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- HA PAPERWITM Jfc POLICY” WSRRT C^i000 lUIjip t*uthTwithout THAT’S ANYBODY ^ ^ FEAR — - - - - - - - Vol. 2.—No. 32 CHICAGO, ILL., SATURDAY, AUGUST 7th, 1920 EIGHT PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS I I I HYPNOTIST’S WIFE FREED FROM HUSBAND Judge Joseph B. David, sitting in the Superior Court of Cook County j was called upon a few days age to untangle a much tangled marriage problem involving Glendora Jones) and Arthur Jones. It was alleged by her solicitors, Cantwell, Smith & Cantwell, in their bill of complaint, that Mrs. Jones who, notwithstanding the fact that she was already married, had been forced by some hypnotic power exercised by Jones to marry him. Mrs. Jones contends that she was, already married.that the cere-j mony of her first marriage took place in Kenosha, Wis., and was performed by Judge Taylor of that city and that j during the absence of her husband from this city, she met Arthur Jones, who told her that he was a hypnotist. She testified to weird stories told by Jones, as to his power over human • beings. Among other things she claimed that Jones told her that if she did not marry him he would turn her to a dog. At this juncture of her testimony the court asked her if she. a woman of her intelligence really believed the tilings that J ones told her. She said that she did Judge David seemed to he surprised, disgusted and amused. Both the girl and her mother, Mrs. Cannon, con tended that the manner and the method of her marriage to them was not clear, as they claimed that during the ceremony Jones had them under a hypnotic spell. Mrs. Cannon testi Tied that the ceremony was performed ' by Rev. Robinson, pastor of the An tioch Baptist Church, at 58th and1 Lafayette Ave. An effort was made by the WHIP to communicate with Dr. Robinson, but to no avail. After the court had | heard all the evidence, he signed a decree annulling the marriage. VA. TOWN ENTIRELY DESERTED BY RACE Bristol. Tenn., Aug. 2.—One of the most deplorable spectacles witnessed in this vicinity since the devastation caused by the Civil War is apparent to all sojourners through Esserville. \ a., and the surrounding county, from which every colored person lias emigrated, leaving homes, property, cattle and stock anti crops ott the ground. All colored farm hands and domestic servants have left with the others and industry and agriculture are at a standstill. The rich whites do not know how to work and the shiftless element of the same race has given'itself up to pillage and thievery. The wholesale exodus was caused by some rumors that all colored peo ple would be driven from the town. The colored people took the white hoodlums at their word and left town voluntarily, much to the surprise and chagrin of the white population. The trouble was caused by the fatal shooting of Policeman Tom Wilson in a duel between the policeman and a colored man whose identity is not known and who made gootl his escape to the hills, on last Sunday afternoon. Yesterday the mayor of the town joined with the county solicitor in | begging all colored people to return, w assuring them full protection. As yet, none have shown the disposition to come back. Ill ' ".. DISEASE IN MONOGRAM THEATRE? The Monogram Theatre, known as the “House of Filth,” is still living up to its record. The management has made no move to improve the sani tary conditions either by proper ven tilation or by disinfection. It is dif ficult to understand why the depart ment of health does not order thi^ place closed. The city authorities should not permit the health of thou sands of people to be jeopardized for commercial purposes. The Monogram is not only known as the filthiest public amusement place on the street, but it holds the iretiutation of perm fa ting the vilest use of language possible in its nauuer of entertainment. It is alleged that as a result of the unsanitary conditions of this “rat trap” that a number of women and children have contracted disease. These conditions have been brought to the attention of the authorities and will be continually pressed until they are remedied. The ordinances required by the city health department for places of amusement have not been , complied with, it i> alleged. The WHIP will continue it crusade until: this alleged theatre is made properly | habitable for its patrons. Another feature of the Monogram which has caused it to stand out as a house of filth has been the character of the acts and their use of language, at times obscene in its expressions. This has made it an eyesore to decent and respectable people and has oc casioned much unsavory comment. It is no place for young girls and boys to visit whose moral persuasion is likely to he influenced by the charac ter of shows they see and the vile jokes that are permitted on the stage. The idea uppermost in the minds of the managers is to garner their un holy gold at the expense of the mor ality of the community. In their ex acting of “the pound of flesh” he shows no regard fo»* '..