3 10 423 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Cord Fox Summary A white man defends the case of a black man who robbed a white man, saying that he does not deserve the death penalty. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP18950406.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Crime and Justice Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound We were standing in the Clerk’s office of the Hustings Court of this city, when a discussion of the verdict in the T. A. Goodman (white) murder case arose. A white gentleman of quiet demeanor, and with a tongue that carried conviction with every word he uttered was declaring that the murderer of Col. H. C. Parsons should have been punished, and that it was a most cold-blooded assassination. Another white man and a police officer took the opposite view, announcing that the verdict of acquittal was all right. The conversation became highly interesting. The gentleman who was against Goodman, maintained his position with consummate ability and from his standpoint, showed that he was not only a lawyer, but right in his conclusions. The conversation drifted off to other cases when, the one who was in favor of the acquittal of Goodman said: “I was on the jury here and a nigger was on trial for following a man, knocking him down and robbing him of $6. When the jury retired, the case was discussed, and all of them agreed upon a verdict until they got to me. They wanted to know what I favored and I said hanging. I would not agree to anything else for a long time. The ‘nigger’ got 18 years. He didn’t know whether he killed the man or not and must have intended to do it and I was in favor of hanging him.” We said nothing, but thought if this was the kind of worthless material that was foisted upon our juries it was needless to expect other than outrageous verdicts. Location Upper Right Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18950406-Wanted to Hang-Fox Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1895-04-06 Title A name given to the resource Wanted to Hang Him Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Benton Camper Summary A white girl in Danville, Virginia, is found lying about two black men sexually assaulting her. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP19070323.1.4&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Crime and Justice Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Virginia Justice That a Negro charged with criminal assault upon a white female, should be tried in the city of Danville, State of Virginia and escape not only the gallows, but be found not guilty and be permitted to leave that community alive is one of the wonders of the twentieth century and has called forth the poetic quotation which graces the commencement of this article. The case is a remarkable one and to the spirit of fair-play, inherent in the better class of white Virginians is due the fact that two colored men are alive and well to-day. The facts are as follows: Miss Gladys Shelton, aged eighteen years and daughter of Mr. B. R. Shelton of Amherst county, Virginia alleged that she had been criminally assaulted by a colored man or rather as they state it by a Negro during the absence of her parents. The assault was alleged to have taken place during the day at about 3 o’clock. The white girl has broken the record by identifying two colored men as being her assailant. She said that she believed the Negro who assaulted her was Peter Hutson. He was arrested and with Herbert Steptoe who was suspected by the authorities and was also held by an authority. This white girl did not at first identify Hutson, but later that he was the man. The authorities had, however, such a clear case of an alibi for Hutson; that is, proof that when the crime was alleged to have been committed that he was somewhere else, that they did not press the case against him. The grand jury did not find a true bill against him, but a true bill was found against the other colored man, Herbert Steptoe. The preliminary examination at Amherst Court House necessitated the use of state troops, so wrought up were the citizens of the county over outrage. The law requires that where troops are necessary at a trial a change of venue must be granted; that is the prisoner must be tried at some other place in the state. Judge A. M. Aiken was the presiding Judge at Amherst C. H., acting in the place of the jurist who was sick. He transferred the case to his own district at Danville. While he is one of the ablest and most fair minded jurists in the state, this transfer was regarded as ominous. Danville’s reputation in all matters affecting the Negro is known throughout the country and that Steptoe had a chance for his life was not for a moment believed by anyone at a distance, at all conversant with the surrounding circumstances. The prisoner was represented by Attorney William Beasley of Lynchburg. Although this country white girl had alleged that but one colored man had criminally assaulted her and although she had identified Peter Hutson as the man who committed the crime, and although he had been released and Herbert Steptoe arrested, she glibly swore that Herbert Steptoe was the man who criminally assaulted her. By this time the white folks had become disgusted. Even the jurors seemed to tire of the job, for if Peter Hutson had established the fact by reputable witnesses that he was somewhere else at the time the crime was committed, Herbert Steptoe had proven that he was not there by evidence too conclusive and convincing to admit of a moment’s doubt. As a result the jury brought in a verdict of “not guilty” and the distinguished presiding judge not only declared that the verdict of the jury was in accordance with the evidence, by the commended them