Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 November 1934 — Page 1
COLORED VOTES DECIDED ELECTION
Mother Of 4 Children Murdered
KILLINGS MAR ELECTION DAY: KING KIDNAPED
NOTED FLYERS ARE POISED FOR EPOCHAL HOP
WINNERS IN TUESDAY’S ELECTION
HOLLAND. Mo.. Nov. 8.—(Spe- ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., Nov. 8.— jciaK—A white man was killed, two : (ANP)—Epochal in the world hisi colored men reported killed, two 1 tory of the black race is expected
j whites wounded and a number of j Negroes beaten here Tuesday as I feeling between the races over Negroes voting in the election broke
out in violence.
The shooting and beatings, believed to be the actions of three gUnmen, were believed to the beginning of new racial disorders that occurred in the southeastern part of the state a few weeks ago. Bullets from the weapons of the
, . . . .. , . ! three gunmen took the life of HorThursday by detectives and Deputy . ace Farrow white
Coroner King after the body of Mrs. McKinley Garrett. 25 years old. the mother of four children, of
Despite Hie denial of a husband here of any knowledge of how his wife met death in their home Wednesday afternoon, police have tightened their grip on him. Murder of the cruelest sort was seen
2611 PaYis avenue, was found at the bottom of the basement steps in a large pool of blood, Garrett was arrested late Wednesday evening and held on a $5.000 bond, but Thursday morning the bond was upped to $10,000 as sleuths began to delve into the case. Two Children Implicate Statements of a five-year-old and a seven-year old son served to implicate the father, who is 20 years old. The statements of Coroner
36. and wound-
ed his father. John, 65. as the car in which they were riding pulled away from the home of W. L. Myers. white, superintendent of the Holland Consolidated school.
Accompanied by Negroes
The Farrows were accompanied by two Negroes, who apparently were the cause of the shooting, and who came off unscatched. It is believed the gunmen thought the Negroes had voted or were being tak-
en to a voting place.
However, the Farrows had hired one of the colored men, Sampson Brow, to drive them to Alamo. Tenn.. on a business trip, and the
to be the Pan-American good will aeroplane tour of C. Alfred Anderson and pr. Albert E. Forsythe who will take off from here Thursday morning (today) on a flight that will cover 13,665 miles. Officials of the local government, leaders in aviation and many prominent citizens will gather to bid the aviators “bon voyage.” Gov. Harry Moore of New Jersey has invited Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York to witness the ceremony. Dr. Robert R. Moton, retired President of Tuskegee insti tute, will witness the takeoff. The good will airship is named after Dr. Moton’s predecessor, Booker T.
Washington.
This flight has tire approval of the United States Bureau of Air Commerce and the State Department which has obtained for the aviators permission to land in 25 different countries. Both Well Prepared In July. 1933, Mr. Anderson and Dr. Forsythe made a round-trip trans-continental flight. In Novem-
Keaamg leit to right: Henry J her of the Indianapolis City council Richardson. Jr., state repreaenta- and Dr. Robert V. Stanton. East live from Marion county, given an Chicago, also given a second term O. K. by voters for a second term; in the state legislature, by voters Dr. Theodore Cable, elected mem- of Lake county. All three are Dom- ocrats.
CITY GIRL WINS PLACE IN CHOIR
Announcement was made this week of the aeeeptance of Miss Hortense Patties. popular member <>f the younger set, into tin- well-knowtj c ollege of religion choir of Itutler university. It was stated that she is the first colored student • he ad-
mit fed to the ehoir.
RICHARDSON AND STANTON WINS CABLE ELECTED ASSEMBLY SEAT
King that the condition of the body second Negro, Edmond Drobie, at first sight gave him sufficient white, a school teacher, was makindteation to believe that the worn- ing the drive with them x e ither an had been murdered in cold Q f Xegroes intended to vote, olood- Drobie had asked tire Farrows to Garrett called police to his home stop at the Myers home for some after he had taken his children to , books he wante dto take to Alamo Ihe home of his brother-in-law, Lee v .'lth him. The car in which the
Bruce. 2711 Highland place. He took them right after they came home from school at five o’clock, and then returned back to his home. He told police that he left his wife making a fire in the stove, hut that when he came hack he could not find her. Later he found her dead at the bottom of the stairs. Dead Hour and Half Coroner King, who said Thursday that he met Dr. R. B. Pruitt, who had been called by Garrett, at about seven o’clock. Asked how long be thought Garrett’s wife, Irene, had been dead he said that she had been dead an hour and a
half.
