SCOPES & TRIAL ATTORNEYS LEAVING DAYTON TO GO ON STUMP
Dayton, Tennessee (JFK+50) On July 22, 1925, Associated Press reports that the Rhea County Court House here in Dayton has been left with "a score or more of...tables and benches" used by reporters during the recent Scopes anti-evolution trial. Apparently, these items will be left for county officials to ponder their fate.
As to the town of Dayton, it is in the process of "getting back to normalcy." Attorneys for both prosecution and defense have either left or are soon to do so.
Clarence Darrow will be traveling north to Knoxville tomorrow to make a speech while Willliam Jennings Bryan plans to be in Winchester on Saturday to make a couple of speeches.
John T. Scopes, the biology teacher found guilty of violating the Tennessee State anti-evolution law, will probably be going on a lecture tour.
JFK+50 NOTE
John T. Scopes attempted to avoid publicity after the trial ended. He earned a Masters degree in geology at the University of Chicago & moved back to his childhood home in Kentucky. Scopes worked as an oil expert until his death in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1970.
SOURCE
"Dayton Is Getting Back To Normalcy," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., July 22, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
