Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-11-03 | Page 11 | Negro Charged with Murder in First Degree |

Type	issue
Date	1919-11-03
Paper	Ogden Daily Standard
Language	eng
City	Ogden
County	Weber
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Article Title	Negro Charged with Murder in First Degree
Type	article
Date	1919-11-03
Paper	Ogden Daily Standard
Language	eng
City	Ogden
County	Weber
Page	11
OCR Text	Show NEGRO CHARGED WITH MURDER IN HUSTJEGIIEE HELENA. Ark . Nov. 3. The Jur in the case of Frank Hicks, a negro ch ir I with the killing of Clinton Lee. In rop-nrrtlon rop-nrrtlon with the disturbances nSl Elaine in October, returned a verdict of puiliy of first degree murder here laio today. The cae of Frank Mi- la. n negTO, charged "',h ' hc killing of Clinton I.e.-. is the first to come up. Selection of Jury took less than half an hour. The. prosecution swore in its witnesses nnJ thf defence announced it bad none. in his statement to the jury P rt n-drfws n-drfws prosecutor. Bald that last .spring the Progressive Farmers' and Houaehol i Union of America was organized and that Hicks became a member of the Elaine post He stated the principle of this organization was to kill planterj If they failed to meet the demand of the negroes when settlement for ll;c year's crops was made.
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