Coroner King was emphatic in his assertion that the woman. Mrs. Garrett, died from the result of external violence. Many cuts were found by the Coroner on her face, wounds which extended to the skull were found. The Coroner said there were sample evidence to show that a dull knife had been used to inflict injury on the young mother. In addition to many lacerations five ribs were found broken in the
Coroner’s investigation. Intense Struggle Indicated
Blood was found at the top of the basement stairs which are not believed to be over 12 steps deep. On the right side of the wall leading down the stairs blood stains were found. Indications that an intense struggle took place are seen in the fact that the coroner found that the five ribs were broken in
on the left side
Farrows an dthe two Negroes rode was just starting out from the superintendent’s home when the gunmen drew alongside in another ma-
chine and opened re. Poll Worker Is Shot
About an hour later Clarence Posey, white, a Republican, who had take nseveral Negroes to vote, was shot by three men. believed to be the same as those who at-
tacked the Farrows.
Several Negroes were reported beaten by the same gunmen when they came upon a car being driven by a white woman who was taking the men to the polls. The woman
was not molested.
Other unveiled reports of violence included the rumor that two Negroes were shot to death near the Arkansas line, but authorities were inclined to discredit that.
(Continued on Page Eight) Uses Meat Cleaver To Inflict Injuries ——_ V A meat cleaver was used by Edward Young, 50, of 606 West Tenth street, to cut the right little finger and back of an ear of Louis Hutchinson, 24, of 519 North California avenue, when the latter is claimed to have used language harsh to the ears of Mr. Young’s daughter in a meat shop where Hr. Hutchinson works. Mr. Young refused to prosecute.
Two colored men were swept into office in the Democratic victory last Tuesday, Dr. Theodore Cable winning the office of city couneili man. and Henry J. Richardson, Jr.,
MisN Matties, the daughter of 1 >r. ^ winning re-election as State Repre-.-ukI Mrs. m. i>. Battles, u;2s Route- j geutatlve from Marion county.
'ard place, is a member of the Ar- TT
, i^..a, . Unofficial returns indicate Rich-
iliur .Iordan ( miservatory < hoir. Mast , .
, , . ardson won tenth place among the
week she appeared on the eonvocn- i i i.
.. . .. . laven to be elected in the legisla , . , , , live race by a vote of 89,079. only
group of piano numbers, win-h w -
.veil received.
He Lost This Time
Former City Newspaperman Passes
CHICAGO. Nov. .8 kidnaping featured
lance here.
Dr. Joseph E. King, brother of Representative William E . King Republican candidate for state senator in the Third District, was snatched by three white men and whisked away in a car from in front of a polling place where he was electioneering for his broth-
er.
The kidnaping was described by the owner of the barber shop in which the polling place was lo-
cated :
“Dr. Kiiig was standing risrht across the street talking to the
BeHeMs h'el'd that i P RO C!!: in »>«half of William King’s
BALTIMORE. Nov. 8—Funeral services were h e 1 d here last Wednesday for Henry F. Arnold, advertising members of the AfroAmerican and at one time a staff member of the Indianapolis Ledger. Arnold’s career had wound its way through the offices of many Important journals and it came to an end abruptly as a result of
the day’s vio- , heart trouble. At one time he was a
’ member of the Toledo Blade edi torial staff, and editor of the Birm-
ingham Plain Dealer.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Earline A. Arnold, and a divorced wife, Mrs. Delphine A. Miller.
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while going down the steps the death dealer inflicted many severe Injuries. Wounds were found on the woman on every part of the body. Coroner King considered it one of the most violently mutilated he has examined for quite some
time.
Quizzed At Home
When police appeared at the i summons of (’oroner King they asked Garrett for what reason | might his wife have been down in j the basement. He admitted that she had no reason to go down in the basement police were told. Garrett was grilled by police for several hours after he was arrest- j ed Wednesday night. The exam- ! (nation of the Coroner had not been taken at the time of the grilling, i but will be used tonight (Thursday) in grilling Garrett. The motherless four children left without the guiding hand of their mother and with their father held by police for intense questioning were taken according to police to the home of Garrett’s sister at 2417
Indianapolis avenue.
candidacy. Suddenly a car shot up • to the curb and the three men I eaped out. They grabbed King and
pushed him into the car.
“As they drove away a fellow worker of King, James Galloway, 1 fired several shots at the car, but ! we couldn’t tell if anyone was hurt,
I struck.”