*r the com fort or the P’ Health of his audi ence. SEARCHES FOR HUBBY WITH AIR-RIFLE Kvanston, III, Aug. 5.—Mrs. Ora Murphy, 1014 Wilmette Ave., Wil mette, was in Evanston a few days ago in search of her husband who. she claimed, had been absent from home a week. She brought with her in addition to her high regard and love for him, a persuader which bore the appearance of a gun. Policeman William Johnson found her with the instrument in hand. When he sought to remove it, she pulled the trigger. It proved to be, however, an air rifle. No one was hurt, not even her hus band. HANGED FDR MURDER OF BROTHER Pensacola, Fla., Aug. 5.—Hosea Poole, colored, was hanged in the county jail at noon today for the murder of his brother, two months ago. After killing him with an axe, Poole slipped the axe handle in the waist hand of his brother’s overalls, then dragged the body 100 yards, throw ing it into the water. EXPECT EARLY RELEASE OF PRISONERS By Spencer Russell Duluth, Minn., Aug. 4.—Judge Cant’s courtroom was filled Saturday morning by interested spectators to witness the second hearing of the cases in which seven colored men arc charged with the rape of one seven year-old white girl. Much interest was added to the case because 5,000 citizens of this northernmost city of the United States had already taken the law in their hands in most ap proved Southern fashion, adjudged three men guilty and executed them according to “lynch law.” True bills had been returned against all seven of the men appearing i.i Judge"' Cant’s court and they were held m custody in default of bail. The grand jury reported that Isaac, one of the thret lynched men, was innocent and was only being held by the police as an important witness. Just before the prisoner were ar raigned. Attorney C. R. McCollough, who with several Duluth citizens, has been in (barge of the arrangements for tin* trial, secured the services of \tty. F. L. Barnett, of Chicago, to take part in the defense. Mr. Bar nett arrived in Duluth on the morn ing of July 23rd and appeared in be half of the prisoners that day and Saturday. The first blow struck in behalf of the prisoners was a motion to quash which was presented by Mr. Barnett and upon which arguments were heard and the case continued until Satur day, July 31. The continuance was given in order to allow the state prosecutor to file affidavits for fur ther argument. Mr. Barnett returned to the fray Saturday, and after an all-day argu ment before Judge Cant, the court took the points of law and the prece dents under advisement and stated that his decision will he announced within the next ten days. The arguments against the motion were answered by Atty. Barnett, who produced law from more than a dozen states and even from the United States Supreme Court sustaining his contention that the indictment should | be quashed. The whole city is anxiously await ing the decision of the court and it js forecasted that the indictments will he quashed. The movement to raise funds for the defense of the colored men was backed by the V A. A. C, P. Atty. ! Barnett addressed a large meeting I Sunday, July 25, and a silver offer in" was raised to carry on the work. The people of Duluth are deter mined that these seven men shall re ceive a fair trial. THROWN INTO RIVER AND DROWNED New Orleans. Aug. 4.—Rivers Per kins, 14-year-old colored boy who was deliberately thrown in the Mississippi River by four white men late Mon day evening, has been found. Upon instructions from the Coroner’s office the remains were brought to the morgue where examination was made to determine the amount of violence that bad been used. Emile Young (white), Id years old 7(11 St. Mary Street, was held to the Criminal Court, Wednesday morning charged with murder and was released on a $5,000.00 bond. Others impli cated are Freddy Rickers, Waltet Hill and another boy called Pinkey. The Power Behind The Throne SUES RACTION CO. FOR $20,000 Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 5.