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~	Leonidas Star.



	When the i~iterviewer c~1Ied, Star‘s door was padlocked..But he appeared soon,having~ receiired. word by the grape~vix~e system that sozme one it ~ to see him“ ‚ -„ They t old me it wa s the Sherriff“ he 1atighe~d. He c arne down the long muddy alley at a lively clip. He c1~irneshe ‘is &1e to walk aiout 20 miles each day, just to kee*~ j~ condition. He worek a broad—brimmed black11 derby-‘ha%“, a neatly pressed ~‘~e suit in two toï~es, a soiled ~thite pleated shirt and a frazz1ed~-eciged black bow tie. His coat lapels and. vest~front were ador~ied ~»h badges and emb1ems,±ne1ud.1n~ his Masonic pins, a Friendship Medal, hi~ ~epub1i— Can button and. a silve r crucifix. The Catholic churcb,accordin~ to Leè, is

the only one in Knoxville which pex~iits the black man to worship imd~r the same roof with-1~1s white brothers. ~

~‚ ~	Mai;~ of Star‘s pqenis 1~ave been pu~Lislied in the local and. state papers. He kee~ a record of deatns of all citizens, anci. has done so for sixty years
~:	~e ca11e~ t1i~ one, which récords murders end hanging, his “Dôorusday Book0 ‚

- ~ and~ ~enäoeched~ In it he c~1airn~ is an acç~ete date record c~f ~11 siic~ events of

1n~porta~ce ir~ his lifetime Ris records are neatly inscribed in a printing

form a~dvery leglbLe.Hls conversation is marked by ~rarncnatica]~ inco~ruities, but he does not speak the p~e~ro dialect