Eureka Reporter | 1904-10-14 | Page 4 | White Was the Black's Name

WHITE WAS THE BLACKS NAME he came from virgin a to new york with a slingshot Slung shot in the line of prisoners waiting to toe sentenced by judge cowing jn general sessions was a coal black sas a new york dispatch capt hugh coleman had been assign ed to defend him capt coleman looked over the line and spotted the negro are you white asked coleman no sun replied the negro ah not white faint you see I 1 ain f george white persisted capt coleman the negro hesitated for a moment then his teeth glistened through his smiling lips yas sun yas suh dat s mah name he said least ah m called that tern harily george white pleaded guilty to car crying a slingshot slung shot he said it any crime in virginia where he came from judge cowing suspended sen tence