Negro Suspects Must Face Trial, Court Says; Lynchers To Be Tried.
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NEGRO SUSPECTS MUST FACE
TRIAL,
COURT SAYS;
LYNCHERS TO BE TRIED
Duluth, Aug. 23–Seven negroes, indicted on a statutory charge, must
stand trial. Judge W. A. Cant in district court Saturday denied a motion to
quash the indictments against them.
The negroes will not be brought into
court for trial until after 40 indictments against Duluth men, charging murder,
rioting and inciting to riot–sequels to the lynching of three negroes
here–have been disposed of.
Six of the white men will be called for
trial next Monday. The others will face the court in November, according to the
present schedule.
F. L. Barrett, Chicago, and R. C. McCullough, negro
attorneys, appeared in district court July 31 and asked that indictments against
the alleged assailants of the white girl be quashed on the ground that their
clients had been denied constitutional rights when forced to testify before the
grand jury.
The trial prosecuting the law breakers who mobbed 3 colored
citizens on Tuesday June 15th, which will begin on Monday August
30th, will be watched by the citizens all over the country. Our
Governor is behind this movement and will see that these law-breakers are
punished.