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gMcLEOD TO TAKE NO MEASURES ON AIKEN LYNCHINGHas Not Called Special Session of the Grand Jury to Deal with InvestigationCase Goes To JanuaryIncoming Governor Promises to Press Case Against Lynchers to the Limit(N. A. A. C. P. Press Service) New York, Dec. 9—According to latest despatches published in the New York World from its special correspondent in the Aiken, S. C., lynching area, Governor Thomas McLeod intends taking no effective action during his term and will “pass the buck” to the new Incoming Governor John G. Richards.Gov. McLeod has declined to call a special session of the Grand Jury and the case will therefore not come before that body until January, after he leaves office. - jNew men aggressive.The incoming Governor, Richards, is quoted by the World as expressing a determination to push the case against the lynchers energetically. He is quoted as saying:I have not hesitated to condemn the Aiken crime without qualification and I think the honor of the State demands that the lynchers be punished if it is humanly possible to punish them. I can and do assure the people of South Carolina that I shall do everything in my power as Governor to bring this just culmination to pass.I heartily commend the activities of the newspapers and other agenciesthat have sought to have this situa-*tion cleared up.Papers Criticise. Meanwhile, the Columbia State continues to harshly criticise the “best citizens” of Aiken County for their inactivity and silence in face of the mob outrage. Says the State editorially:More than a week ago Edgar A. Brown, a lawyer in Aiken's neighboring County, and a first cousin of Sheriff Howard, to avenge whose death the Lowmans were supposed to have been lynched, published a letter in a newspaper circulating in Aiken in which he took the role of practically defending the lynching; declared that many knew who had participated in the lynching and that “Nobody is going to be punished and nobody wants anybody punished.” That declaration referred to none more directly than to the “peaceful(Continued on page 2)
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The Saint Paul Echo
Saint Paul, Minnesota, US
Sat, Dec 11, 1926
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