of affecting some other issues in a judicial criminal case. pending criminal charges. It is not alleged that Howard took the money, but by the use of this dragnet, so to speak, the effort is made to supplant him in the political campaign now pending and to place in charge the "Lilly-white element", which was defeated at the Republican National Convention at Kansas City. The blow is not only one a'med at competent Negro leadership, but at the "oldline" white Republicans, who have always affiliated with colored men of the Perry W. Howard type. Similar tactics were resorted to in the fight on Walter L. Cohen of Louisiana. The indictments were dismissed. The gratifying part of the whole business is that Perry W. Howard is capable of taking care of himself. He is a high-toned, Christian gentleman. This kind of attacks can have but one effect. A reaction will be observable among the Southern voting blacks, who have gone into the Northern States and can with telling effect give the Republican leaders, who tolerate this kind of thing, "I. Roland for their Oliver". It is to be hoped that they will voice a protest. If the Republicans care to risk the loss of votes, in that section of the country, where there is a prospec; of carrying a State for the national ticket in order to pander to Negro-bating animosities in a State, where the electoral vote is already for "Al" Smith, before a vote has been cast into the ballot boxes of the nation, then let them proceed to do it. Gentlemen, you had better call off your hounds, today; not tomorrow or the next day. You had better call them off, today. Tomorrow or the next day may be too late. "A hint to the wise is sufficient." You had better call them off, today. Colored people should stand squarely behind Perry W. Howard. He is the central figure, so far as colored people in this country are concerned, today. He is the only political leader that emerged from the Republican National Convention unscathed, unafraid and with the political power of a State within his The Union Life Insurance Company of Virginia invites your patronage See Adv. on Page 8 ```markdown ``` grasp. They side-tracked Walter L. Cohen, the great Louisiana leader. They "black tacked" the uncompromising Ben Davis of Georgia. They threw out "Goose bill Bill" McDonald of Texas and now they are assassinating Perry W. Howard of Mississippi after he had won in the struggle. Gentlemen, this kind of business will not do. You must face an electorate of colored folks, both in the North and in the South, but most particularly in the North. What are you going to do about it? "Al" Smith is slated for a political beating, but, "There is many a ally twist the cup and the lip". (By Carlisle Bargeron) BY CARRIE BURGERTON Indictment of Perry W. Howard, colored Republican leader in Mississippi is being charged in political circles he is living weight to reports that Secretary Hoover intends to shake off the colored rule of the party in the South. Howard's trouble it is pointed out, follows the displacement of Benjamin Jefferson Davis, the colored leader of Georgia, who incidentally is now figuring in an investigation similar to that, which enveloped Howard. Walter Cohen, the colored leader in Louisiana for many years, also met his Waterloo at Kansas City. White men replaced both Cohen and Davis and it is generally believed that one will replace Howard as soon as that phase of the business is reached. The word is going out to, to that "difficult Joe" to portray boss South Carolina, Republicanism is but his leadership is over the colored race. Howard was suspended yesterday from his post as special assistant attorney general, as was Scott Hubbard, deputy United States marshal for the Southern district of Mississippi, who was indicted with him at Bloxi. The suspensions will hold until the men have either cleared themselves or have been convicted in the Bloxi case. Howard Charges Persecution. Howard, at least, is accepting his trouble as a Hoover flop to the Southern "ily whites". In a statement yesterday he said his indictment was the result of persecution. He described himself as a martyr and said he was in trouble solely because of his leadership of the Negro race. The Washington Tribune, Negro newspaper here, viewed the matter in the same light. It was, in fact, no secret at Kansas City that Howard was in for a hard time when the convention was over. For several months the Hoover people had been having trouble with him. Counted upon to deliver his delegation to Hoover he never balked in inviting him. C. L. Sheldon, prominent Mississippi Republican, sought to establish a "jily white" nasty. Mr. Sheldon is a great admirer of Secretary Hoover, reserved to much encouragement, from him that Howard began to make threats that unless Sheldon was a bed of he would throw his support to