. Crisis. ourt of New York has affirmed the crim-inal conviction of the manager of the LyricTheatre in New York City for excluding acolored man from the orchestra who hadbought tickets. This is the first case of itskind in New York State; the other cases allbeing civil suits. ^ HE following lynchings have taken plaee?*- since our last record: At Drew, Miss., a man, for being partyto the murder of a white man several monthsago. At Houston, Miss., D. Rueker, burned formurder and robbery. J. Jones hanged forthe same crime by mistake. At Cooper, Tex., Henry Mouzon, lynchedfor shooting and k
. Crisis. ourt of New York has affirmed the crim-inal conviction of the manager of the LyricTheatre in New York City for excluding acolored man from the orchestra who hadbought tickets. This is the first case of itskind in New York State; the other cases allbeing civil suits. ^ HE following lynchings have taken plaee?*- since our last record: At Drew, Miss., a man, for being partyto the murder of a white man several monthsago. At Houston, Miss., D. Rueker, burned formurder and robbery. J. Jones hanged forthe same crime by mistake. At Cooper, Tex., Henry Mouzon, lynchedfor shooting and killing a girl. He had beenhunting and alleged that it was an accident. At Clarkeville, Tex., D. Stanley, a 16-year-old boy, hanged for alleged attempt to as-sault a child. C! Governor Tener of Pennsylvania recom-mends that the charter of the borough ofCoatesville be revoked because of its failureto punish the lynchers. *!I A large number of murders by policemenand white men have occurred during A YOUNG- ARTIST. WILLIAM EDWARD SCOTT was bornill Indianapolis March 11, 1884. Hisgrandparents migrated from North Carolinain an ox cart. Scott was graduated fromthe high school in 1903, where he made arecord as an athlete and earned his wayas a paper boy and day laborer. He entered
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