Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-03-12

this L mnaDe @ in the court
C' G "nrn activity was the trial of Horny
'"uiN sheriff John Henry eight OF his dcn,.io On t
Oh "O'S'rs three Negro and white prisoner 1 80
latest fireworks in the rap''y moving trial rc rr,d ,,
court adjourned late Tuesday afternoon FIooor nT,i
news 'Eraphyr attempted picture - Dcputy Har
oNine '' farreson chased photographer DOWN the strt
,I D'PIE Chalmers Small had repeatedly cursed Bob
"M'' w'cl ne attempted pictures and S,r,m ,,IJ
ne 'ld burst the head B1, Crawford did
the only one appearing Tuesday " N'' ''''"Se
f1',Ins tn II witnesses Monday a took the Stand on
cSa c tell frightening story of alleged brutality anaint
Ono "nf2lok and Leonard 'S 's'''S'
anne Mae Patrick wife plaintiff Clio said on the night
and ;id % % Jesse wilson Negro. house and
inc deputies The saw him bc yos l.na ~; 10
yard ami bloody hurt She said C, we" SnS IN the
had beaten him. '' N''' S'" inc deputies
c am BENJAMIN Veeen who Conway Jail when
"" was Drought in testified twice ne saw ,C ,I.
Patrick from the each time when he S take
~ u oadiy Snd bleeding the mouth He said Deputy ar
~ @tI no back to the cell.
MN witness Tuesday Leonard Ford whose case is
I'D with flo te Officers are being tried closely tied
le' having been in fracas Deputy J. D Stanley on
to ~ piI, - 'he WIN ms mother Sunday decided
,S up he found Dorsey Patrick and cot in the car
W nm and they started Conway to smrendcr az the
Dorsey sisnaIcd them to STOP S OF erlii deputies and
ana d with the deputies deputies then came 70 tb
and as soon he had Leonard Ford nc Of t d
pu arc yo" the black SOf-A-B--,ye are ookins for
ana immediately began o him iS ''
roll identified Hendricks Booth Harrelson and Small 80
VINO ecat and kicked him. said he was then
thrown IN the deputies hands handffcd F ind ~ men
t S oIaCkacks until he lost consciousness He said the
@ ne remembered being dragged feet-,rst into the
conway !a Other testified to the r1gg % .s
mead was allowed to bounce floor ana STEPS as he
was dragged in. N ''ePS DIS ne
Ford said there five deputies IN the en- whom b ,,
he said when he Jail on bond the fo,oina
~ III went 10 doctor who advised 90 to the Vet
Grams Hospital in Fayetteville treatment He went 70
inc hospital and there two weeks Fora is . -,
"Ofta War II and was honoraUIy DISCHARGED "' u
Bessie Ford, mother OF Leonard testified ,r., oc,io,
10 hcr mouse Sunday CARRYING Nr'ie
where was She said she did nt Eu ana asked
O'' wen on TO church She later osod
3" ." C""ay and give himself up which he agreed 70 do -
and tod h or , 5me TO 60 to CONWAY Dorsey returned
anu '' ct Oh me deputies beating Someone
|" carry her to Conway see her SON cTo SaI I
lace was swollen and bruised ~ i'
Lomie Ford, sister Of Leonard said do,,.,.- -
mouse Sunday morning and Leonard She sid tbo 80
t .N "leri LeonardS room she told then,
eE came on IN the house without any warrant and 49,
picture made while he service .-on the roor
ana ear !ed 1t with them She deputies had sl1otgIns
Dorsey Patrick, who he was caryin, Ford f, the
IAN when ne met deputies signaIed them tn ston
the deputies he had car who wanted ~ , py
% a 'y asked nm who was and he Ford They
@ wen 10 nv car and said this
want and they began beating him." Patrick said "
L. Saa mat Ford begged the deputies to kill him
lie idehled Deputies Booth. HarClson Smart md Small 81
Sd that Deputies Higgins Hendricks arrived ,st
in another "0 "'il'eu later
Lloyd Hemingway said he following Patrick and Ford
banJs sij III "lceIS lie said he them put Fords
oS ncnd his back and beat him. Rich srdson said h
saw ne deputies her Red Bluff and tbo ~
beating some one in the back seat, she said ' e'
DHllng the morning Dan,tv u,rroI.o.
wearing o!ue SUIT and was prominent testimony Of VT
nesses During the recess he changed and wa, S m VIII
Drown sum when court reconvcned at 300 p NJ.
sSS'I Wolf testified that she R~,ardsor ,,,o
e cp"u'S passed The highway and that
mead going up and down in the back ~ "@'
hfy Kigsn7 truy at the Jail, said Clio Patrick
D"S'' "'' L" inc jan with his clothes BLOODY
He sat he also knew Leonard and saw the dcr,io ~
@ r picture ana heard them that they going to
get toa and bring him back dead alive said he saw the
deputies 'eturn and that out of Tho car .ne
re SAID n@y dragged him int" w jail and his bumped along
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