Lowden. For Hoover at Kansas City The Mississippi courts ruled a retaint Sheldon and Howard seemed to have everything his own way. The Hoover people gave him advice before Senate committee investigating presidential campaigns, but apparently he did not think he had been treated right because he added that he did not know whether he would be able to keep his organization in line for Mr. Hoover or not. It was no secret at Kansas City that the Hoover people considered he had been given enough, but nevertheless Howard went in for a final consultation in what was called the covert operation. The Hoover people had him issue a definite statement that "Mississippi was for Hoover". So it was, too. But upon the heels of the convention, Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, an active Hoover lieutenant, went down to Mississippi and had Howard indicted. The charges against him are not new, it is pointed out. They have been circulated and aired over the past several years. More than a year ago the Department of Justice's attention was called to them. Postmaster General New once investigated them and gave Howard a clean bill of health, as did a congressional investigating committee. Davis Lost Georgia Control Davis' removal was almost lost sight of in the rush at Kansas City and so far as known nothing was published about it at the time. The anties believed it was the work of Davis was one of the light spots of the otherwise drab Kansas City gathering. In order to keep the Negroes away from the conflicting elements there they were locked up in a room and when finally released were instructed that regardless of what they were asked in the convention to just say Hoodoos. As a result of this, all of them sought recognition due to some commotion in the delegation and Senator Moses, the held sway in New Orleans for a long time, although Emile Kuntz, a whitsman, was and is the national committeeman, up until the Kansas City convention he was in that capacity only at the pleasure of Cohen. He took the Hoover side early in the campaign, splitting with Cohen, and he won out at Kansas City, Cohen getting nothing but a district delegate's With his passing and that of Howard and Davis, there are no more Negro Republican leaders in the South, at least not recognized by the Hoover machine as such. Howard Issues Statement It would be strange, indeed, if out of this campaign, the South would be found with it, because of the race issue and not because of that reason, but admittedly this is to be a year of a great experiment. 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A detailed description may be found in another column. Here is the coupon: Read The Planet. It is $2.00 per year; $1.10 for six months. Write for Agent's terms. We want an Agent in every City, Town and County. The Richmond Planet, 311 NORTH FOURTH ST. ENCE. indictment is leadership. no martyrs are to be offered only far greater and in the civ me crucified is, I know tha us cause, and for obtaining witnesses in his favor counsel for his defense. What will the Ten M with their lone Representa National Committee do abo The great Republican National Convention nized him as entitled to sit with representatives from Upon the demand of that anti-Negro "Carpet-begger" G be sacrificed in the Courts and crucified in the Republican Party Let the Colored People and their organizations ations may be heard Nov. 6, 1928 from the Atlantic nesses in his favor and to h defense. All the Ten Million the Representative or committee do about it? Publican National Convention confirmed visit with representatives from other Sta- that anti-Negro "Carpet-bagger" George L. Sheldo crucified in the Republican Party? people and their organizations give the a . 6, 1928 from the Atlantic to the Pac for obtaining witnesses in his favor and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense. What will the Ten Million Colored People, with their lone Representative on the Republican National Committee do about it? The great Republican National Convention confirmed his title to his seat and recognized him as entitled to sit with representatives from other States. Upon the demand of that anti-Negro "Carpet-bagger" George L. Sheldon, ex-Governor of Nebraska, is Howard to be sacrificed in the Courts and crucified in the Republican Party? Let the Colored People and their organizations give the answer now, so that its reverberations may be heard Nov. 6. 