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DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY. JANUARY 20. 1979
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No Leads Reported In
Hayti Section Fires
Still there are no answers
to who set or who was re
sponsible for the fire that
destroyed offices of THE
CAROLINA TIMES Jan
uary 7 and the offices
of E.N. Toole and Son
Electric Company.
City law enforcement:
officials are " awaiting a
chemical analysis . of
samples of the ruins
to announce whether or
not the fire was set. Police
Chief T.B. Seagroves says
the $1000 reward is
probably too little to
get information leading
to the conviction and
arrest of the arsonists.
Meanwhile, E Jf. Toole
and The CAROLINA
TIMES desperately search
for new offices, and
the Southen Christian
Leadership . Conference
is interested in the fire
(see story on page
Fire Captain Beck said
polcie have discovered that
a patrol cruiser passed by
the office of THE CARO
LINA TIMES just twenty
minutes before the fire
passed several investigators
said, off the record,
indicates professional arson
ists did the job.
The $1000 reward offer-
was reported, but did not ed by the North Carolina
notice fire. When the fire
call was sounded at 4:53
AIM. not only was the
entire complex of building
engulfed in flames, but
the heat was so intense
that fire fighters said
they could not get close
enough to properly fight
the fire.
E.N. Toole and Nathaniel
White owners of E.N. Toole
and Sons and Service Print
ing Company respectively
were very critical of fire
fighting saying the fire
was fought for a good while
by one hose.
The extent that the
fire had developed when
the call was sounded and
th short lasp of time when
the last policeman
Association of Black
PuMsiiers. .has produced
no leads as to. who set the
fire, said Chief of Police
T.B. Seagroves. Seagroves
said that $1000 is a smalt
reward for information
about criminal activity.
"The larger the reward,
the more highly likely
you'll get information,"
Seagroves said.
So far police and
fire investigators have
not questioned the
owners of the buildings
to determine if they
have information which
could help solve the
mystery. Almost a week
after the fire, police and
fire investigators asked
the State Bureau of In
vestigation for assistance
in determining the cause
of the fire.
An SBi investigator
carrying a device called a
"sniffer" covered the fire
scene Friday, January
13 but found no
leads. One of the
investigators speculated
that the call for assistance
was made too late. The
sniffer detects fumes of
flamable substances to
determine the cause of
arson suspected fires.
Contacted this week
each of the owners of
THE CAROLINA TIMES.
E.N.Toole and Sons, and
Service Printing Company
said they were not satisfied
with local law enforcement
investigations and wanted
outside investigations.
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MRS. CORETTA SCOTT KING, standing before nortrait nf th d.in Hn ,mm.
leader. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., announces that President Jimmy Carter is the
recipient of the 1979 Martin Luther King, Jr., Nonviolent Peace Prize. Carter accepted
the award on January 14, highlighting a six-day observance of the 50th anniversary of
King's birth. UPj
Service Printing Co.
Uhdi District .'Attorney Sought
DWrj
Otioyod
Despite requests of the
Durham Redevelopment
Commission to inspect fire
damages to the last remain
ing structure in the Hayti
business district, city in
spectors passed Service
Printing Company's
building this week.
However, at the request
of the Redevelopment
Commission, the other
structures located on
reuigrew at. were in
businesses for moving costs.
Commission attorney Dan
Edwards replied that the
Commission's limited staff
would work-with the Green
sboro HUD office to de
termine options available.
Commission members
agreed with .Fdmonds that
HUD regulations mailed
THE CAROLINA TIMES
were incomplete, but
Hiring practices of Dur- Assistance Program. the qualifications for assis-
ham County District Attor- A position to become tant district attorneys. The
ney Dan Edwards, Jr., have vacant February 1, 197 ,'.N.C. General Statutes re
come under question by the. iturtentlXihejd byiitajrttulaw.. tchooLradttaUs ,
Durham Chapter of Ihe District Attorney Ron and a "person licensed to
Stevens, Edwards said, will practice in North Carolina,
be filled by Michael "Mike" Attorney Dean and Ed-
Nifong. The position to be wards admit that several
held by Nifong was not qualified black women have
advertised by Edwards, who applied for the position, but
explained that Nifong had Edwards says he offered the
volunteered his services for job to one who turned it
a while, and was later paid down,
on a per day basis with the "I don't use race and sex
understanding that when a as criteria for hiring and I
position became vacant,
Nifong would get "the first
refusal".
Jos. Kerr
Pleads For
Increase
Increased funding by the
U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban . Development
(HUD) proposed for con
struction in the Hayti
urban renwal area will be
needed before contruction
of the 140 units can begin
said Durham Housing
Authority Director James
Kerr this week. The two
project have been advertis
ed for bids twice since
1975, but on each occa
sion bids have been well
over the HUD approved
budget. Kerr charges
that the Greensboro HUD
office and Southeast region
have refused to raise or
adjust construction costs
with inflation.
Construction at the
Carolina Power and Light
Company Shearon Harris
Nuclear Plant at Duke
University Medical Center
have contributed to higher
building costs in the
Triangle area, says Kerr,
HUD has allocated only
two per cent increase for
inflation, he said, while
other regions of the
country are getting much
higher increases.
The HUD fundina
Continued On Page 7
North Carolina Black
Women's Political Caucus.
At issue is the Caucus'
desire to see Edwards hire
a black woman as Assistant
District Attorney - a post
filled by two white women.