for their action. He declared that it should prove satisfactory to the people of Virginia. Steptoe accounted for every moment of his time that day, and so conclusive was his recital and so well corroborated was it in every particular, that white men assisted in smuggling him out of Danville in order that he might not be the victim of the prejudiced Negro-haters who would deem it necessary to rid the state of a Negro charged with a heinous offense, be he guilty or innocent. The motive of this white girl is past finding out unless it was to shield some person in whom she had confided her confidence. She goes back to her Amherst home discredited, and thoughtful white men have a practical demonstration of the embarrassing position in which the average colored man may be placed. One thing we know is that the verdict of that jury will go far towards restoring the confidence of the colored people in the white men of Virginia. Despite the vaporings of men of the Mr. Thomas Dixon, Senator B. R. Tillman and Gov. Jas. K. Vardaman stripe, the day is breaking and the bond of union is being strengthened in all places where the blatant demagogues of either race are trying to weaken its strength and sever its strands. Lynch-law must go! Location Lower Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 19070323-Virginia Justice-Camper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1907-03-23 Title A name given to the resource Virginia Justice Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Elias Sturim Summary The authorities arrest the owner of an ice cream store for turning away a black man. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP18990729.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Crime and Justice Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Jackson, colored, today had Harry Tiedje brought into court. Tiedje keeps one of the large ice-cream places in this city. The charge against him is violating the civil rights law. As a result the city is showing signs of race trouble. Jackson is a waiter. He had a half holiday yesterday and, with two colored girls, stopped into Tiedje’s restaurant, which was well filled with customers. He went to the table in the centre of the dining room and Tiedje followed. Tiedje is quoted as having said: “You cannot get ice-cream soda at the fountain, but no ice-cream at the tables. We do not serve colored people here.” Jackson, who says he has “never before suffered indignity in public because of his color,” was offended. The girls with him cried and he led them out. The girls with him cried and he led them out. Then he returned and asked for an explanation. Tiedje said he had observed the rule of excluding colored people from his tables for years. Jackson consulted lawyers, and early this morning Policeman Charles H. Case showed Tiedje a warrant for his arrest on the charge of misdemeanor. This had been issued on the advice of Fred E. Ackerman and Gains Bolin, the latter a colored lawyer. The lawyers went before Recorder Joseph Morchauser and swore out the warrant. Colored people, of whom there are more than 1,000 in the city, are agitated about the case. Before the recorder Tiedje waived examination and was held for the grand jury in $500 bail. Location Lower Right Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Violated the Law Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1899-07-29 Title A name given to the resource Violated the Law Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Benton Camper Summary The Police force is considering getting bloodhounds to help trace criminals after a “woman was punched and dragged into an alley.” Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP19071116.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Crime and Justice Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Vigilantes Make Work for Police. The organization of a corp of vigilantes, or a committee of safety, on Church Hill near the scene of the recent attack upon a young white woman has caused Chief of Police Werner and his men to prepare resignedly for hurry calls to that section. I don’t criticize the citizens who are in the thing, said Major Werner this morning, “their intention to assist the police is a good one, though some of my men are inclined to take it as a reflection upon the force. But it will probably mean a lot of trouble. We have had our own plain clothes men, out on special service, mistaken for suspicious characters, and people seeing these vigilantes, slipping through alleys, or standing behind trees, or inspecting possible places of danger, will call upon the police to come and catch them. “As a matter of fact the neighborhood where this unforeseeable crime was committed is one of the best guarded in Richmond. There was a street light less than 100 feet from the place, and there was a policeman only a block away. In the immediate vicinity there live over a dozen policemen. “The police ought not to be blamed for this crime. Some people are making unkind remarks, but if there is nothing to attract attention the police are as powerless as other men. A man might stab another without a sound, in the next room and we couldn’t save him; and this poor girl was knocked senseless by a single blow and dragged into the darkness of the alley. “In this connection I would like to say that I am heartily in favor of the police department keeping two or three genuine bloodhounds for use in tracing such criminals as the man who committed this crime. The New York department has sent an officer to Belgium to look into the work of trained dogs under the police system there. They are regularly used with great success in Europe. On a fresh trail such as this miscreant left, they would find him. The police commissioners are considering this progressive step, and I hope they will act upon it favorably.” -Richmond, Va. News-Leader Location Lower Right Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 19071116-Vigilantes Make Work for Police.