1928 from the Atlantic to the Pacific; from Canada to the Gulf. of the United States was appreciated by Perry W. Howard's white colleagues, who often proudly mentioned him as a living example of what the much abused State had done for this class and type of Negroes, who knew how to appreciate Southern rules and customs and to accord credit to the liberal-minded white elements in this section of the country, who had made such an achievement possible. As a result when the "carpet bagger" H. George L. Sheldon went up against Perry W. Howard and his southern white Republican friends in the Courts of Mississippi Howard and his friends won out. This was later confirmed by the Republican National Committee and later still by the Committee on Credentials and finally by the Republican National Convention itself. This would logically have ended the controversy. But Sheldon was not sat insulted. He had whispered into the ear of the distinguished Californian Hon. Herbert Hoover and he in turn left the matter to one of his managers, it being understood that Sheldon was "a friend of the family." Perry W. Howard was entered up on the roster of the Republican National Committee. This gave him control of the campaign in Mississippi. People from this State, both white and black, know how to fight and Howard was no exception. Ex-Governor Sheldon, not being able to win by fair means proceeded to appeal to the court of unfair means. The blow was aimed, so to speak, "below the belt". A hasty decision was not wanted, despite the positive command of Article VI of the Constitution of the United States. Another "carpet bagger" for a few days was imported in the person of 300,000 Negroes crossed the Atlantic during the Warld War. This book tells you all about it. If you, find not as represented, the $1.25 will be cheerfully refunded. Send 3 yearly subscriptions and the History will be mailed you prepaid free of charge. PERRY W. HOWARD'S PLEA OF INNOCENCE The only information I have with reference to my indictment is what I have read in the daily papers. I am a martyr to the cause I represent—Negro Leadership. Persecution is the price of martyrdom. Prison walls to martyrs are like palaces to the nobility. I am perfectly willing to be offered up and pay the price of martyrdom. A cause is certainly far greater than the individual. I have been pursued politically and in the civil courts, and now my political enemies seek to have me crucified in the criminal courts. I have no idea what the charge is. Whatever it is, I know that it is the back-fire from the current of a righteous cause, and this cause will go on, whether I am temporarily incarcerated or not. I am guilty of no wrong doing, directly or indirectly. My ''lily-white'' adversaries have enlisted the aid of powerful influence, material, political and otherwise, and I am not surprised at what happened. For seven years, I have been the most hounded and investigated man in the United States. No man in the Nation has done more than I to prevent anything that ever smacked of the purchase and sale of public offices. I required of applicants for offices in the State ofxMississippi affidavits declaring that the applicant had given or promised to give no consideration of any kind for the office. This was at the inception of my administration and prior to the enactment of the statute requiring the filing of affidavits to that effect with the Comptroller General. I appeared before the House Judiciary Committee as the records of that Committee will show, and urged the enactment of a law requiring all appointees to make an affidavit stating that they had not given or promised to give any consideration for their appointment. I repeat that I have done no wrong. I have been merely accused as the result of an exparte hearing. No one in public life is safe from accusations by his political enemies, and all fair-minded Americans will throw around me the presumption of innocence until I have been proven guilty. A grand jury indicted Perry W. Howard and associates, and postponed trial until Nov. 5, 1928, nearly four months from date of indictment and during the entire time of the campaign for the Presidency, in which campaign Howard and his associates are virtually interested. Such delays are positively prohibited by the Constitution of the United States, Article VI: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury on the State and District wherein the crime shall have been committed, which District shall have been previously ascertained by law and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process ```markdown ``` I have no fear of the outcome of a trial in Mississippi. THE PLANET 3ll N. 4th St. Richmond, Va Signed: Name THAT PLEA OF INNOCENCE. "The more you mow us down, the more thickly we grow; the blood of Christians is fresh seed."