The Peaceful Mockingbird

The Peaceful Mockingbird
April 13, 1934 Providing news & opinion to the citizens of Maycomb, Alabama since 1919
A Case as Simple as Black and White
by Tiffany F.
Tom Robinson, a
black man, was accused
of raping a young
white woman, Mayella,
daughter of Bob Ewell.
Mayella claims that
Tom had come into her
house and jumped on her.
She was trying to fight
back but Tom was holding
her down. Mayella’s
Father, Bob say’s that
he heard her screaming
and saw Tom on Mayella
through a window. Bob
ran for Mr. Tate as soon
as he saw the culprit.
Tom’s side of the
story was much different;
he says that Mayella
called him over to fix
a loose door. She then
started to grab and kiss
him. Tom did not want to
hurt her, but he ended up
having to push her off of
him to get free. He then
ran out of the house as
Mr. Ewell was coming in.
Tom’s defendant
Atticus
Finch claims that
Mayella tempted
a black man. “She
knew full well the
enormity of her
offence, but because
her desires
were stronger
that the code
she was breaking,
she persisted in
breaking it,” Atticus
Finch said.
“She kissed a
black man. Not an
old Uncle, but a strong
young black man. No code
mattered to her before
she broke it, but it came
crashing down on her
afterwards” Finch said.
Atticus Finch fought
hard to save the life
of Tom Robinson. The
jury has never sided
with a black man over
a whiteman before.
House Catches Fire After Snowfall
Snowfall had come to
a stop in mid-afternoon
but, the temperature
had dropped
immensely by nightfall.
The city of Maycomb
was undergoing a
rare occasion of snow
and doesn’t really
know how to handle it.
A fire erupted at the
Miss. Maudie’s house.
Most of the town folks
were out helping contain
the fire. The air
was filled with smoke.
The Maycomb fire department
was rushing
as fast as they could.
The cold weather killed
the truck’s engine, so
men were pushing the
truck up to the fire.
Men were trying to
help save as much of
Miss Maudie’s per-
Picture- Atticus Finch (left) and Tom Robinson (right) sitting
at the court trial listening to the accuser’s speech.
There was little hope
for Tom but many people
thought today would
be the day it changed.
An hour had passed
with the jury box still
empty. “This court will
come to order,” Mr.
Tate said. Tate brings
Robinson back into the
court room and places
him back at his table. As
the jury returns they do
not lay an eye on Tom.
By: Shelby D.
sonal belongings as
they could. As the
house was collapsing,
people rushed out of
the house to safety.
Dick Avery got caught
upstairs because the
stairs gave way. Avery
attempted to climb
out a near window.
Mr. Avery wedged
through the window
very tightly and fell
The court room was still
as Judge Taylor read
off the results for the
jury’s poll; guilty, guilty,
guilty, guilty, guilty. Tom
Robinson was charged
for rape, as a capital offence.
He was sentenced
to the death penalty.
onto shrubbery on the
ground. Avery will be in
bed for about a week
resting from his fall.
The Abbottsville fire
truck rushed to help
with the fire. They
pumped water on Atticus
Finch’s house
to prevent the fire
spreading to their
home. “Another fire
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April 13, 1934 Page 2
House Catches fire “Always wanted a
After Snowfall Continued:
smaller house, Jem
truck ap-
Finch. Gives me more
peared and stopped in yard. Just think, I’ll
front of Miss Stephanie
have more room for
Crawford’s. There my azaleas now!” said
was no hydrant for Maudie. Maudie seems
another hose, and the to show not much sadness
men tried to soak her
of her house
house with hand extinguishers.”
burning down. Evidence
Miss Maud-
shows that a fire was
ie’s tin roof quelled lit during the night
with flames. It was for her potted plants.
around dawn when
men began to leave.
Letters to the Editor
Miss Maudie’s house burning.
By: Peter V.
Dear Editor,
Thanks for helping everyone
in this town, you’ve
done so much for our
father and the blacks, we
really appreciated it when
you had our father’s back
and just sat their as if
you were sleeping. But if
something were to happen
to our papa, you would
have been there to save
my pa. But right when you
said “You’re damn tootin’
they wont. Had you covered
up all this time” that
kind of scared me, it was
just something I wasn’t
expecting.
And let’s not forget your
stories; I’ve heard many of
them, because my pa reads
the newspaper to me about
every night. I was just
amazed how you covered
up the story about the fire
in Miss Maudie’s house.
Some people think you’re
actually crazy, because
of how you live in “The
Maycomb Tribune” but I
just think that because you
ain’t got no home. Do you
have a home Mr. Underwood?
Now I appreciate you
reading this, hopefully you
can write back to me about
yourself.
Sincerely,
Scout
Masthead
The Peaceful Mockingbird
275 Blue Jay Dr.
Maycomb, AL
Produced for Ms Hogue’s CyberEnglish class, Sheboygan
Falls High School, Sheboygan Falls, WI 53085
Editor: Peter V.
Reporter: Tiffany F.
Reporter: Shelby D.