—-Holding the 'Georgia Railway and Power Company responsible fo. criminal acts of its employees, Mrs. Daisy Taylor, col ored, filed suit for $20,000 damages against that corporation for the loss of her husband last Sunday night when he was killed by a conductor on the Inman Park tine. In the bill of complaint, filed by Attorney J. Walter LeCrew, the woman sets out that Henry Golden, the slain man, was her husband and that he was killed without provoca tion by W. R. Taylor, the conductor. She charges the company with neg ligence in employing the conductor. Taylor is now under $2,000 bond waiting trial in Police Court August I 5, when a number of Inman Park I residents have been summoned to ap I pear as witnesses. MIAMI THREATENED BY 400 BAHAMANS Miami, Fla., Aug. 2.—Florida No tional Guardsmen were called out to night to protect the city from disor ders threatened by 400 natives of the Bahama Islands and British subjects, who have been aroused over the death of Herbert Brooks, one of their num ber, charg'd with assaulting a Miami woman. Brooks • ,as arrested at Ormond. Fla., Saturday, and reported to have been killed in a leap front a train taking him to Jacksonville for safe-1 keeping, but the other negroes said to believe instead that he died at the hands of a mob, made a demonstra tion and threatened to obtain ven geance when It- body was returned to Miami. Troops were patrolling the negro residence section tonight. WORLD CONVENTION OF NEGROES ON New York^J^Pfe. 4,—The Universal Negro i Improvement Association opened its first convention here yes terday with the announced purpose of electing a “world leader and a negro leader of the 12.000,000 people of the United States and a provi sional president of Africa.” A con stitution and a “bill of rights in the name of the negro” also will be adopted, according to Marcus Garvey, president-general of the association. The convention is scheduled to con tinue until August 31 with represen tatives of negroes in all parts of the world in attendance. A public meet ing is scheduled for tonight at Madi son Square Garden. OUT-RUNS OFFICER'S BULLETS The days of the golden west during the time of the "Forty Niners” when i Id steel and the men who drew the quickest were the law, was refreshed in the memories of the citizens of Shreveport, when Jim Jackson, alias Hud Kelly, alias Jim Cohn was chased through the streets skillfully dodging the well aimed bullets fired by officers whom he had eluded. The culprit of many names was accused of having aided in stealing lumber from a local lumber yard. He was placed under arrest and put in an automobile. While officers were arguing as to his guilt he leaped from the car and ran at full speed dodging the hot missils of his would be captors until he finally lost them in the dust made by his momentum. The next day, however, he was caught bid ing beneath the lumber he is alleged to have stolen. SHORT WOOING AND HASTY MARRIAGE CULMINATE IN DUAL TRAGEDY Short courtship and quick marriage culminated in a shocking tragedy Monday morning between two and three o’clock at 3263 South Park Ave„ when Eugene M. Cestero, a Porte Rican, 40 years old, shot and killed his wife. Fannie Cestero, age 26, then sent a bullet into his own body while in their bedroom. As a result of this intensive courtship and hasty mar riage th^, bride of but a month and a few days is dead and her husband seriously wounded at the county hos pital. ' The people who live in the ana-1 ment with the Cesteros claim to have heard two shots fired, but upon vestigation, satisfied the n the shooting took place , . -treet. Hence, the paged discovered until 7 o'clock M morning when a fr;end of Ce-P called at the house on his way work at Armour & Co., where Ce tero was employed as an interpreter of foreign languages. His inabilit to effect an entrance after consider able knocking at the door and the fact that the light was burning at that late hour, aroused his suspicion and he gave the alarm to other mem bers of the household. A ladder was speedily secured and placed on the ground on the 33rd St. side of the building so as to give access to the room, from whistfejoun nj ,t)ie. Jiaintf-- roTSV' was discovered. Mrs. Cestero was already dead and Cestero was use scious. A .38 calibre revolver was found near the right side of Cestero with two chambers empty. The dead woman was previously married and had two children by her first husband. A hoy, Fred Lee Wooten and a girl, Tressel Wooten, ages respectively 11 and 9. are visit ing their grandmother, Mrs. Bettie Wooten at Bowling Green, Ky. The whereabouts of Mrs. Cestero's first husband are not known. Mrs. Adelaide Hall, a sister of the deceased, is visiting New York and is the guest of another sister, Mrs e’en Martin. 