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Box 19, Folder 6, Document 77
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September 19, 1966
Mayor Ivan Allen
City Hall
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Dear Mayor Allen:
After reading the article in the Atlanta Journal on
Tuesday, September 13 concerning the policeman who was shot
in the disturbance on Boulevard while attempting to help the
two colored boys who had been wounded, I would appreciate the
answer to a few questions that confront us all.
Why was it seven days after the disturbance before the
public was given the details of what happened to the officer?
I am one hundred per cent for the reward of $10,000
that has been offered for the apprehension of the ones guilty
of the murder of the young colored boy. This is just and is
as it should be. This was one of the worst crimes ever committed
in our city. But why was there not a reward offered for the
capture of the person or persons who wounded the policeman, and
why was there no reward for the ones who injured the newspaper
reporter, or the soldier who was critically hurt by a flying
brick while traveling down Ponce de Leon on his way home on
furlow?
My father Henry A. Ward owned a small store at 208 Georgia
Avenue directly across from Cheney Stadium. A few years ago he
was murdered in cold blood at high noon on a clear sunny day while
trying to earn an honest, meager, living. He was bludgeoned over
the head by a robber in his store and the murderer was never even
close to being apprehended.
My question is this: Why was there no reward for this
awful crime? If a reward had been offered maybe a few tongues
in that neighborhood would have been loosened. My family never
received even a letter of regret from the President of the United
States, the Mayor's Office or any word on the lack of progress
from Chief Jenkins' office. This does not seem consistent with
the way other families have been treated in our city, or did my
family just happen not to belong to a minority group?
Mayor Ivan Allen
September 19, 1966
Page 2
I want to say Mr. Mayor that I admire your courage in
dealing with the riots that have hit our city in recent weeks.
Every law-abiding citizen in our city should thank you for
standing for what we all believe and trust as the democratic
way of life.
In closing, I would only say that as far as protection
by the law is concerned it seems to me that we definitely lean
toward a double standard. I hope this is not true in the majority
of cases but has happened only in my experience. My sincere
thanks for your time.
Sincerely,
Rohod Wane
Robert Ward
318 Lindbergh Drive, N. E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30305
cC: Chief Herbert T. Jenkins
Mayor Ivan Allen
City Hall
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Dear Mayor Allen:
After reading the article in the Atlanta Journal on
Tuesday, September 13 concerning the policeman who was shot
in the disturbance on Boulevard while attempting to help the
two colored boys who had been wounded, I would appreciate the
answer to a few questions that confront us all.
Why was it seven days after the disturbance before the
public was given the details of what happened to the officer?
I am one hundred per cent for the reward of $10,000
that has been offered for the apprehension of the ones guilty
of the murder of the young colored boy. This is just and is
as it should be. This was one of the worst crimes ever committed
in our city. But why was there not a reward offered for the
capture of the person or persons who wounded the policeman, and
why was there no reward for the ones who injured the newspaper
reporter, or the soldier who was critically hurt by a flying
brick while traveling down Ponce de Leon on his way home on
furlow?
My father Henry A. Ward owned a small store at 208 Georgia
Avenue directly across from Cheney Stadium. A few years ago he
was murdered in cold blood at high noon on a clear sunny day while
trying to earn an honest, meager, living. He was bludgeoned over
the head by a robber in his store and the murderer was never even
close to being apprehended.
My question is this: Why was there no reward for this
awful crime? If a reward had been offered maybe a few tongues
in that neighborhood would have been loosened. My family never
received even a letter of regret from the President of the United
States, the Mayor's Office or any word on the lack of progress
from Chief Jenkins' office. This does not seem consistent with
the way other families have been treated in our city, or did my
family just happen not to belong to a minority group?
Mayor Ivan Allen
September 19, 1966
Page 2
I want to say Mr. Mayor that I admire your courage in
dealing with the riots that have hit our city in recent weeks.
Every law-abiding citizen in our city should thank you for
standing for what we all believe and trust as the democratic
way of life.
In closing, I would only say that as far as protection
by the law is concerned it seems to me that we definitely lean
toward a double standard. I hope this is not true in the majority
of cases but has happened only in my experience. My sincere
thanks for your time.
Sincerely,
Rohod Wane
Robert Ward
318 Lindbergh Drive, N. E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30305
cC: Chief Herbert T. Jenkins
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