Three weeks ago militiamen were called out to defend from angry citizens of Cartersville, Ga. a Negro called John Willie Clark, who confessed shooting to death Police Chief Joe Ben Jenkins but said it had been an accident. John Willie then was transferred to an Atlanta gaol for safekeeping. But one day last week, despite his attorney's pleas for change of venue, he was brought back to Cartersville for trial. Early next morning about
50 masked Cartersvillians overpowered the local turnkey, departed in a motorcade with John Willie Clark. At dawn, police...
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