Galloway, also a colored man. was promptly arrested. Witnesses said the kidnappers were white
men.
King is a politician who recently defeated Alderman Dawson, white. Third Ward committeeman in a spirited battle. This ward was also involvel in De Priest’s hot fight for re-election.
33 DIE NEW YORK, Nov. 8— (A. N. I*.)—A dispatch from I)ar-es-Salem, Tanganyika. Africa, reports that 33 native girls, pupils at a government school, died from the effects of overdoses of castor oil last week.
GARY, Nov. S.—(Special to 'Die Re- < i riler)—Dr. Robert M. Stanton, member of the in:’,': Iiuljajia General Assembly and candidate for i t*-elec-I tion, was swept into the office for i his second consecutive term on an j unprecedented Demoeartic victory. Official returns of laikc. county show
today.
For the first time in many years, j Lake county, an immemoriable Re- i
M.000 behind the loader, Colbert. * publican fortress, went Democratic | R L. Brokenhurr. candidate for ifi Tues<tey ’ s <?le,ti(>n * ml wi,h “I the same office, was among the Re- w, nt tho v ‘ >tes of :UI unprecedented j publican casualties. /1 umber of Negroes of this section. Dr. Cable, a newcomer in local Colored voters. formerly rockpolitics, became the fourth folorefl r,|,l "' f| Republicans, were led into man to become a member of the tb«- Democratic ranks try A. B. WhjtIndianapolis city council. His lock, aggressive editor of the Gary predecessors, all Republicans, were: Ameriran. The local democratic Henry Sweetland and John Pur- leader. Dr. S. R. Blackwell, was asyear. who served between 1895 and Msted by Theodore r. smith, haliff 1900. anti Dr. Sumner A. Furniss, < f the Appellate court, Indianapolis, who entered the council 1918 for a and Dr. Benjamin A. Osborne, Indi-fpur-year term. enapoiis. Smiling and happy, and maintain- Robert Anderson, candidate for < ity ing the graceful poise that woti for j , ( , imr -jl from the fifth district was him a veritable army of friends in ii lf . only other Negro elected to <,f- < very sec tion of the city, the eoun-j p, ^ Wilbur Hardaway, rej uMican
BISHOPS GREGG, VERNON CLASH IN BITTER FUSS
KANSAS CITY, Kan., Nov. 8.— (ANP)—Political influences made suspended Bishop W. T. Vernon of the A.M.E. church head of Western university, the Right Rev. John A. Gregg, Bishop of the Fifth Episcopal District of the A.M.E. church charged last week. This and other accusations were contained in the “Rape of Wastern University, statement of the Western University Controversy. Giving the whole truth.” a pamphled by Bishop Vernon on one hand, for one of the biggest church truggles in years, it is said. Bishop Gregg says Vernon was suspendr ed from the bishopric for “misappropiation of several thousand dollars of church funds.” Political Hookup Seen Also seen in the controversy is a hookup between church leaders led by Bishoj Vernon on one hand, and politicians headed by Gov. Alf Landon, on the other, to freeze the A.M.E. church out of the school altogether. Following this. Gov. Landon is said to be contemplating the build-
(Continued on Page Eight) MINORITY GROUP CASTS BALLOTS FOR DEMOCRATS
< ilman-elect received the news of , !iis election with characteristic ges* • Hire. “I shall endeavor to perform my new duties to my fellow citi- ; z<His to the best of my ability and , in a manner that will bring credit to them and satisfaction to myself.”
he told his informers.
Richardson was elected to the j legislature in 1932 and became one j of the outstanding members of the 1933 General Assembly. He spoil- 1 sored and was co-author of a mini- | her of important hills enacted into : law. An anti-labor discrimination 1 hill, introduced by him and passed ' by the legislature had served as a] model for similar measures introduced in other states. His latest victory, it is believed, will place
ii-iididate for city feated.
•ouncil being de-
$7,000,000—Southside Chicago w r ill have a $7,000,000 housing project according to Harold L. Ickes, U. S. Secretary of Interior.
ing me along with other Democratic candidates as their representatives. “I am happy to he an advocate of the ‘new deal’ and to lie among those who marched to victory with that great party which is giving to the people this ‘new deal.’ “I am mindful of my duty to the people both as a citizen and as a
legislator and it shall ever he my
him among the leaders in state pol-1 purpose to serve the people of this itics among colored people. ! state without regard to race or reRichardson’s Statement Hgi™ or party affiliation. 1 shall In commenting upon his victory, live up to my record as an unooin-
Ur. Richardson said:
“It is with a deep sense of appreciation that. I express my thanks to the thousands of voters for their loyal support in the recent election.