—Tertuillian It has been a common saying among white southerners that whenever northerners attempt to deal with the Negro question in the Southland, they almost invariably make a mess of it. This seems to have been verified in the case of Hon. George L. Sheldon, former Governor of Nebraska, who seems to have tired of residing within the State, which had rewarded him with high office. He preferred to occupy the southern designation of "carpet-bagger" and he moved into Perry W. Howard's State of Mississippi to make trouble for him and the rest of the able colored men of that far Southern State. As a rule, with the exception of the "poor whites", thousands of southerners, who are against the Negroes are against the other fellow's Negroes and he is "gloriously" in favor of his own Negroes, those, who possess family ties coming down the line from slavery, many of whom now trace their lineage to the black mammals of other days and to the "big house" Negroes, who were butlers, hostlers valets and the like. This class of southerners have a bitter antipathy to Negroes from the North. They dislike that nasal twang and they despise everything pertaining to this class of the "brothers in black" who aspire to civil rights and social privileges. The Hon. George L. Sheldon evidently did not know when he went up against that Negro Mississippian, who hailed from the State of Hon. John Sharp Williams and whose appointment as Special Assistant Attorney General ```markdown ``` RICHMOND, VIRGINIA and harmony together. This indictment business might well be considered in the nature of a joke were it not for the serious consequences to follow Perry W. Howard's persecution. Powerful Negro organizations throughout the country should resent it. More than ten million Negroes have this lone honest able Negro leader to represent them on the Republican National Committee and they will see it at the ballot boxes in the States of the North and West that the blow aimed at them from this source shall be resented at the polls. Whether it will result in landing the "vote getting" Hon. Alfred E. Smith of New York or the able statistical Hon. Herbert Hoover of California in the White House of the Nation will be an after consideration. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt may be fine on a whisky scent in the tracing of bootleggers, but she has shown absolutely no bloodhound ability in the trailing of Southern Negroes. She is wholly unable to tell the difference between an innocent Negro and a guilty one. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt Assistant Attorney General of the United States. She assisted in having Perry W. Howard indicted for conspiracy; set the hearing for November 5, 1928 when she and Sheldon knew that the election was Tuesday. November 6, 1928. In the meantime an order was secured from Attorney General Sargent suspending Perry W. Howard from office and p.v. pending this hearing, presuming him guilty until he proves himself innocent, thus upsetting a fundamental principle of criminal law, which is as old as English jurisprudence itself. We would suggest that Attorney General Sargent call her off and send her to the Canadian border or to the Florida shore line, where she may be able to tell the difference between a whiskey shark and a prohibition blue fish. Selah. "Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake. It would hardly be exaggeration to say, that all the great truths relating to society and government have been first heard in the solemn protests of martyred patriotism, or the loud cries of crushed and starving labor."—Wendell Phillips. In the meantime, the Chairman of is in the embarrassing predicament the Republican National Committee of trying not to deal with the official Republican National Committeeman from Mississippi, and who occupies that position until he has been found guilty of crime before a vacancy can exist in the office held by him. In the meantime, Perry W. Howard announces to the world to use his exact language: *Daily except Sunday. **Sunday only** (Male, street Station) Published as Information and not Guaranteed. Arrival and Departure of Trains Daily, unless otherwise shown. *Daily except Sunday **Sunday only** Leave for **Arrive from** 7:00 am..Charlottesville...7:00 pm 7:00 am..Clifton Forge... 9:00 am..Norf. & O Point 6:35 pm 9:30 am..James River L...4:05 pm 1:00 pm..Norf. & O Point 2:43 pm 1:45 pm..Cnlt.Loult-Chgo...7:30 am 1:15 pm..Cnlt. & O Point 11:33 am *5:15 pm..Lynchburg...*8:40 am *6:15 pm..Charlottesville...