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Defends Self; Indicted For ManslaughterColored Strikebreaker Kills One When Southern Mob ThreatenViolence.Atlanta, Ga , Oct. 13—An indictment charging involuntary manslaughter was returned last Tuesday afternoon against Marion Richardson a Negro strike-breaker in connection with the death of Floyd A. Smith, white striker, who died last August as the result of wounds which it is alleged he received at the hands of Richardson in a strike disorder on August 5th, in the Georgia railroad yards.Following the encounter, Richardson was taken into custody and charged with having shot Smith. At the preliminary hearing, testimony indicated that a crowd of white men gathered around Richardson and threatened him with violence. It is alleged that Smith started toward Richardson, calling him all sorts of names and as the crowd advanced toward Richardson, he drew a revolver and fired. Smith fell mortally wounded, dying a few days later.
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The Northwestern Bulletin
Saint Paul, Minnesota, US
Sat, Oct 14, 1922
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