... The voters of Marion County have,
taninus United States Congressman shouldered their responsibilities as labor is the welfare of all the peo
who tasted defeat Tuesday in one citizens to the end that they have pie. ’
of tiie bitterest political battles in expressed through their vote an j Mr. Richardson will leave Saturtlie entire nation. The picture was ^approval of democratic government, j day for French Lick to attend a taken in Washington. Tills expression was made by elect- ; conference of party leaders.
Alum
shown Oscar DePriest.
promising fighter for the rights of the people with a double purpose of serving the interests of my group in particular and all the people in general. The underlying principle on which I will always
rnent.
KILLED BY HOG BITE Lafayette, La., Nov. 8.—(ANP) — Polite Jean died here Thursday as a result of being bitten by a hog. One of Jean’s arteries was severed when the hog turned on him and bit him in the thigh.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 8—(Special.)—The result of a quarrel with a voter ended in the fatal shooting of William Rooks, 38. in front of a polling place here. PIKEVILLE. Ky.. Nov. 8—(Special.)—Murder stalked near this town on election day. McKinney Williams, 27 years old, was stabbed Tuesday in an election fight at a polling place in Weekesbury. Floyd county. Frank Tanner was blamed by the wife of the dead man for the killing. She claimed that Tanner was intoxicated and attempted to harm her husband with a knife. Shortly after being taken to a hospital Williams died.
(By A.N.P.)
CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 8.—The defeat of Oscar DePriest throws into partial eclopse one of the most colorful political careers of the times, a career which was horn in subtle planning more than thirty years ago and which many believe fell victim to its own sort of strategy. Born of slave parents in Florence, Alabama, in 1871, Mr. DePriest fought his way from the cabin to the White House. His family, outraged by political abuses and lynchings. moved from Florence to Salina, Kansas, in 1878, at which place, the fcoy, Oscar, stayed until 1888, finishing the grade and normal schools, and from which he
fled at the age of 17 to Ohio with "ot Idtwo white boys to "make his way He contrived
in the world.”
After a year with these white boys, he came to Chicago and went into the decorating business in which his uncles found employ-
started in Politics Early
Eat ly after the turn of the century. he took his first fling at politics. In his off minutes, he was a busy attendant at precinct political meetings and also those of literary societies. He was an active member of a group in those days which included Dr. Monroe Work of Tuskegee institute, Dr. R. R. Wright, president of Wilberforce university, Col. Spencer Dickerson of the Eighth Regiment, Illinois National Guard. Edward H. Wright and former State Senator Adelbert H. Roberts. Along with the others, Mr. DePriest made his mark in the
to win his first
quasi-political position at a precinct meeting where, noticing that the rival candidates for captain were tied at 20 votes each, he bargained
wit h one to make him secretary for (Listing his vote in his favor. That started him off. Shortly afterward, in 1904. he was nominated to run for the county commission and was elected. He was elected again in 1906. He failed of nomination in 1908. Had Many Assets Noteworthy among his political assets and throughout his career were his courage ,his ability as an organizer, and his alleged lack of education. All his life he has been known as a fighter with words or fists. He inheres this characteristic from his slave father, a small man. It is stated that on one occasion an overseer threatened to whip DePriest’s father. The master said. “No. if you whip him, you will have to kill him.” He succeeded as an organizer because he was an has always been indefatigable and shrewd. He laid his plans and carried them out with hercu-
lean energy. This was demonstrated in 1915 when he was electe(L-as Chicago’s first colored alderman. Long’ before the campaign, he had reached the voters and lined them up with him. Mr. DePriest’s supposed lack of training has been an asset rather than a handicap. Although lacking the formal training of some of the newer politicians, he always possessed an amazing grasp of current trends and his judgement was uncanny. However, he never got away, nor tried to get away, from spiritual contact with the people. He wiped on the same towel, used the same drinking cup, and spoke the same language. This infuriated the cultured
Sixteen thousand colored voters of Indianapolis and Marion county, nursing age-old bruises from repeated Republican rebuffs, pitched furiously into the mighty ibattl^ of ballots last Tuesday and turned the tide of victory into a decisive Dem-
ocratic triumph.