*8:30 am "I have done no wrong. I have been merely accused as a result of an expatriate hearing. No one in public life is safe from accusations by his political enemies and all framedmend Americans will throw around me the presumption of innocence until I have been proven guilty. I have no fear of the outcome of a trial in Mississippi." We agree with him. It is an issue between a black native Mississippi and a "carpet-bagger" Nebraskan. In such a contest, Justice will be enthroned and a proper judgment be reached in short order. We would suggest that Hon. George L. Sheldon of Nebraska go on back home and permit the black and white Mississippi to get along in peace Clifton Forge.....12:40 pm 5:00 pm .N.N. & O. Pt. 9:00 am 7:00 pm .Cincin. & West. 4:00 pm 11:15 pm .Cincin and Louvi ....... M7:30 am .Washington and beyond.....M9:30 pm Order the Planet sent to you by the week, month or year. We have a means of delivery. MILLION-DOLLAR BOARD WALK FOR FAMOUS DAYTONA BEACH SPEEDWAY --- About Your Health Points You Should Know by John Joseph Calmes, M.D. Theories Enough of theory will, in time, over the most sturdy mind. Facts have always been produced by theories which are never fact. The world that subsists on theories wholly, is a mighty uncertain proposition. There are enough "theories" about human digestion, to sink a dozen Leviathans! Theories—until we hardly find a man or woman who does not dread to line up for daily meals, for fear of transgressing the law founded on the latest theory. A wonderful thing about "calories," "vitamins," "hormones," and such. We ascribe the origin of the human being to an All-wise Creator; to know all about these personages of ours, is to be as wise as their Creator—which is manifestly impossible. If you over-eat, it's a condition, and not a theory you have to deal with. The same is true of rapid eating, imperfect mastication, gormandizing, and filling the stomach with food at the close of day. In my daily paper yesterday, the column of deaths was interesting. Some fifteen; none of them over sixty-five, nor under fifty; nearly all of them ascribed to "heart disease." It isn't a theory that tells us that food must be masticated; that time must be taken in eating; that evening meals must be the lightest of the day; that over-eating is America's chief crime, atoned for in shortened life. It's law—law of right living. Yet, who doesn't violate it daily, without regard to consequences? These four or five simple requirements, studiously obeyed, will cut the fatalities from "heart disease" in half. Isn't it worth a tryout? What shall it be a man if he gobble up all the food in sight—at table—and lose Week: "Nerves" MILLION-DOLLAR FAMO To Be Fashion Resort and Speed Center for DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. —The fastest straightaway race course in the world where a lightning-like speed of 0.75 miles per hour has already been obtained in a 36 cylindered racing car will shortly be flanked by a magnificent board walk a mile long. It will make a million dollars. It will make possible the design of a series of designs that will ultimately result in an "Atlantic City of the south." Daytona Beach has gone to her board-walk proposition hammer and tong. She has needed it for the past ten years. There has never been an accepted "Fashion Avenue" in the famous speedway. Yet thousands of costly clad women paraded upon and around the side washed sends calls to be overlooked by actions of the ultra smart in Deauville has its promenade, so has Atlantic City, Coney Island, Long Beach and other famous resorts so with the completion of this newest improvement to the already famous speedway this Florida East Coast Report will have added a diamond to a sparkling ring of beauty and achievement. It will afford tourists their first sight of a Florida moon and seashore in the most modern and fashionable style. It is planned to make the new board walk the center of a great annual mid-winter contest, the scene of fashion parades and wheel chair rides that will rival the utopian desires of every winter vacation "City of Oleanders." A plan is also underway to make this city known as "The City of Oleander." The Kiwanis, Rotary and Lions Clubs and the Chamber of Commerce have launched a movement that has already resulted in the DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. SONYA EDGAR D.B. BATHING BEAUTY TW. WHITES 36-CYLINDER AUTOMOBILE. BREAKING THE WORLD'S JWITHTES 36-CYLINDER AUTOMOBILE BREAKING THE WO BECAUSE AT 307 MILES AN HOUR, ON DAYTONA BACKFLA Hints for the Home by Nancy Hart In almost every home there is an old treasure or two, but, proud as we are of these possessions, they do not always have a place of honor in the home. Bookshakers always welcome bits of colorful old glass or porcelain among the books. On the shelfboard or console a piece of old silver gives a suggestion of luxury that is subly convincing. Old prints either side of the secretary; old pewter plates for the mantel shelf—such well-chosen ornaments often give more atmosphere and individuality to a room than many dollars spent on new furnishings. Fresh Peach Mousse Two cups whipping cream, 1 cup puree of fresh peaches, 1 tablespoon gelatin dissolved in 2 tablespoons cold water, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 1 cup sugar (beet or cane). Add dissolved gelatin to hot fruit juice and when cool and about to set, fold in stiffly whipped cream. Pack in mold, cover with ice and salt for 3 hours or more. An Appetizer