Sufi Abdul Hamid, who likes to be known as the “black Hitler” and who endeavored to stir up anti-Semitism among Harlem Negroes, was sentenced to ten days in the workhouse on Saturday by Magistrate Thomas Aurello after he had been found guilty of making a street corner speech without a license.
Magistrate Aurelio denounced Hamid as “an imposter and a faker.” The Negro recently was acquitted of a disorderly conduct charge arising out of his anti-Semitic activities in Harlem.
The complaint against Sun was signed by leading residents of Harlem, who said they regard his activities as “a menace to the best interests” of that section.
In 1800 D. M. Dyte, an English Jew, saved the life of King George III. by striking the arm of a lunatic with a pistol who fired pointblack at the King as he was attending the theatre.
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