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HYDE PARK, Vt, Dec 17—Relationsbetween Arthur Mudgett, middle-agedlumberman, and Miss Amy Shonio, the !19-year old Johnson girl, for whose mur- jder Mud get t is on trial here, were de- jescribed for the first time today in thetestimony of Mrs Harriet Foster, keeper ( of the boarding house where Mudgett j and Miss Shonio lived. ITlie courtroom was again crowded jwith villagers and country folk, whohad driven miles over the roads to be I present at this murder trial, the first , in 60 years in this county. Many brought ; their lunches and the Courthouse at noon recess took on the appearance of, a grange picnic.Franklin H. Do wart., the civil engimcr who made sketches of the seen** of the murder, was cross-examined when covintoo j eneel. St ate* s A (t orn e v Tra c v wii salso under cross-examination again for an hour. An effort was malt;V to draw from him more details regarding the things lie found in searching Miss Sho-nio’s room on the nay the murdered girl's body was found, but the defense apparently obtained nothing importantfrom the witness.TO INVESTIGATE RIOTS IN FLORIDAWASHINGTON, Dec 17 -The Federal district attorney for Florida has been instructed by the Department of Justiceto investigate the election riots betweennegroes and whites at Ocoee, Fla. last month, to determine whether any Federal statutes were violated.This was ioarned today after Henry. F. White, assistant secretary of the !National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, had called to! ask that action be taken.11 e p re so in * •lt; 1 e v i d r n c lt;• d e s i g n e d t o show that more than JO negrovs had been ki)lied in tlie riots and that negro) voters iri the South had been terrorized and asked that the department take action. He has just returned from i Ocoee where he said he had gathered the evidence presented to the depart.ment. jFirst accounts of the trouble at Ocoee, a village in Orange County, were that ‘ five negroes had been burned to death and another lynched after two white i men had been killed. iIt was sad that the trouble followed j the attempt of a negro to vote, after lie ; had, been denied that right by election j officials on the ground that he had not paid his poll tax.Mr White told Department, of Justiceofficials that he had been informed by white inhabitants of Ocoee that between 31* and 33 negroes were killed and that the trouble arose when Mose Norman, a well-to-do negro, attempted to vote. The registration hooks at Orlando, the county seat, Mr White said, showed that Norman had paid his poll tax and had ] registered.
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Boston Evening Globe
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Fri, Dec 17, 1920
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