for Summer Meals Eggs in aspic make a very tempting and substantial appetizer for summer meals. Cut hard-boiled eggs in half, devil the yolks and return them to whites, put a half egg in each individual mold, fill with aspic or a lemon-flavored gelatin and put in ice box to set. Two Good Vegetarian Menus Cream of lima bean soup, corn fritters, escalloped tomatoes, cream slaw, peach peach dumplings, non-stimulating drink. Cream of potato soup, vegetable patty, egg salad, banana shortcake, non-stimulating drink In choosing fruit for preserving, remember that slightly under-ripe fruit is usually best because it contains more pectin or jellifying substance than fully ripe fruit. If modern short-process preserving rules are followed, however, this point can be disregarded; these recipes secure uniform jelliness through the use of liquid pectin. R BOARD WALK FOR JOUS DAYTONA BEACH DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. J.W. WHITES 36-CYLINDER AUTOM RECORD AT 207 MILES AN HOUR. 一 planting of 100,000 oleander in and about the cities of Ormond, Daytona Beach and Fort Orange. A series of Oleander festivals will be held early May each year to be followed several months later by the Volusia County Summer Frost-staged three days at July 4th. For Speed Trial Fans. The board walk will afford an idea grandstand from which to watch the machines being brought out on the beach preparatory to the famous International Automobile speed trials staged here each winter. Already Mayor Armstrong has plans THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND' VIRGINIA Magazine Page To Iron Soft Collars Iron men's soft collars on a Turkish towel folded four times and the collar will be smoother and shine like new when finished. By Cecile. Two pointed style notes worth mentioning are given to us by Pay Webb in this practical little sports coutt suit is wearing. The arrow-shaped outline of the beige-toned sweater is one, and the motif is repeated by the brown arrow-clocks extending downward from the knee of the beige hose. The plain skirt worn with this costume is of brown wool crepe, bordered in lighter brown that tones in with beige. Shoes and bag of brown and a hat of French fell in the same tone that hands the skirt complete the costume. We particularly like Miss Webb's echo of the arrow motif on the hose. We wouldn't have thought of that ourselves!! New Fall Colors and Fabrics Vivid reds, soft, melting browns and a rich wine shade are important contributions to the new color group for fall. Black and printed satins will be much used. Canton crepe returns to favor—either alone or in combination with velvets—and its newest interpretation is patterned in metal threads which dimly trace an all-over design. Prints—contrary to expectations—have not "died out", but have become as much of a staple as plain colors and are splendidly represented in fall fabrics. Practical—tho' Feminine New fall frocks indicate a return of quite practical semi-tailored styles for daytime wear. All the flattering feminine touches are there, but there is an added trimness, an efficient, well-tailored "something" about these frocks, far apart from the compromise styles of seasons. Watch for this characteristic in choosing fall togs—if you would have the very latest. The In-Between Hat Just about now you are seeking a fresh, trim little hat to bridge the gap between summer and autumn styles. Choose either a soft felt in a medium shade, with a suggestion of brim to shade the eyes, or a light-weight silk velvet shaped much like the roses, perhaps with rows of silk stitching. You can also come in soft shades of mulberry green, amethyst, cashewberry, shades of medium blue, sapphire and navy. R ACH SPEEDWAY SONYA EDGAR D.B. BATHING BEAUTY MOBILE. BREAKING THE WORLD'S ON DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. underway to bring Capt Malone Campbell, who set a world's record, 206.79 m. p. n. here in February Major H. O. D. Scrave and several others to make their attempts at the 250 m. p. h. mark here next winter. The board walk will connect with Daytona Beach's great steel pier with its dancing pavilion and cafe high up on the waves. Here summer and winter fishermen are always to n. seen angling for the tropical fish that swarm the clear waters. Dwind to the even temperature catching a fine all the year round; thousands enjoy the smooth beach which is composed of the finest white sand. THE HUMAN SPHINX BY Ellis Parker Butler ILLUSTRATIONS BY REMATSON The day was splendid, as brilliant as a day on Long Island can be, and that is brilliant indeed. The great square house with its mansard roof and many wings and additions and the great pillars of the veranda that gave it a certain nobility was glistening white, for it had just been painted. The painters, as a matter of fact, were