GEORGIA TRIAL OPENS
ABATED GUARD ALERT. FEAR OF RACIAL DEMONSTRATION. Australian ahH N.W- OxV~ Association. (Received April 6, 8-20 p.m J NEW YORK, April 5. WiDsans’s trial cm the peonage char* ges opened at Cavington, Georgia, with a heavfiy-anned guard searching aR persons entering the court room for weapons, for fear of a possible demonstration either by whites or Macks. The State Attorney feared an attack' -upon the negro witnesses. Wilburns marn-taaned his customary catenae. The prosecution has summoned more Hunt a doaen witnesses, who are expected to support Mauningte testimony. . . - _ . The choice of a jury ib considered to be the first victory for Williams, since it is composed of seven rich phnten and five other white business men. itfiUimnn, a wealthy planter, is be, ing tried on a dmgi of the murder of & number of negroes, whom, it is alleged, he killed in order to prevent disclosures as to the state of peonage or slavery existing on ins estate.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10868, 7 April 1921, Page 5
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