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that he ready to surrender and that carloads
of deputies came and got him. beating him to the
ground after having first handcuffed him.
Ford was charged with robbery, for allegedly u
having taken the deputy's gun and blackjack away
from him. and with assault with intent to kill. He was
sentenced to two years at the March term of court
Patrick, in whose place of business the fight oc
Cured between Ford and Stanley, repeatedly was
seeverely beaten the same night by "A number of depu
tiles when he could not direct them to where Ford
was hiding. Patrick repeatedly hospitalized fol
two months following the thrashing. Patrick has in
Dictated that the deputies told him if he tod
about the thrashing they would come back and kill
him.
Twenty witnesses under federal subpoena to
appear at the Grand Jury hearing, including Patrick
and Ford. Ford taken from the Horny changing
EAST Friday and moved to the Sumter Jail awaiting his
appearance before the Grand Jury. Jack Byrd, FBI
agent testified for than hour Byrd assigned
to the Florence district and has Investigated this and
other for some time.
The Patrick and Ford cases were called to the
attention of the District Attorneys office by white
citizens and there is known connection with the
cases and any Negro organization. Both Ford and
Patrick had shown reluctance to testify and expressed
fear of retaliation They appeared today only after
federal officers served that forced their APP
pearance.
Action by the Grand Jury today marked this
newspapers first real answer to Sheriff Henry's
public statement three months ago challenging
the editor to put up shut up"
1t was also the initial legal move toward opening
the eyes of Solicitor Reuben Long who issued his only
public statement in 1S years during March in which
he said that during his long term solicitor he had
found all the law enforcement in the county outsand-
he' ne Salu nave pald tribute time after time to
Jurors about the fine law enforcement that we have
in the 18th judicial circuit which includes the state
county and municipal authorities He said further
Il have served with three Horny county sheriffs in
Guiding W. E. Sessions, c. E. Sasser John T. Henry
and all three of these sherffs and all their deputies
gave me full cooperation"
The solicitor and the sheriff also branded the
otores of misconduct released by this newspaper as
false rumors' and today's Grand Jury action was
the first step toward blasting that unstudied and
irresponsible response to this newspapers charges
Solicitor Longs same statement in March said that
rumors being circulated would fully investigated and
tnose VINO should be prosecuted will be brought
Inc Gand Jury action here those who
should be prosecuted being brought
through effort Of solicitor Aft evidence presented
mere today resulted from efforts Investigators
In response to Sheriff enrys put up or shut up
printed IN this newspaper March pointed that
FEDERAL indictments usually take to months after
ne actS are in before they presented Jury
Inc indictments today bear that
indictments by the Grand Jury legal ndi,atior
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