still at work on the rear of the house. They were working over time this Saturday afternoon, hurrying to finish the job. John Drane had complained of the paint odor, saying it grave him a headache. The Drane place, although it had been given no particular name, was as good as any in Westcote. Real estate dealers roughly estimated it to be worth a hundred thousand dollars and pointed to it as an example of how prices in Westcote had improved; Drane had paid fifteen thousand for it in 1892 and had spent some twenty thousand in improving the place, having the pilared veranda built on and so on, so that the whole cost to him had been only thirty-five thousand. This was mentioned in a sample of the work of John Drane had in all his investments. No one knew just what he was worth but he was reputed to be worth at least a million dollars, possibly a great many millions. On this Saturday afternoon he sat on his veranda just as he had seated himself on his return from his office in the city. He sat in one of the wicker chair, a wicker stand beside him, and on this he had placed his hat and cane, and he leaned back in his chair with his eyes closed in the attitude of a very tired man. One of the hands that grasped the arm of his chair twitched slightly; it was the slender aristocratic hand of a man of seventy. Presently Norbert, the colored houseman, came through the door carrying a tray on which a glass of milk, a plate of crackers, a napkin and several dainty sandwiches. He moved the wicker stand a little closer to John Drane's chair, removed the hat and cane, and placed the tray on the stand. John Drane opened his eyes "All right. Norbert" he said. "Perhaps! Perhaps!" Drane said. "An' Miss Amy say I should ask you is you go aft'noon use the car any more this aft'noon. She say if you ain't maybe she go ridin' awhiles' Drane dipped a cracker in milk and ate a little without apparent appetite. "I don't feel well, Norbert," he said. "I certainly don't feel well. Take this stuff away will you? I can't eat it. I'm not going to use the car; you may tell Amy she can have it. There's nobody come!" "Only Mist Carter," he said. "Him and Miss Amy is playin' tennis out back in the tennis court." "Couple o' young folks." "Yes. When you go out there, Norbert, tell young Carter I want to see him. No hurry—tonight or tomorrow will do; whenever he has time. And tell Mrs. Vincent to see that the yellow guest room is ready for a guest. I'm expecting a man to stay a few days." "Yes, sir." Norbert said, and he took up the tray and went. He coughed as he reached the door, coughed so hard that he had to pause with the tray resting on a ledge. It was the distressing cough of a man suffering from tuberculosis. "You want to be careful of that cold of yours," John Drane said, as if the cough had annoyed him. "How is Mrs. Vincent?" "Yes, I'm bein' careful of it," Norbert said and added, as he opened the door; "Mis' Vincent she's jus' fairly; she ain't no more than fairly. No. sir." John Drane's fingers tapped the arm of his chair nervously. He frowned as his eyes rested on the long tree-studded lawn that ran down to the road. This nervous-rousa was unusual with him, ordin- Simon Judd Comes to Visit a Boyhood Chum arily he was so calm and cold and unmoved by even the most exciting events that in the district surrounding Wall Street he was called the Human Sphinx-silent, stern, unfathomable. To the town of Westcote John Drane was not a spikin. In Westcote he had made his home some twenty-five years earlier, a bachelor of forty-five who preferred a home in the country. His purchase of the old house and his considerable expenditures for repairs had been a seven day topic and then he had been accepted as a silent man, possibly suffering from a chronic indigestion that made him a little cranky, but not such a bad sort at that. He took no part in the town affairs that called for mass meetings and service on committee, he gave with fairity when he gave, and he received those who came to him on such affairs and listened to them, silently but with keen attention. Sometimes, without a word, he wrote a check; Simon Judd Comes to sometimes he merely said, "I am not interested." He took no paw in social affairs. As time passed he did become interested in some of the financial concerns—he became a director of one of the banks, and was a regular attendant at its board meetings—but he was known mainly, until automobiles made horses a nuisance, for his fine horses. His coachman always drove him to the trains and met him on his return until the time came when he bought an automobile; after that his chauffeur always drove him to his office just around the corner from Wall Street on Broadway. He was not so much a peculiar man as a self-sufficing one. In the deals he made in Wall Street he played a lone hand. He