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Five Gi• i -’.Iend ants were found w.Uy on both counts ofp indictment in the Eliza1. .. - -.'V.ction case. Two oth-guilty on oneers vcour.3^or.ficersa-yCO*Grainger and two sis-rina Grainger Floyd vrrorha Grainger Bak-•on vie ted after trial of :o prevent Federal of-evicting Mrs Grainger, bedridden widow • :lt;e in the Carolina sec-ry County. The second rged wilful assault on a shal and three deputies, and use of weapons.»r, Geneva Grainger Arnette, sister, and Mrs. Stacia »r:.:nger. Homer Grainger’sGrainger and two of his sisters uere convicted on a count involving chafes of assaulting the officer Each was fined $100. in addition. Grainger drew a two and one-halt year sentence. Tina Granger Floyd was given a two-year sentence by Federal Judge George Bell Timmerman and her sister. Dorretha Grainger Baker drew a three and one half yearsente nee.Another sister, Mrs. Geneva Grainger Amette. and Mrs. Stacia Dyson Grainger Homer’s wife drew suspended terms of 15 and 18 months, respectively. Each was fined 100 and placed on five-year probation They were convicted on the consipracy count only.wife. • re convicted on the conspiracy :ount only.l. S District Judge George Bell Tirr.rr.erman set sentencing for 10 3. x. Thursday. He rejected the pies rl State Sen. J. Ralph Gasque :: Marion, defense counsel, to war: tr-ee or four days.The Federal officers began efforts .as: Oct. 20 to carry out the eviction order signed by Judge ; Waties Waring (now retired).x onother of the Graingers met them and refused to get out, the :r.iictment and testimony charged. Finally, on Dec. 11, Alfred J. Plowden Jr. of Summerton, I*. S. deputy marshal for the Eastern District of the State, took three deputies, Hal H. Harbin, Hay A. Gaddy and Julian M. Poulr.'t. determined to take Mrs^ Grainger to a hospital and clear out the others. Plowden hired an ambulance from Ralph Inman, Tabor City, N. C. funeral director, but didn't uccessd in his plans.When the rattle of gunfire was over. Homer Grainger and Deputy Foulnot of Charleston lay wounded. The officers, followed as the ambulance in which Inman and has companion Layc Thompson of Chadbourn, N. C., sped from the dangerous scene. Poulnot was taken ir. it to Mullins Hospital.The property had been subject to a civil suit earlier, brought by still another daughter, Mrs. Mamie Grainger Joyner, and her husband, J. Le- Joyner of Cerro Gordo, N. C. In the case, the Joyners were declared- owners.A family despute centered overargument by the Graingers that was not on the land on question.Judge Timmerman ruled that, since ..o appeal had been made from the civil decision, that casewas closed and facts sot up therein co .id not be brought up ..in thistrial.The Graingers denied that they had us*d weapons on Plowden and his deputies.A bullet, which the Government sa:*:i was taken from Poulnot’s °°d' w *s exhibited at the triaL It was declared a .32 caliber slug. The officers said they carried only 38s.(f th.; Graingers and their kin, °nly Charlie Amette, apparently, *ook seriously the eviction order.hid departed and was not involved further.The aged woman herself, was the first defense witness Tuesday. she vv, wheeled into the court-r brief testimony. The de-taihanTs A Baker, Horry County surveyor, who drew a plat of the land, all took the • stand Questioning. The marshals did***ise; as did Dr. J. T. Cain ofLacy Thompson Clerk
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Tabor City Tribune
Tabor City, North Carolina, US
Wed, May 07, 1952
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