Waln ut Till s Aftame over treatment of girl
A 138 year old colored girl from Douglass was allegedly assaulted after being accused of petty theft while caring for a white baby. Her mother, barred from visiting, reports she was slapped, stripped, and taken away by a government detective. The hospital and local officials face calls to expose authority and seek justice. The mother’s letter details her attempts to locate the girl and obtain access. The child’s letter from City Hospital expresses fear, longing for home, and hope for release.
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Cincinnati
W. P. Dabney
the Union
Sully
Observatory Road
Hyde Park
Delta Avenue
Lincoln Avenue
Walnut Hillis
Arabella
Eliza James
Mrs. Sully
City Hospital
N. C. Vaughan
Pudently
Mr. Sully
Mr. Ovekirk
Matilda Kirkpatrick
Pearl
Mamma
Famous investigator of lynchings to speak at Mound Street
Walter F. While, described as an NAACP assistant to Secretary Shillady, will lecture at East Springfield on the truth about race violence. The flyer notes he has entered riotous towns despite risk, and cites a case where he is accused of attacking two daughters, Laura 15 and Ciara 12, prompting arrest after a letter to Governor Cox. threats allegedly made against the girls. The message condemns white press coverage and ends with a proverbial remark.
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East Springfield
Laura
Ciara
James M. Cox
Labus
Mass Meeting Sunday At Walnut Hills On Treatment Of Girl
A mass meeting is planned Sunday November 16 1919 at 230 p m near Walnut Hills to address the treatment of a girl and her mother Rev W W Cordell Deacon J W Lewis and Dr A H Dickerson serve on the committee with L L Tull Rev L W Gray and other church pastors to speak at the event Place to be announced later White Father Accused Steubenville Oct Bert Labus 40 a farmer of East Springfield Ohio is jailed on 6000 bond after threats of lynching reported by county authorities
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Walnut Hills
L L. Tull
L. W. Gray
Steubenville
Ohio
Bert Labus
East Springfield
Woman jailed for false information on death certificate
Anna Powell, colored, who ran a maternity hospital at 424 West Eighth Street until health authorities moved in, was fined 100 dollars and costs by Judge Spiegel for furnishing false information to an undertaker. A death certificate forged in the death of Thelma Evans’s child led to Powell being bound over to the grand jury with a 2000 dollar bond.
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Anna Powell
West Eighth Street
Health Board
Spiegel
Thelma Evans
Grand
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Ously
Douglass
Cincinnati, Ohio
General Hospital
Miss Allen
Mound St. Church
Walter F. While
Shilllady
Branch
National Association For the Ad
W. W. Cordell
J. W. Lewis
A. H. Dickerson
Wm. Slade
Queen City Glee Club
Mr. Clinton Gibbs
Christian Endeavor Society
G. K. Smith
P. J. Blackburn
A. E. Smith
Fayoe
Two Continents
London
Eng
The
Young Men’s Christian Association
Emery Auditorium
N. E. Cor. 8Th and Mound Sts
ST. Andrew’s Church
J. C. Hartzell
Methodist Episcopal Church
Africa
Chas Trotter
L. T. Hardison
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