Hugo LaFayette Black, otherwise known as the Junior Senator from
Alabama— Junior, that is, to the Hon. James Thomas ("Tom Tom")
Heflin—appeared in Washington traffic court last week because his
automobile had been in collision. He pointed to the other collisionist,
one Oliver H. Austin, and said, "That is the man." Result: $200 fine for
Autoist Austin for hit-&-running. Police in Phoenix City, Ala.
observed an automobile behaving peculiarly at midnight, suspected
autointoxication, arrested the occupants, found allegedly three bottles
of home brew. One B. M. Haines was charged with driving while
intoxicated the automobile of James Thomas Heflin, junior—junior, that
is, to the senior Senator from Alabama. Junior Heflin was also lodged in
jail, charged with drunkenness, with violating the state prohibition
law. Results: Heflin Jr. received a visit from the pastor of St. Paul's'
Methodist Episcopal Church of Columbus, Ga., the Rev. Marvin H. Heflin,
brother of James Thomas ("Tom Tom") Heflin Senior. It was junior
Heflin's third conspicuous episode of the kind in six months (TIME, 2
refs. July 1). Released on bond, he said he was "worried over his
rundown physique."
[Time Magazine,
Monday, Sep. 16, 1929 - Submitted by K.
Torp]
JUDGE LYNCH FOILED
The Law of Alabama and not of Judge Lynch took its course last week
against Lester Bouyer, Negro criminal. Near Eufaula, Bouyer had murdered
a young white man, raped his white woman companion. Arrested, he was
lodged in the State prison near Montgomery for safe keeping. The
familiar rumblings of lynch preparations were loud and ominous. But
Governor Bibb Graves declared: "There will not be a lynching in Alabama
if I can prevent it." He called out 200 National Guardsmen to protect
Bouyer "at any hazard" on his journey to Eufaula for trial. The
courtroom resembled an armed camp. Bouyer was convicted in ten minutes,
sentenced to death, pleaded for a quick execution. Like a person of
importance, he was then carried back to prison in a special train.
[Time Magazine, Monday, Aug. 05,
1929, Submitted by K. Torp]
(HOOVER COMMISSION)
Last week President Hoover named ten men and one woman to
investigate all phases of law enforcement—and the lack of it. This
long-awaited Hoover Commission consisted of:
George Voodward Wickersham of New York, Chairman.
Newton Diehl Baker of Ohio.
Roscoe Pound, Dean of Harvard's Law School.
William Squire Kenyon of Iowa, U. S. Circuit Court Judge.
Frank Joseph Loesch of Illinois, Vice President of Chicago's Crime
Commission.
Wrilliam Irwin Grubb of Alabama, U. S. District Judge.
Monte M. Lemann, President of the Louisiana Bar Association.
Kenneth Mackintosh, Chief Justice of the Washington State Supreme
Court.
Paul John McCormick of California, U. S. District Judge.
Henry Watkins Anderson of Virginia, Republican Lawyer.
Ada Louise Comstock, President of Radcliffe College.
Citizens eyed these potent names, watched for them to square away on
Law Enforcement.
[Time Magazine,
Monday, May. 27, 1929, Submitted by K.
Torp]
