Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-05-15
AN EDITORIAL
Conspiracy Investigation

Any time that story is as hot as that of tho
Horny white whiskey conspiracy for several weeks
ana then coos OFF, there tendency the part of
~ public to think all is not going ell - that the
campaign has met with disaster Such has been the
attitude of folks since the postponement of the
federal grand jury hearing charges of
Py members of the Horny sheriffs department
III we want TO reatfirm our position in this matter.
~ we Know without shadow of a doubt that federal
agents are working diligently the case dav bv Cav
i've know that they have enough evidence to indct
fnumber of persons both in and out of office ut any
III me. We Know that the federal government never
'lgoes OF half cooked. They strive for perfection ia
investigations and in proceeding and their record
sOf convictions is unrivaed.
81 Since the time the first article on thi.
subject we have known that we right. We know
new that some members of the sherffs force have
tattNeN conSplred in the white whiskey traffic H.
H0rry County, and we dead certain that time
MI prove the point If this cannot be proven wh
~ overwhelming evidence available, there will be no
Justice IN this country of ours
There are dozens of cases readily available IT,.
proper authorities in which hearings have been held
months alter incidents occurred There are other c;ls
III which apparent serious crimes were perpct.ated
mat never got to court There other in which
magistrates tried far serious for such oyy.
couTS Ihere Is case after case of injustice and the
public generally is aware OF this situation.
-. mere nave been those careless remarks dropped
DN persons interested III this campaign indicating that
they believed we had been paid to drop the crusade
OF that we were paid to start We want 10 set t.y
record STRAIGHT both rcorcS. There has not be-
enough money mad, vet to nave paid u To- start l.
or to have pan" us to stop L.. y started It Iec.,u-
the people are being uniuStIy squeezed, ANA we vi.
never stop WRITING about it until law order and INST
prevail.
q 1t may be dilcut for some folks to believe. b,.
TINS crusade hc .Ac others have been involve,
III since launching ont III the newspaper business
II years ago, begun strictly from public service
standpoint. NO crusade We have been il Vs.
financially profitable. in every sucn . cain
1'aign is costly and this sleriis conspiracy caupa.i
has been OF Ft'a,rr COS. lis than o. those al
the past.
Our payment for working hard and long on ii.
crusade like this Is eventual p. owl the
lint. Our payment comes solely in satisfaction ini
having been of some service to mankind. And whether
the public believes It OF not, that's the truth
We have from necessity been rather quiet on TIC.
subject in recent weeks We have been quiet solel.|
periodically turn leads to investigators ard
least new lead hasn't been turned over to proper.
cSfce with good information and relay it on FROM
do not know.
w e DO nave their assurance that evidence aVailabe
on several persons is adequate to seek indictments
realities.
OF the witnesses in the We believe they have
sought legal council already.
4 he guilty know they guilty and the delay is
as nerve wracking on them anyone else And
the public, although impatient, is aware thar
ever before that Irregularities exist in variety
hEh places. You have assurance that in the END
right will win. And what have said is right Plus
a lot that haven't said