Atlanta Daily World

Grand Jury Fails To Indict In Two Streetcar Slayings

Efforts to secure indictments against T H Purl street car motorman, and Arthur Frieberg, railway mail clerk, in connection with the slayings of Madison Harris and Phinizie Summerour failed Friday when the Fulton County Grand Jury returned "No Bills," after hearing witnesses and reviewing the cases at the Court-house. Summerour was killed last fall at the corner of Bedford Place and Angier Avenue, as he was leaving the Pine-Forrest Bus. Frieberg was released on "copy," and was later bound over at the Recorder's Court hearings. The case was presented to the January February Grand Jury, which returned a "No Bill." Harris, veteran of World War II was slain on April 10, on Mitchell St., between Tattnall and Maple Streets. Purl was also released on "copy," following the slaying and was freed at the Recorder's Court hearing, when Judge A W Callaway ruled that it was a case of justifiable homicide. NAACP ACTIVE Atlantans were greatly aroused over these slayings, and the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has been active in both cases. Through their attorneys, the officials of the NAACP were instrumental in getting the Frieberg case before the Grand Jury a second time. According to the evidence presented by eye-witnesses at the Recorder's Court hearings, both slayings appeared to be unwarranted. Recorder's Court hearings.