Harlem in Disorder: A Spatial History of How Racial Violence Changed in 1935Main MenuREAD ME: Help Navigating This BookIntroductionOn the StreetsIn the CourtsUnder InvestigationThe Mayor's Commission on Conditions in HarlemOver TimeEventsSourcesStephen Robertsona1bf8804093bc01e94a0485d9f3510bb8508e3bfStanford University Press
In Harlem court on March 28 (2)
12023-04-06T16:25:50+00:00Anonymous16plain2023-10-23T21:29:30+00:00AnonymousThe New York Amsterdam Newspublished a brief story about Viola Woods' return to the Harlem Magistrates court, under the headline, "Freed on Riot Charge." The story noted that her discharge was due to "lack of evidence." Such an explanation of a decision by a magistrate to release an individual arrested during the disorder was not part of stories about other cases. Woods was also mentioned in a New York Times story that covered legal proceedings involving individuals arrested in the disorder in the grand jury, the Court of General Sessions, and the Harlem court. The story noted her discharge on a charge of disorderly conduct without any explanation. It made no mention of Louis Tonick's case being continued or William Cobb's case being continued in the Washington Heights court.