-Camper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1907-11-16 Title A name given to the resource Vigilantes Make Work for Police. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Cali Hughes Summary An altercation on the street between two black men, one being an ex-convict, leaves one injured and the other in prison. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP18980101.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Crime and Justice Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Did not Appreciate Freedom. WILL RETURN TO THE STATE’S EMBRACE. SHREWD WORK –BY THE DETECTIVES—THE WOUNDED MAN IMPROVING—CONFESSED THE GUILT. William Miller, a colored youth about 19-years-old. And an ex-convict who was pardoned about ten days ago shot and severely wounded C. H. Parish, a colored youth about the same age, Tuesday morning at 8:30 o’clock at Marshall and Second streets. Parish, the wounded colored man was taken to the almshouse, where he now is, though his condition is not regarded as necessarily dangerous, Miller, on the other hand, is a prisoner at the Second Police Station, having been arrested by Sergeant Tomlinson, the very efficient head of Richmond’s detective force. A TRIVIAL AFFAIR. Parrish who is an office boy of Mr. Sol. L. Blommberg, attorney at law, was walking up Marshall street, accompanied by a friend. The two were chatting together, and the dog of the friend was trotting along by their sides. When they passed Miller, who was unknown to bother of them, he kicked the dog, and was remonstrated with by its owner and advised not to do so again. WOULD KICK THE MASTER, His reply, so the wounded man and his companion both say, was that he would not only kick the dog, but his master. Without much more parley, Miller then drew a pistol from his hip pocket and opened fire on the two. Parrish’s friend got out of the way by running, but Parrish was less fortunate. At the last shot he was struck in the left side just about the hip. A CRY OF PAIN. He gave a cry of pain and fell to the street. A number of persons were passing, and reached the youth soon after he fell. IN the confusion which followed, Miller escaped. Parrish was taken to Bliley’s stables and a ‘phone message sent in for the ambulance. Dr. Nuckols responded, and took him to the City Hospital. There is was found that the serious fears that the bullet had entered the abdomen were groundless, and anxiety for his recovery relieved. A FLESH WOUND. An examination was conducted by Drs. Nuckols, Baughman and Lemon, Dr. Trevillian being out of the city, and showed that from its entrance in the side the bulled had ranged across the body, passing between the muscles and the skin. It finally turned downward and buried itself into the flesh of the right thigh. When it became certain that the stomach had not been penetrated the operation ceased, as no harm would result from the ball’s remaining where it was. The physicians think his chances for full recovery are good. Location Upper Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18980101-Used a Pistol: A Colored Man's Recklessness-Hughes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1898-01-01 Title A name given to the resource Used a Pistol: A Colored Man Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Rose Williams Summary An Oklahoma newspaper weighs in on the case against Planet editor John Mitchell. Instead of generating conflict, they believe “colored brothers” should “help to build up rather than tear down. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP19030214.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Crime and Justice Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound “Up Against the Real Thing” [The Oklahoma, Ter., Freeman.] Deacon Nelson Williams ran up against the real thing when he sued Editor John Mitchell, of the Richmond Planet, ten thousand dollars for libel. The jury, without any taxing of the brain, brought in a verdict for the Deacon of one cent damages. We hope this will teach all deacons and “windy” jackleg preachers a lesson, not to be too hasty in making war upon newspapers because they don’t blow a dale to suit their thoughts and opinions. Let the colored brothers help to build up rather than tear down. Location Lower Right Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 19030214-UpAgainstTheRealThing-Williams Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1903-02-14 Title A name given to the resource Up Against the Real Thing Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Rose Williams Summary Two white men of Georgia who pleaded guilty to 13 indictments, including the holding of slaves, “are charged $1,000 on two of the indictments and all others were dismissed”. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP19031205.1.4&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Crime and Justice Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound “Edward W. Frank and Will McFee, both white of Valdosta, Georgia, pleaded guilty to thirteen indictments for peonage or holding colored people in slavery and were sentenced in the United States Court at Savannah to pay a fine of $1,000. On two of the indictments and the others were dismissed. The fines were paid and they can now go back to their counties and “do so some more.” Location Lower Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context December Summaries Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1903-12-05 Title A name given to the resource Two White Men Guilty Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Elias Sturim Summary A black soldier shoots another, and the shooter dies when resisting arrest. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP18990812.1.4&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Crime and Justice Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound First Sergt. John Jackson was shot and killed at Fort Douglas to-night by Private W. H. Carter, and the latter was then shot and instantly killed while resisting arrest. Both were colored and belonged to the Ninth United States Cavalry. The men, both participated in the battle of San Juan Hill. Jackson enlisted at Culpeper Court House, Va. Location Lower Right Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Two Colored Cavalrymen Killed Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1899-08-12 Title A name given to the resource Two Colored Cavalrymen Killed Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Brian Schrott Summary Carlos A. Twitchell, a prominent white man, shoots a black youth on false pretenses, and the jury finds him not guilty. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP18971030.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Crime and Justice Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Carlos A. Twitchell (white) a resident of Henrico County, charged with shooting Paul Davis (colored) of the same county, with a purpose to maim, disfigure and kill was tried in the Hustings Court of this city, Wednesday, October 27th, and acquitted. Commonwealth’s Attorney Richardson appeared for the prosecution and ex-Commonwealth’s Attorney H. M. Smith, Jr., for the defense. The jury was out only for three minutes. The Scene in the Court Room. The scene in the court-room was in a measure picturesque. Judge S. B. Witt presided. Carlos A. Twitchell sat to the left of his counsel while at his side was his wife, daughter and child. From time to time he would take the little one in his arms. Commonwealth’s Attorney Richardson asked the witness be separated. He announced to the court that in as much as Attorney George W. Thomas, counsel for Paul Davis had informed him that if his client was brought into court as a witness, he would not permit him to testify, he had decided it was needless to have him brought into court, and would with the court’s permission proceed the trial without him. The Girl in Question. Cora Twitchell, the 15-year-old girl whose infatuation for the colored youth had brought so much trouble to herself, people and Davis sat at the side of her father. She is rather a comely girl of the brunette type, and bears little, if any resemblance to her father. Deputy Sergeant Ferneyhough brought in the revolver, with which the crime was committed. A tag was attached thereto. Dr. Croxton testified as follows: I am physician to the county jail. I was sent for at the time Davis was shot. I went down and saw this man. I opened his clothes. He had a wound one inch above the navel and a little to the right. The Dangerous Wound. I probed the wound and found that the ball had entered the cavity of the abdomen. Davis suffered from the shock. After I found that the ball had entered the cavity of the abdomen, I did not probe any further. I think it was inflicted with some fire-arm, pistol or something of the kind. It appeared to be a bullet wound. Mr. Smith] We admit it was made with the pistol. I did not extract the bullet. The condition of the man at present is good, and he has apparently recovered. His Condition was Critical. His condition for 15 days was exceedingly critical. I heard it once – only once. I looked out of the window, I did not see the firing. I saw the accused that day after the firing. I may have seen him before but I cannot say. I examined the girl and found out her condition. I told her she was pregnant. Deputy Voegler testified: –I am deputy sheriff of Henrico County. I am in charge of the jail very often. I think it was on the 11th of January, I was in the court-room. I went to the front office. I met Mr. Fussell. He started to shut the door and I took Davis. The Would-be Murderers. Davis thought he had to go around to the front door, but I carried him in at the side door. As he started around Twitchell put a pistol right at Davis and fired. Before he could fire the second time, I caught his hand and disarmed him. Mr. Fussell is the jailer. Davis was shot with a 32-caliber revolver. I took the pistol and put it in the safe down there, thinking that the case would be tried there. Only one shot was fired. When I first saw him, he was standing in the front door of the court-house building. The Henrico County Court House is on the corner of 22d and Main Sts. It is in the city of Richmond. He identified Twitchell as the man who shot Davis. I was taking Davis to the court-house for trial. The Charges Against Him. He was charged with committing a rape upon the prisoner’s daughter. I think that when Mr. Twitchell brought Davis there, it was for attempted assault. Jailer Fussell said, –Mr. Voegler came into the office and said he wanted Paul Davis to take him into court. I was just behind him. I did not see Twitchell until the shot was fired. Mr. Voegler grabbed Twitchell and I caught the prisoner and held him until I saw that he was wounded and bleeding. I think Davis was brought to the jail in November about the 16th, I am not sure. Mr. Twitchell brought him there. He was charged with attempted rape. I do not think that he knew that he had accomplished his purpose. The warrant was sworn out afterwards. Had Not Seen Him. I do not think that Twitchell had seen Davis from the time he was put in jail until that time. He did not call or ask to see him. Twitchell was a witness I think before the grand jury. He did not testify. County-Clerk Sam P. Waddill, being in the court-room testified that Twitchell