Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-02-20

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the sleep pushed out of thei
The kidnapping charge |
carry a death penalty but few
expected such punishment al
though the general public here
was almost unanimous in voiclns
its delight at the arrests and eX
pressed almost universal hope
that if guilty, the floggers not be
excused with light punishment
The ten men who were arraign
ed before U. S. Commissioner T
l.. Hon in Fayetteville last Sat
urday morning were: Early L
Brooks. A, a former police chic
at Fair Bluff who killed one mar
while holding that position; M
is year old son Bobby Brook
who has been employed in Ra
leigh and was arrested there.
Horace Strickland, 3s. on
time a policeman in Tabor City
Ross Enzor, 43, L. c. Worley. %
Pittran Foy Strickland, 20. Gee
rye Miller. 10; Sherwood Miller
26: and Steve Edmond, &c.
All men arranged bond 0
$4,000 each pending a hearin'
February 26.
T The men were specif!cal!'
charged with case that ha
been known for some time bu
purposely withheld from the pus
lie because of the possibility tha
il might hamper the investigs
ton. The men are accused in tn
case of Dorothy billiard Martin
between 25 and 80 years of aet
and Bnr Granger, who is b.
tween 35 and 40 years of age.
The roundup was conducte
under the supervision Of Spec!s
Agent in Charge William A. Mul
phv of the Charlotte Division G
the F BI.
The Martin woman and Grains
err were flogged on the night c
October 6. Facts in the case ha
been guarded secret Will
agents of the FBI worked t
solve the flogging.
It was reported that the flol
gers made Granger remove hi
clothes and that they beat hir
until his bowels moved.
The two victims were seized z
the same hour on the night {
October 6 while they were in tn
home of Mrs. Martins gram
mother, Mrs. Mamie billiard, nes
Fair Bluff.
The warrants charged that tn
man and woman were taken
cross the South Carolina line an
flogged at a point near Cause
lin Horny County.
It was reported that the pal
were accused of not going t
church and possibly immoralit,
No word of the impendin
breakdown had leaked during tn
past week, although it was bt
lieved by many that somethin
was about to happen. Suddenly
the IS FBI agents descended o.
the county and whisked the a,
legged floggers to Fayetteville.
AS they marched, handcuffed
between at least two agents
each of the accused was paradet
in to the chambers of Commits
sioner Hon and advised of thu
charges against him.
Under the Lindbergh law, the
abduction of a person is a serious
offense and kidnapping, which is
followed by violence, is a capita
offense.
The 10 men. some of them un
shaven and dressed in overalls
or work pants, looked crestfaller
and none appeared to recognize
any of their acquaintance. AID
parently, they suspected that
something was going to happen
but were not prepared for the
sudden swoop.
The first announcement of this
breakdown came from j. Edgar
Hoover, Chief of the FBI, from
Washington. It was understood
that when he sent federal agent:
here to crack the case that he in
fromed them to find the Grimm
ais and bring them to court re
gardless of how tedious the jot
was.
National radio networks, biz
time newspapers and magazine!
were filled with reports of the ar
rests over the weekend and ever!
where that two people met IL
Columbus county, the main topi'
was the breakdown.