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Jury Begins Probe OfRiot In Talladegafromin Jail after the shooting on minorcharges, were rep ased Sunday. Bond for the five remaining m jail hasbeen set at $500The National Guard, called outimmediately following tnc battle, remained on duty here today. Orderwas procured Immediately upon arrival of the National Guard and hasif -seen maintained : ir.ee bv them.Great TragedyThe pages of the history of your fair county have been blackened by one of Its greatest tragedies, Judge Carr said “Two of your citizens have been killed. Numbers of others he maimed and wounded, a condition most serious in nature and most horrible to contemplate . . . . It is my solemn and sworn duty to open up the way and give oppon-w tunity to you under oath, to diligently inquire and true presentment make of all indictable offenses committed within your county. To this task I charge you to go diligently, fearlessly and impartially. Diligently in that you will spare no time, money, energy or labor in your efforts to find indictment! against each and all who have \iolated the law. if under the evidence presented to vour body you conscientiouslybelieve such action should be taken .. .f. Gentlemen, the eyes of every itizen of Talladega County, yea, the eyes of the citmns of our lair state, are upon tills grand jury. It is a tremendous challenge in the administration of justice. If the guilty should go unpunished or the innocent be punished because of lack of your iortitudc, the horror of thetragedy you are to investigate wouldi U. I V*r* / Amnen_
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Anniston Star

Anniston, Alabama, US

Mon, Jul 27, 1936

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