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BH 157352 porch of the house. The driver of this vehicle was described by witnesses as a white male, approximate age 23, 5°10" tall, weighing 170 lbs., wearing a light-colored sport shirt. The’ investigation of this case was assigned to Lt. A. H. GILCHRIST and Sgt. M. E. GILES. Police investigation, according to the newspaper article, revealed that two bottles of gasoline were thrown, one of which went off when it struck the porch and Set the porch on fire. The occupants of the house and neighbors were able to contain the fire before it damaged anything except = =m the front porch. October 19, 1957: "The Birmingham News" on October 21, 1957, carried a feature article on the front page relating the facts of a blast which badly damaged a house at 1149 ~ 12th Place North. This house was damaged by several sticks of dynamite which were tossed into the basement on the previous Saturday night. Detective E. L. PARKER while investigating this dynamiting found a full stick of dynamite unexploded in the basement. This house’was unoccupied but had been recently purchased by Mrs. CLEO PRINCE, Negro female, who had planned to move in the foliowing Thursday. Mrs. PRINCE was interviewed by the news-= paper and stated that during the previous week while she was cleaning the front yard, an unknown white male stopped by and told her they did not want any undesirable people living in the neighborhood. Mrs. PRINCE stated that other than this incident She could furnish no suspects for the bombing. November 1, 1957: “The Birmingham Post-Herald" on Saturday, November 2, 1957, contained a feature article relating the facts concerning’ a pombing which occurred the previous evening at the home of DAVID H. HOOD, JR., Bessemer, Alabama. HOOD, an attorney, was Sleeping in his livingroom at 1:30 P.M. when a bomb exploded on the terrace next to his house. HOOD stated he had a rifle in his hand while he slept, as was his custom. It should be noted that Attorney HOOD is a Negro lawyer who had previously repre- sented a group of Negroes attempting to set aside segregation laws in Bessemer, Alabama, and had been arrested by the Bessemer Police Department during the previous month of October, 1957, and charged with carrying a concealed weapon. HOOD was quoted H COVER PAGE