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FIVE ARREST!STATE TRIALDefendant Accused of Agi-tating for NegroesDECATUR. Ala., April 1.Three New Yorkers, one a womgn,and two Birmingham negroes were arrested here today, detained for several hours and released with contempt of court citations for reported agitation In behalf of the seven Scottsboro negroes on trial for allegedly criminally assaulting two young white women.The New Yorkers were MurielRukeyser, who .said she represented the Labor Defender, Edward Sagarin and Hank Puller, who did i not identify their Interest trial. .Puller said he was “run iScottsboro recently. sThe negroes gave their names as James Cooper and William A.Chrlstal. tAttended triallt;lAll five have attended the trproceedings. lt;Decatur police said the sus pected agitators haw been “hang- 1(1 ing around” the negro quarters for several nights, and that they were arrested to prevent possibletrouble.A satchel In Christal's room yetlded numerous pamphlets and circulars, and these will be presented Monday to Circuit Court Jlfdge James E. Horton, who presiding at the trial of Haywood Patterson, first of the .seven negroes to be retried since their death sentence were set 'aside the United States supreme court.
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The Sunday Times
Mobile, Alabama, US
Sun, Apr 02, 1933
Page 5
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Lily M.
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