As the smoke of battle clears away, the victorious and vanquished party chieftians see clearly in hold relief the omnious shadow of an unprecedented horde of darkskinned New Dealers whose powerful reserve paved the way to victory through lines behind which they traditionally have fought In the city election, John Kern, Democratic nominee for mayor, defeated his Republican opponent by a majority of 10.109 (unofficial). Unofficial returns give the vote, Kern, 74.125, Pritchard, bi,vl6. More than twenty-five thousand colored voters are believed to have participated in the election, a figure greatly in excess of the number who voted in the presidential elections of 1932. The margin by which Kern won represents the number of voters who turned to the
Democratic party.
Nearly 70 per cent, of the colored
vote was registered in the Democratic columns last Tuesday, representing a gain of 75 per cent, over the number of colored people who
voted Democratic in 1932. Prominent among the factors
cited in explanation of the revolutionary realignment of colored voters in the absence of any purely racial issue are: the many endigent voters who have been taken care of by funds provided by the local and national Democratic administrations; a lingering yearning for revenge upon Republicans for repeated failures to perform on promises; a belief bordering on conviction in the minds of the majority that de*spite their bitter first-hand experiences with Southerners, Northern Democrats are making good their promises to accord colored citizens equal treatment with others; and the belief colored people hold in common with other Americans that the New Deal is the best deal he
can hope to get.
DePriest May Fight For Seat
CHICAGO, Nov. 8—(Special.)—A mighty warrior hay fallen, but fighting like he never fought before in his life for the mandate of the people to represent them again in the Federal Congress. After a period doubt Congressman Oscar DePriest of the First District was shown by returns Wednesday to have been defeated by Arthur W. Mitchell, Democrat, by 3,130 votes. Leaders of both parties here are astounded by the election results. If sustained by the official canvas of Tuesday’s vote Mitchell will become the first Democratic member of our race to sit in the House in over a quarter of a century. DePriest May Protest Although the defeat of DePriest was announced by John S. Rusch, chief clerk of the board of election, it appeared certain that DePriest would not accept the count as final (mless it revealed that he was defeated by a substantial majority. DePriest went to bed Tuesday night thinking that he was defeated without hope of victory. He awoke later and found that he was leading by 61 votes, with two precincts missing. “I Congratulate You” But late Wednesday Chief Clerk Rusch said returns from judges and clerks in the district polling places gave an indicated unofficial total of Mitchell, 27,970; DePriest, 24,840. DePriest sent a message “saying; “I congratulate you as the first Negro Democratic congressman.”
MI1CHELL IS WELL TRAINED
Makes Statement Last week John Gay, 29. of 2063 Cornell street, told The Recorder that published in formation that local police said he was familiar with Louise Stellar, white, 2824 Guilford, was not true. Police records this week revealed that Mr. Gay was shot by Aiken, who was intoxicated, but not over
CHICAGO. Nov. 8.—(ANP)— Arthur W. Mitchell was born in Alabama where he had a distinguished record as an educator before he left to take up the practice of law in Washington, D. C. He was in Washington for two decades nearly until after the election of 1928 when he moved with his family to Chicago. In the 1928 campaign Mr. Mitchell was employed at the Republican western headquarters in Chicago. Not long after Hoover was elected, he professed himself disappointed by the Hoover policies, and changed his politi-
cal affiliation.
In the campaign just closed. Mr. Mitchell charged that Mr. DePriest had neglected the vital interests of his constituents. He met the DePriest charge that the “New Deal” had meant misery to many Negroes, by stating that although some Negroes might have suffered in establishing the program, the general direction of “New Deal” aims was in line with betterment for all classes including the Negro and that time would bring benefits. Two factors aided the election of Mr. Mitchell. The first was the fact that he is colored. Always before the Democratic party had supported a white candidate, but when the white man nominated at the primary died. Mr. Mitchell was named by the Democratic County central committee. Furthermore, during the spring primary campaign, Mr. DePriest split the Republican party ranks by taking sides in a knock-down and drag-out battle between two Republican leaders in the Second ward. The man opposed by DePriest won. In the election it was • demonstrated that he failed to completely win back the Republicans whose support he had alienated in
the primary.
{iny connection with the girl, since
elements, but pleased the mass of | Mr. Gay had none what-to-ever.
the voters.
Was an Expert Bargainer One of the major aspects of Mr. DePriest’s career involves his role
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WINNER — James Jackson, Washington, D. C., who holds a ticket entitling him to at least $2.000 of the Irish Sweepstakes money. He is a butler.
Condition Fair The condition of Julian (Pat) Partridge, popular barber, at the Marble Palace in the Walker building, was reported Thursday as “fairly good” at City hospital where he has been for over two weeks.