was sworn as a witness before the grand jury. Mr. Smith] Is Paul Davis a white man or a Negro? A Negro, was the reply. Mr. Richardson] The commonwealth will rest its case. Mr. Waddill was sent for certain papers in the case –the two warrants and the bill of indictment of Davis. The Prisoner’s Character. J. W. Taylor Testified as to Twitchell’s character as did J. M. Tiller and Samuel Stern. Detective Charles A. Gibson was about to testify, but was not permitted so to do. Twitchell testified as follows: When my wife got back from the north, she told me that Paul had insulted or attempted ot rape or something like that. I asked her if it were so. I went over and spoke to Davis about it, and said, I understand that you have insulted my daughter. He said, “Taint so.” I took him down to the Court-House, and swore out a warrant before justice Lewis. Would Have Killed. After the first information, I found that Davis had accomplished my daughter’s ruin. If I had known it before, he would never have reached the court-house alive. They said it was best to find out about her condition. We sent for Dr. Croxton and he examined her and said, she was pregnant. I had no intimation of it until my wide came back from the north. I had never seen the “nigger,” since I found out he had ruined my daughter. Admitted the Crime. I saw them bringing Davis to the court-house and I was there. I became nearly crazy with anger and I shot him. I did not arm myself for the purpose of shooting him. I carried a pistol regularly on account of tramps and because I had long distances to go. The idea of a man’s daughter being ruined by a “nigger” at that. She cannot go into society. She has not visited a neighbor since, I did no more than any other man would have done. I got out a warrant for insulting her or committing rape on her. Davis is about 20 or 21 years of age –a six foot “nigger.” He slept upstairs in my house. He came down through the large room. Questions by counsel elicited the fact that the room through which Davis had to pass to go out was Twitchell’s bed-room, in which himself, wife, daughter and children slept. Slept in His House. This Negro for nine months slept in my house. He ate in the same room with me, but at his own table and I at my table. He had to come through my chamber to get out. I do not know when he was indicted for rape. [The record showed that it was in December.] I knew then that he had committed rape. Mr. Richardson] Do you always carry a pistol? Answer] yes. Mr. Richardson] I propose to introduce letters written long before the trial –Well, I waive the letters just at this time. There is a motion pending for a new trial in Davis’ case, is it not? Answer] I think so. Mr. Richardson] Didn’t you know that your daughter had written several loving letters to this Negro? Mr. Smith Objected and the Judge sustained the objection. Explaining His Position. Mr. Richardson] Let us see. I want my position understood on this case. The defense alleges that this man had committed rape on his daughter, and this man knew that this man Davis had not committed rape on his daughter. Would it not be proper to prove that he alleged ground of excuse for his crime is not true. Judge Witt] Not at this time. Mr. Richardson] When was your daughter born? Twitchell] My daughter was born 14 years ago. April 19th is her birthday. I do not know the year, unless I figure back. Cora Twitchell’s Age. This would make her time of birth April 19, 1883, when as a matter of fact, she was born April 19, 1882. The age of consent in now 14 years and this fact would settle whether or not she could consent at the time the crime was alleged to have been committed. Mr. Waddill testified upon the production of the papers. That is the original indictment, Found December 14, 1896. Yes, there is a motion for a new trial in this case of Davis. Mr. Smith] He has been tried, defended and the jury found him guilty. Mr. Waddill] Yes. The Charge in the Indictment. Mr. Richardson] I claim that the indictment is not for rape. It is carnally knowing a child under the age of consent [14 years.] Mr. Smith.] I claim that it is rape. It is all the same thing. Then following a wrangle which was ended only by Judge Witt ordering them to desist. Justice Lewis of Henrico County, testified, –I issued the warrants. The first warrant was issued November 11th. No one was there but Twitchell and Davis. Perjury Proven. Twitchell made oath that rape had been committed. Mr. Richardson] And yet he swore that he did not know that the rape had been committed. Justice Lewis] Twitchell said that he did not know it. Mr. Richardson] The first warrant charged that Davis had raped Cora Twitchell, a female, 14 years of age, five days afterwards, November 16, you got some other witnesses, and you made out substantially the same thing. Unworthy of Belief. Twitchell swore that his daughter was 13 years of age. Twitchell then had full knowledge of the charge of rape. Justice Lewis] He first swore that she was 14 years of age and a few days afterwards, he came back and swore that she was 13 years of age and denied having said that she was 14 years of age. After the testimony by Commonwealth’s Attorney of Henrico County, Conway R. Sands, the case was given to the jury. Evidence to Free Davis. Evidence has already been obtained and will be produced in the Davis motion for a new trial proving that Cora Twitchell was over the age of consent. The fact that she was not permitted to testify shows that her parents were afraid to trust her on the stand to testify against Paul Davis. The following sworn affidavit will be interesting reading, showing as it does her affection for this colored boy. Henrico County to Wit: Richmond, August 12th, 1897. I.T.F. Taylor a Notary Public for the County of Henrico, do certify