Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-12-12

ght about dark.
e as the result Of a Federal
Warrant demanding the eviction
of the Graingers from the prop
erty Of Lee Joyner, of Cerro
Gordo. Joyner, it is understood,
had taken up mortgage on the
property. He is married to
Mamie Granger, daughter of
Mrs. Liza Granger, who was &C.
cupying the house.
At least three daughters of
Mrs. Granger were present when
the shooting occurred and some
of them took part in the shoot
ing. Dora Baker, formerly Dora
Granger, allegedly fired the shot
that felled the U. S. Marshal. She
was arrested Tuesday night and
charged with the shooting, &C.
cording to reliable reports.
The complete story, as told by
those who were present at the
time of the affair, has it that
about five o'clock Tuesday U. S.
Marshal Poulnot stopped at the
Inman Funeral home here and
asked that an ambulance 60 to
the Granger home and carry
Mrs. Liza Granger to the hos.
pital. The old lady is suffering
from cancer and is 80 years old.
Ralph Inman, proprietor of the
funeral home, and Lacy Thomp.
son, Columbus county coroner,
took the ambulance and followed
the marshal to the Granger
homestead.
Upon arrival at the home,
about six miles from Tabor City,
three other marshals joined the
ambulance and Marshal Poulnot.
AS the ambulance started to back
up to the door of the home, Mrs.
Tina Floyd, daughter of Mrs.
Granger, drove up =. pickup
truck and told Inman that if he
carried her mother to the hos.
pital she would kill him. Inman
at that point made no further
move to load Mrs. Granger but
sat back down with Thompson
! in the ambulance.
Meantime, a marshal at Mrs.
Grainger's bedside was confront
ed with a knife, allegedly held
by Mrs. Floyd. She repeatedly
held the knife to the marshaPs
throat and told him not to move
or she would cut his head off.
Marshal Poulnot then started in
the house, and as he did, shot
hit him squarely in the chest,
puncturing his lungs. The shot
was believed to have been fired
by Mrs. Dora Baker. Poulnot at
tempted to shoot Mrs. Baker at
this stage but after one shot
missed, his gun damned and he
tossed it away before collapsing
on the porch. Two more marshals
then joined in the shooting as
shots rang out from the house
and the yard. Twelve bullets hit
the house and a total of Is shots
were fired. In the melee, Homer
Granger was shot through the
chest. in the identical spot that
Poulnot was shot.
The ambulance with Inman and
Thompson inside, at this point
left the house because bullets
were flying fast and thick, About
five miles down the road, the
ambulance was overtaken by the
four marshals who were carrying
the wounded Poulnot with them.
He was placed in the ambulance
and carried to the Mullins hospi-
tai. He was still alive today but
in q serious condition. doctors
there stated that he was "hold-
ing his own"
Granger was carried to the
Loris community hospital and
was reported as resting fairly
we'll this morning. His condition
was officially released as fair"
! Futher reports say that Homer
Granger had been forbidden to
visit the home and that he is
being charged with contempt of
court and trespassing.
papers evicting the Grazing.
ers had been served by the mar
sails on Monday and the Tuesday
trip was made to transport the
sick Mrs. Granger to the hospi-
tai. However, she was not moved
when the shooting occurred but
FBI agents said later Tuesday
night that she would be moved
today and that the property
would be evacuated as authoriz'
ed by the court order.
Poulnot had been in this area
for several days and had stopped
at the local police station last
week. All the marshals were
from tho Charleston area.