Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-07-10

corning the South Carolina Law
Enforcement Division between
the Dillon county Grand jury
and the Horny County Grant
Jury.
In Horny county where the
ShCriCf's department is unGcI
federal investigation, SLED az
rntS entered the county and run-
Quoted some kind CT invcstigl-
.tlun in the presence of the ShCr 70
if. In Dillon county, where n
'othCr subject was under invcs.. -
CATION. they Jailed To even nou-
" the sheriff.
The Dillon county episode in
yulVCd 4 situation in wh.cn
SLED sought To gather cvidrUy,
against Lloyd Page ON some klni
.oi bribery charge. Page dcnicL
the charges of SLED and IL,
Grand Jury did no; indict hi
On the other haLa. the DI'-
Ion Grand Jury sert a proic>!
letter to Governor George Bell
Zimmerman asking him To re
primand the SLED officers for
the manner In which thcN
conducted the investigation.
They specifically asked ~
Governor 10 take aDpropr,
.r'lon also against the Charl,lt.
Nh>"rN sl'> reporter who accom-
panied SLED durime the Gu.
"- On. Page and apparently lei
.un man M Ter investigation O.
believe that he was an Office.
The newspaper rep liter I'm ou..-
.ou is H.ks May. Il close fries.
SLED Agon. Dan Bcckmar wi.
conducted the Horry invcs,i-a
't,on. But the agents would no.
name him yvcn unGer oath bs-
fore tho Grand jury.
May. who has said he did 80.
.e..gNs the Horny county sn,.-
IFS department was guilty
white wHisk"y conspiracy or Co.
.-.uu between lie shcr..
..nr.c and .h' jukc COX compar..
accompanied Bcckman and .'
.',r a-nut while Page waS b.
.- Questioned in Dillon count.
. .rt Count; Grand J,i.
..r."'.v took the word c.
I'D agents in preference To-
r"sr evidence presented to ,n,
u the recent sosSl,u in wn..
"' shrr.it'S department inves'. -
alton was considered. That 81.
Ion resulted in a clean bill. o..
.raI'h for the sheIiff's TO-
SLED Agent Beckman appcarvu
before the Horny Grand Jur.
both in March and N June.
The full text OF the Dill y.
county Grand Jury letter TO H.
governor follows:
Honorable George Bell TIM
herman. Governor of the State
If South Carolina.
nlumbia. South Carolina
~" g members Of the Crane
- Il Dillon County wish e.
81 record protesting the man.
= n which two members o
'''' Law EnfOrC ement Di
iSion acted while carrying on
N assignment in Dillon County
hereby we belie-p that the,
'vrrStepped their authority, anf
also cast unwarTanted reflection
on the sheriff of Dillon County
md his deputies. in the follow
ing actions. A. Whereby they
carried out an investigation In
Dillon County. without consult
ing the Sheriff of this County
or any of his force. ana upon tire
solicitation Of a Citizen" whom
one Of the SLED mon. appearing
before the Grand Jury unoer
'ath. refused to name.
p. Whereby these two memb-
crs OF the SLED accompanied by
newspaper reporter for ths
Charlotte Observer took a ci'.-
zen Of Dillon County into GUS
:ody, and questioned him. in ti.s
presence Of this reporter with
his reporter taking an active
bart in the questioning.
o.. Whereby these two memb.
: nf SLED did also interrogate
Least three mcnhcrs Of the
ountv Board ~ Commissioner
The presence Of the said news
aver reporter. and led ever,
1e Of these members of the
GARD Of Commissioners to be-
~" ihat the reporter was Also
I member Of SLED. and allowed
h" reporter to take part in the
questioning.
ID. Whereby, we believe that
these two members of the SLED
aided and abetted this same
newspaper reporter IN the con-
scious OF unconscious imperson-
alton OF an Officer Of the SLED
Therefore. we the members Of
the Dillon County Grand Jury
respectfully request that the said
members Of the SLED be CEN
sured for their actions, that a
public apology should be forth
coming to the Sheriff Of this
County. and that whatever APP
propriate action that ynur Honnt