In tree-shaded Marion, Ind., onetime stamping-ground of the Ku Klux Klan, three Negro boys last week were hurried to the Grant County gaol. One of them, Thomas Shipp, 18, confessed he had dragged Claude Deeter, 23, from an automobile parked in Marion's outskirts, shot him to death. Shipp's companion, Abe Smith, admitted attacking Deeter's fiancee, Mary Ball, 19.
Herbert Cameron, Negro, 16, said he had witnessed these proceedings. The news spread; a crowd gathered about the gaol, increased during the day to more than 1,000. About 9 p. m. Hoot Ball, father...
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