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» “‘Magic Nottr* “My 3lPvent Kind . ©£ MM*1 Sung by LIZZIE MILES , \ With NovWty Auoompunlmunt j,j Ur '-Ohbb*CaabakwakihV j , > mmpleCe, can’t ba beat. s' a Here’s a real number for papa, and the coupling u regubti taa,a.Y«nl , < w Such a Cruel Papa To Me.” 0^ ft Record No. 143354), lMnelv 1*t W fef *WyDIPm»tKnaof Man” tek«»YnnVaSuehaCniriPapallbMa"rVr. . _ Iff OTHER POPULAR RECORDS^ J Record No. 143364), Mach, He . j flPapa’s ’Bout to Oat Mad” i SQaoD& Tip Out Tonight” _ ^ ■ iV V&xSDamtr-nni Andurwm mmd MtmabbD^9BPf j ^ < Record No. 14X374^ H>4och, Ho/ ,w*»£g|'FS1 •Mad Dog” ’ * r*mm "HatFoot^ n nit, I- IT -r -^ ^jD Ask Toot Dealer for Latmt Rac* Record Catxdog OotuzdbiiVbeMfiipb CbBBpae, UR fiewhNTi Nw tab Dlj Colwribia »g»-Records; ■ -asftjasfl&asssfistf” ——— A Friday Murder (Continued from page 5) James Sharp had no weapon. He had no glass jar in his hand with which to strike the officer But pre suming that he did have, here was a young, trained athlete with skill, muscular power, a blackjack, a revol ver pitted against an unarmed aged Negro, and he was so scared of him that he had to kill him. The mute body of James Sharp tells its own story. He was shot three times. Those tell-tale bullet wounds upon that ebony-hued body speak out in cla rion tones. On the left side of his head is a wound about three-eighths of an inch deep where the bullet plowed its way. Through the right nipple is another hole through which another bullet plowed its way. To the left on his breast is still an other hole, through which another bullet plowed its way, penetrating James Sharp's heart, while he pleaded with his slayer, “Don't shoot me no morel” These wounds were made so quickly that the reports from that deadly police revolver sounded like one shot, and those who heard them were of the opinion that there were only two shots fired, when as a matter of fact three bul lets had ended the career of this old man inside of the humble precincts of his own home. Not a single drop of whiskey was found upon the premises, not a sin gle weapon of any kind was found in any part of this retreat for the low ly. A sick brother, who has been serving the Master from time to time by preaching in a country church, saw his brother slain before his eyes by a man armed •with the authority of the law and who stood sworn to protect the law-abiding. When Willie Branch, the 17-year-old youth, came forward and testified that he was the one being chased and that he was hiding under a table in the yard when Burroughs rushed into the doorway of James Sharp’s house, that completed the case against Officer Walter B. Bur roughs. Under the law, no officer could enter James Sharp’s house without the permission of James Sharp or without a search warrant authorizing such a procedure, for James Sharp W’as not either suspected or charged with any crime. We have repeated ly insisted that there is enough law in Virginia to give us our rights and we have had upon the bench of the Supreme Court of Appeals of this State jurists able and just enough to accord them to us. Those %ve can not secure in this State upon the present showing we have decided to go without. Let us see: Article I, Constitution of \ irginia, 16 That all men are by nature equal ly free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of so ciety, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity, namely, the enjoyment of Lie .and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property and pur suing and obtaining happiness and safety. When Policeman Walter B. Bur roughs shot down in cold blood old man James Sharp while he pleaded for his life, he violated this part of! the fundamental guarantees of the Constitution of this State. Article I, section 8, reads: That no man shall be deprived of his life, or his liberty, except by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers. Policeman Walter B. Burroughs says that James Sharp struck him on] the head with a glass jar while he| (Burroughs) was violating the Con-] stitution of Virginia by entering Sharp’s home without a warrant, causing a wound so slight that it re quires a close inspection to see any mark there, the skin not even being broken, and for that he took Sharp’s life, while the law specifically pro vides how such offenses shall be pun ished, either by the Police Court Justice, John L. Ingram, or by a jury of white men in the Hustings Court of this city. We say white men for the reason that only citizens of that color pass upon such cases, and Burroughs would not trust the punishment of James Sharp for the alleged assault ing of him to white