Contacted Tuesday by
THE CAROLINA TIMES,
Edwards, son of a promi
nent attorney, said his
office is funded to have
six assist district . attorneys
by the N. C. Legislature. All
of the positions are filled,
Trial Tuesday January 22nd
Dan Edwards, Sr. assured
spected and placarded tdmonds l tnuiK mat 0ne with a black - Daryl
"CONDEMNED". Former yur real- 'egiumaie ex- smith, formerly employed
occupants Toole and Son's Penses wiU be Paid " by the North Central Legal
and THE CAROLINA -
TIMES have relocated
temporarily to Fayette
ville St. and to 719 N.
Mangum. Service Printing
Company remains at the lo
cation. Fire damage to its
building was slight.
Owners of E.N. Toole
& Sons Electric Company,
Service Printing Company,
and THE CAROLINA
TIME$ met with the
Redevelopment Commission
Friday, in a session not too
different from previous
meetings which ended with
heated tempers.
Edwards said that in a
letter to Attorney Shirley
Dean, Chairperson of the
N. C. Black Women's Poli-
don't intend to start now,'
responded Edwards to a
question of what action he
would take to overcome
racially discriminatory prac
tices of the past. "I will
give everyone who applies
her equal consideration ,
Firos At Vacant Dwellings
Have Appearance of Arson
tical Caucus, he outlined Edwards continued.
It should be noted that
of the six assistant district
attorneys now serving the
court, Edwards has filled
two positions with "Dick"
Chaney and Daryl Smith.
Chaney is white. Nifong will
make the third assistant that
Continued On Page 13
RALEIGH -Superior
Court Judge James H. Pou
Bailey ruled last week to
suppress two confessions
of James Barber charged
with the September 2
shooting death of Hulon
David Winters. The con
fessions "didn't make
sense", Bailey said after
denying motions of
defense attorney Jerry
Paul that Barber be
found incompetent to stand
trail, Trail is scheduled to
begin January 22.
Psychologist Dr. Brad
Fisher and Dorethea Dix
Hospital psychiatrist Dr.
Herbert Rollins testified
that Barber suffered from
a mental disorder,
paranoia schizophrenia. The
disorder is marked by hallu
cinations and feeling of per
secution. Dr. Rollisns testified that
he had examined Barber by
court order in September
and again January 4 and had
testified that after dis
cussing with Barber his
version of the events
surrounding the murder
he was convinced that
Barber suffered from
found Barber's thought pro- mental disorders, probably
cesses "disoriented", but in worse than any other ex-
January found Barber's
condition better, at least
to the extent that he could
assist attorney Paul in his
defense.
That is where the ex
perts disagreed. Dr. Fisher
testified that after examin
ation of Barber on January
8, HE CONCLUDED that
Barber was not competent
to assist in his defense.
Attorney Roger Smith
a state appointed lawyer
appointed to defend
Barber in September,
perienced during his legal
career.
Raleigh Police officer
Billy Williams testified
that he took Barber's con
fession after reading the 35
year old Tenton, N.C.
native his rights to remain
silent and to be represented
by an attorney. Bailey
ruled .that Barber did not
understand a waiver of
those rights signed by
Barber, as the judge set
aside the confession.
$1500 agreed by the
Commission to cover last
week's payroll cost of E.N.
Tool & Sons sustained
moving from the fire chared
Pettigrew St. Building did
not cover other expenses
that occured in the move.
Toole's daughter, Mrs.
Dorothy Jefferson, upset
over what she said
was inappropriate re
location sites offered het
father, moving expenses,
and denial of liability
for destroyed equipment
valued at hundreds of
thousands of dollaVs.
Winding up her some
times emotional appeal,
Mrs. Jefferson promised
to appeal the Com
mission's decision to
Washington where the
central offices of the
U.S. Department of Housing
ia uroan Development are
Recent fires at vacant
dwellings in Durham have
had the appearance of
Several fire officials con
ceded that the fires may
have been an attempt
"of a party or parties to
bring attention to
some cause.
Between January fifth
and seventh, firemen are
sure that a firebug or
firebugs got the
year off to a blazing start
with six vacant and one
occupied dwelling being
torched.
The houses had one thing
in common. Generally not
could been seen between
them, a factor making
the theory that arsonist were
trying to get attention
highly probable.
Number 605 Dowd
Street was condemned
November 28, 1979 and
was owned by Mrs. Jessie
L. Pearson. A home at
1403 Hamlin St. was
fund lacking repairs
during 1977 but, according
to city inspectors, brought
into code compliance
April 5, 1977. Its
owner is N.W. Cruikshank.
That dwelling was the only
one occupied, and the only
1007 Sawyer which was
condemned by city in
spectors June 25, 1978.
That house was owned by
the heirs of Mrs. Fanny
Jones.
The last wave of arson
that has gained the atten
tion of the Durham
community eleven years
ago following the assassin
ation of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. At that time,
fire, which had been a
traditional means of
black protest in North
America, destroyed several
businesses for several nights.
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fit to be occupied by humans, one burned twice by arson-
and except tor one, all had ists in two days.
been condemned by the
city or voluntarily closed
by owners. Except for two,
the fires were concentrated
in the East End seciton
of Durham, a neighbor
hood whose leaders have
frequently complained to
city officials about lax
inspections.
One active leader in
the East End said recently
that several residents of
the community were "tired
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neriod. and was soon to be
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705 Lee St. was vacated
by its occupants before the
fire and has been condemn
ed since then. The building's
owner is Andrew Thorpe,
the only owner who indi
cated that he was going to nigh schools in
repair the building for his November afternoons
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CAROLINA TIMES ques
tloned commissioners as to
what payment procedure
the Commission would use
to reimburse the three1
could see little progress."
Fire Captain Beck said
this week that officials have
considered that the fires
were an attempt by some
one to bring attention.
Officials cite that
condemned prior to the
fire and had been or
was in the process of
being transferred from
the ownership of W.L.
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