that Cora Twitchell whose name is signed to the following statement, made oath that the facts contained herein are true to the best of her knowledge and belief. What is your name? “Cora Twitchell!” How old are you? “Fifteen years old the 19th day of last April.” Where were you born? “Buffalo, N.Y.” You know Paul Davis? “Yes.” Who is to blame in the matter between you and Davis? “One was as much to blame as the other!” Did you voluntarily state to any one that you and Paul Davis were engaged to be married? “Yes!” Anything further to say? “I desire to make oath that the evidence given by me before the Court was from fear of my parents and that I believe the chart exhibited in Court as to my age was gotten up for the purpose during Davis’ imprisonment. I am confident I was fifteen years old on my last birthday, for my parents told me so, and my reason for not stating it on my trial was from fear of my parents, who told me to swear as I did. I male this statement freely and voluntarily without solicitation from anybody, as an act of Justice to all concerned with a desire to repair the wrong. I did to Davis in so swearing at the instance of my parents. Cora Twitchell. Subscribed and sworn to before this 12th day of August 1897. T. F. Taylor, N. P (A true copy.) Location Upper Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 18971030-Twitchell Acquitted Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1897-10-30 Title A name given to the resource Twitchell Acquitted Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Benton Camper Summary The Planet complains about the inconvenience of “Jim-Crow” laws and the way it negatively affects white and black people. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP19070824.1.4&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Crime and Justice Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound “Twisting The Jim Crow Law.” The “Jim Crow” Street-car Law is causing no end of embarrassment and an unlimited amount of trouble. The Richmond, Va. Evening Journal of the 20th inst. while declaring that it likes the “dish” makes a very wry face at each gulp of the nauseating mixture. Under the caption of “Twisting the Jim Crow Law,” it says: “We approve the Jim Crow law as in the interest of peace and for the benefit of both races, but we insist that in its enforcement the car authorities should exhibit some common sense-else trouble will undoubtedly ensue. A serious row on Broad Street and Oakwood car threatened a night or so ago in a controversy over a seat by a Negro, wherein as it seems to us, the passenger was entirely in the right. The Negro took the third seat from the rear, which is the foremost seat set apart for his race. All the forward seats were crowded with whites in the progress of the trip and at a point where other white people desired to get on, the conductor asked the Negro to move to the second rearmost seat to make room. He might have moved through courtesy. That is not the point. He could have stood upon his indisputable right to remain where he was. The conductor informed him that when he got on the car he took the proper seat, but that it became improper when enough white persons boarded it to make his seat necessary for their accommodation. It took three orders to get the man to move. If this is the construction placed upon the Jim Crow law by those having the streetcar system under management it is beyond either the letter or spirit of the statue: it is beyond common sense or fair dealing. It is grotesquely absurd.” It continued: “Let’s put the shoe on the other foot and see if the pinch pleases. Suppose the last three seats are full of Negroes and in the next seat is a white man. Suppose more Negroes wish to get on. Will the white man be ordered to move forward for their accommodation? If not, why not? It is promotive of all sorts of inconveniences and disputes and injustice for the character of seats to be changed en route. It is puerile for a seat to be for a black man between Eighth and Ninth Streets. The Jim Crow law is presumed, like all laws, to be executed by men with gray matter in their heads and not with skulls full of lubber. “The rules under which the conductors are required to act should be revised at once so as to square with the dictates of justice and reasonableness, or the suspicion may get a broad that somebody is trying to administer to an excellent law a solar plexus blow beneath the belt.” This is the logical result of carrying race prejudice to the platform of a street-car. This service was never intended to take on the convenience of the regular railway service, but is a cheap mode of transportation for the masses. Some people ride two blocks. It is utterly impossible then to satisfy either white or colored passengers and comply with the provisions of the law. The whole system as now practiced is at war with common sense and will result in no end of embarrassment and annoyance to the people whom it was expected to accommodate. The service on the passenger trains of the railroads of the Southland is not all that it should be and it has tended to anger and aggravate about as many white people as it has colored ones. The colored people are somewhat amused over the streetcar situation in this city for the reason that it has set one white man warring against the other. Many colored people are using the nice brick sidewalks, while the cars go whizzing by with just enough colored people thereon to cause trouble and to keep white folks “cussing” each other as a result of their own folly. Location Lower Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 19070824-“Twisting The Jim Crow Law.”-Camper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1907-08-24 Title A name given to the resource Twisting The Jim Crow Law.”