never took part in syndicates, never allied himself with groups. And some of his deals were sensationally profitable. It was the amazing effrontery of some of these deals that had attracted attention to him sufficiently to warrant his being given a sobriquet of his own—The Human Sphinx. He would not talk of his deals or of the market or of anything. The moment he reached the city he was, for all practical purposes, mute. It was not long before Westcote knew he was an extremely wealthy man. Solicitors for a new hospital, going to John Drane in the hope of getting him to give some hundreds of dollars or periapsis a thousand, came away from the house with a check for an even hundred thousand. There had been no wasted words, "Yes, I approve of it; I will give you something," he had said and, turning to the desk, he had written the check. The solicitor, glancing at it, had thought it was for a thousand dollars and had been profuse in his thanks; not until the check was turned in to the wonder was it discovered that it was for the amazing hundred thousand. The check went through the bank and was paid without question. "Well, the bony old son-of-a-gun" the treasurer of the hospital exclaimed. "He must have a heart in his dried-up carcass after all, even if he don't look it!" At seventy John Drane was still as bony as ever, but "dried-up" did not describe him, nor had it ever. He was thin almost to emaciation, but it was a soft thinness; his skin was not dried nor leathery, and his face had not so much wrinkled as fallen into jowls and folds. His cheeks were drawn down below his cold gray eyes and when he removed his eye glasses the hollows below the eyes were almost ghastly, but even at seventy he was minutely careful of his body and dress, almost modified. He shaved twice a day once in the morning and once at noon, for he had a --- PHINX complete shaving outfit at his office. In a small dressing-room there an also changed his linen at noon; he could not bear soiled linen. He was a tall man, or his thin- ness made him seem tall, and now he arose from his chair as one of the nondescript black taxicabs of the town entered his driveway. “Ah!” he exclaimed, and then frowned, because a second taxicab had followed the first. The two cabs, following the wide sweep of the drive, one cab following close on the wheels of the other, drew up before the veranda and their doors opened simultaneously. From the second the passenger was quick to alight, a small man all in black, and he glanced toward John Drane. The millionaire, still frowning, raised a finger and touched his lips—a gesture so brief that it was hardly observable, but the man in black caught it and nodded that he understood. From the first cab the passenger had considerable trouble alighting. He was Visit a Boyhood Chum a huge man, broad of shoulder and hip, and he was trying to bring with him, a huge yellow oilboard suitcase, in size proportioned to himself. He had the awkwardness of a man not accustomed to the frequent use of cabs and when he finally stood on the gravel his face was red and perspiring and he wiped his forehead with the back of his hand before he dug into his pocket for the cab fare. "Black my cats! he cried, "Come mighty near never gettin' out of your shebang, son. Half a dollar, he? 'Tain't bad; here's a dime for you." He picked up his suitcase and turned to "all black my cats!" he cried. "You durned old Johnnie Drane! If you ain't just as bony and skinny as you was when we was kids! Well, now whod' have thought I'd ever be shaken' hand with Skinny Drane away down east here, on the front porch of a regular blamed old palace like this! How are you, anyhow, you old rascal? Good old Skinny Drane! Well! Well! Well!" "Simon, I'm glad to see you." John Drane said, taking the fat man's hand. "Leave your luggage there, my man will take care of it. It's good to see you again, Simon. I never see anyone from Riverbank—none of them ever come east. Yes, it's good to see you!" He turned then to the smaller man in black "Dart," he said to him, "I'd like you to meet an old friend of mine, a man I haven't seen for—how long it is Simon? Twenty-five years?" "Black my cats, no John! Thirty-five, anyway. I wasn't to home when you was there twenty-nine years ago," the fat man said. "I'd down to Kansas City to try to find that boy of mine, but you wouldn't remember that, I guess. Thirty-five years." "Simon Judd, from my old home town of Riverbank, Iowa," John Drane said, completing the introduction, "And my girl, William Dart," he added. "You've heard me speak of Riverbank,." "Quite frequently; quite frequently," Dart said. "I'm very glad to know you, Mr. Judd. Any friend of Mr. Drane, of course." Yes, indeed. Ive heard Mr. Drane speak of Riverbank! Yes, frequently. 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