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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1920
Page
1
The piece defends Gov. Morrow’s swift action after the Lockett murder in Kentucky. It condemns mob violence, praises “brains honesty and firmness,” and argues justice must rule for all races. It cites Lockett’s confession and the electrocution looming in March as evidence of degeneration and the need for law.
The defendant pleads guilty and asks mercy from the court and jury. He describes a lifetime of farm work, a dying wife, a disease contracted years earlier, and an Army service at Camp Taylor. He seeks leniency, expressing sorrow and a wish to undo the harm to the dead girl. He notes his lack of prior offenses and asks the jury for compassion.
The defendant asks the jury for life imprisonment instead of the death penalty, stating, I do not say that I deserve any mercy, but gentlemen of the jury, as you hope for mercy yourselves, ask you if you can be merciful to me. He notes the lawyers did not relay his full request, and signs the plea as Will Lockett with witnesses Gus Rogers and Huston Long witnessing in Lexington, Kentucky, February 9, 1920.
Martin Smith of Madeira sues Jessie Smith for divorce alleging marital strife began over a French poodle. He claims the dog slept in their bed, later ate at the dining table, and roamed among the dishes, leading to escalating tensions and his removal from the marital bedroom.
Geneva reports the former Justice Minister Spitzberz has been installed in Petrograd as the "Breaker of Marriages." He allegedly grants 500 to 600 divorces weekly with no investigation, requiring only the applicant's signature to end matrimony.
A speaker warns to keep him away from Cincinnati asserting that his breaking powers would ruin marriages. The note mocks the idea that two can live as cheaply as one, blaming high costs for breaking the marital bond.
A. Lee Beaty, Negro member of the General Assembly from Hamilton County, declines endorsement for alternate at large to the Republican National Convention. He argues racial voters deserve real power, not honorary representation, citing the 150,000 Negro votes in the state. Beaty prefers Ralph W. Tyler of Cleveland to run for the at large seat, offering support to another qualified Black candidate if Tyler does not run.
In Pine Bluff Arkansas February 5 City Detective C Lynn and Mrs Samuel Saltz and a Negro were killed and seven wounded when George Wicks a Negro shot Lynn and a Negro before barricading himself in a house in the business district. He held off hundreds of men for over three hours until posse bullets killed him as the house burned. The body was dragged through the streets by a mob of men and boys.
The fifth annual edition covers over two hundred pages of new material and updates from 1917 1918. It reviews economic progress religion migration trade unions war work and liberty loans, plus race relations politics and riot topics. Price 75 cents paper 1.25 board, Tuskegee Institute Alabama.
A February 6 1920 grand dinner at First Baptist Church Walnut Hills celebrated Rev F P Green completing his seventeenth year as pastor. A full program featured songs deacon and visiting minister speeches and a solo by Charity Green. Hosts presented a money purse to the pastor and a silver water pitcher to Mrs Green with thanks from all attendees.
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