men of Bur roughs color. Let us look at and read another section from the Con stitution of Virginia: ' j Article I, section 10, reads: That general warrants, whereby an officer or messenger may be com manded to search suspected places without evidence of a fact commit ted, or to seize any person or per sons not named, or whose offense is not particularly described and sup — , ported by evidence, are grievous and oppressive, and ought not to be granted. When Policeman Walter B. Bur roughs entered James Sharp s hum ble home, he violated this part of the Constitution of Virginia and he was not acting as an officer of the law, but upon his own motion as an individual and he became a tres passer, liable to expulsion by the oc cupant of the house that he invaded. But poor old man James Sharp did not repel him, for he was too busy begging for his life. Burroughs had butt his head against the upper part of the door-frame when he dived into that rear room and he was angry. Those three strands of his hair on the door frame, as testified to in the evidence, settled that. He proceed ed to lynch old man James Sharp in violation of the law. He admittedly killed him as an officer of the law. What does the Constitution say about this? By what process alone can death be meted in this State? It cannot be done with a knife. It cannot be done with a rope. It can not be done with a gun or with a revolver. It cannot be done with poison. It must be done with the electric chair. . Burroughs did not have an elec tric chair in his possession that night. He had a blackjack and a revolver land he used first the weapon that jhe should have used last, if he had I been permitted to use any at all. ! He had his fists. He did not use jthem. He had a blackjack. There is no evidence but his own word I that he used that. The dead body I discloses no wound made by any ; such weapon. He had a revolver and he used that and killed a man in a manner that the law says a man shall not be killed in this State. Article I, section 8, reads: That no man shall be deprived of his life, or liberty, except by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers. _ 1 That in all criminal prosecutions a man hath a right to demand the cause and nature of his accusation, to be confronted with the accusers and witnesses, to call for evidence in his favor, and to a speedy trial I by an impartial jury of his vicinage, without whose unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty. James Sharp is beyond human aid and suffering, but his grandfather less eight cnildren and his fatherless daughter are in dire straits, Walter B. Burroug^kaathe result of your hasty actigi^jB^Jfe believe in God and the saving ^grace of Jesus Christ? How could you punish all these innocents and step aside from your official duties to be charged officially with murder? Did you mean to kill him? The warrant says, you did not. You said that you did. J You told Officer R. B. Sterling that you intended to kill him to save your life. I You said you killed him in self defense. You are afraid to die and you consider a blow from one of God’s creatures of dark complexion a justification to take a human life. The alleged blow was a mere scratch. The public wishes to know how a blow from a glass jar in the hands of James Sharp, delivered some, eight or more feet away from the door, could drive three strands of < your sandy colored hair into the door ( jamb, through which opening you had just entered? You may be able to sleep, but the memory of that fateful night in that humble Negro’s home will haunt you to your grave. We hope that the churches of this city will conduct prayer services for this erring member of the “bootleg squad.” Officer Burroughs’ own statement of the case, these citations of the law conclude this summary of one of the most outrageous assaults upon our fundamental laws and the destruction of one of the most sa cred traditions of this Commonwealth that it has ever been eur duty to record. I call it murder,— There you hev it plain and flat; I don’t want to go no fui'der Than my Testament for that. —Ibid, Biglow Papers. Thou wear a lion’s hide! doff it for shame, And hang a calf’s-skin on those re creant limbs. —Shakespeare. | MOSQUE, MAIN AND LAUREL S WEEK AUGUST 20 MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, TIFFANY-STAHL presents jjg *21 Woman2&&ainst the World’ [| by ALBERT SHELBY LeVINO with |3 HARRISON FORD- GEORGIA HALE GERTRUDE OLHSTEAD q Torn from his bride on his wedding eve, Schuyler Van jj Loan, protesting his innocence, is accused of murder, and a sentenced to death. 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