227 W. 135th St., both '. ' lit !l-> !\ ip'ti'i ■) >ihers, Frank, [mlge ami Reij Wooten are also -i .ids nt; at the Cc ter., h • ’■ said that will aftr d *’■, fmiei. ’ which will 1" conducted from the Jackson Under takk-g Parlors. 3313 ^ ctnt St At the inquest which was held Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 P. M., at the Jackson Undertaking establish ment, it was detei mined by the cor oner’s jury that Mrs. Fannie Cestero came to her death at the hands of i liusba a. h-ugene Cestero, who afterward attempted suicide himself, resulting from jealousy on the part f the husband. In an interview with Col. John R. Marshal, a member of the parole I board, Col. Marshal said that Ccs I tero has a record and is now on par - o_... . *<—Penitentiary -it Joliet for having snot J” • " ome two or three years ago. for which crime, he served something like two years. According to this in formation, Cestero is still under the jurisdiction of the officials of Joliet, In that his parole is not complete. ELOPES WITH 74 YEAR HUNT LOUISVILLE OLD "DADDY” James Lawry, age 42, 1925 Federal St., came home Thursday, July 29th, 1920, and found his wife, Jean Lowry, age 35 years, had departed from his home without leaving any word of her whereabouts. On investigation, Mr. Lowry found out the name of the expressman who moved his wife's trunk, he immediately got in touch j with the expressman ami found that the trunk had been taken to 5101 Wentworth Ave., 2nd flat; on going to the apartment, he found his wife living there with J. B. Atkins (white), age 74 years, of Gary, Ind. On re turning home Mr. 1 ,.ry searched | the house and found a box of letters written by Atkins to his wife. These letters contained many recitals of At kins' love for Mrs. Lowry. One of these letters stated that Atkins could have Lawry killed for about $400.00, making Mrs. Lowry free to marry him. The other letters told of the Inability of Mr. Lowry to give Mrs. Lowry the luxuries of life and for that reason she should leave him and come to her "DEAR DADDY AT KINS,” who could supply her with all the luxuries of life, fine clothes, automobiles, etc. Mr. J. B. Atkins is said to live in Gary where he is reputed to be very wealthy, having retired from business several years ago. He is now financing a large milk dairy for his two sons who are residents of Gary, Indiana. Suit will be filed immediately by Harris B. Gaines and Richard E. Westbrooks of the firm of Ellis and Westbrooks, for $25,000 for alienation of his wife's affections. KILLS HUSBAND WITH ICE PICK Atlanta, Ga„ Aug. 2.—That the little things in life count most was demon strated in a family duel which proved fatal to Archie Willis at i25 Bell St. His wife, Maud Willis st abed him in the heart with an ice pick. She claimed that he had chased her and cut her with a razor and that she used the ice pick in self-defense. He died instantly. The woman was taken into custody by Policeman Barker and was bound over to the state court on charge of murder. It is believed that she will hang. SLAYER Louisville, Ky„ Aug. 4.—In an al ercation between James Smith, 45 •ears old, 645 South 12th Street, and len Neal, aged 30, 1106 West Madison •It., both employees of the Kentucky Biproduct Company, Neal was shot rnd instantly killed. Smith immedi itelv tied from the scene and no trace :>f him has been since found. Eye witnesses of the shooting claim that Smith accused Neal of being infatu lted with his (Smith) girl. Result af this argument, the shooting oc :urred. AN INSURANCE WIZARD FRANK L. GILLESPIE The above is a faithful representa tion of Frank L. Gillespie, now being called the "Negro Insurance Wizard.” Mr. Gillespie has, by his masterful man agement of the organization of the Liberty Life Insurance Company won for himself a place among the peers of insurance men. For many years he had identified him self with insurance companies of the other race doing business among col ored people, and through his ability as an insurance man had poured thousands (Continued on page 4, Col. 3) “THE CHICAGO WHIP” STILL FIVE CENTS ALL THE NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE pA y NO MORS!_ BEST EDITORIALS |