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Koontz, Henderson, Briggs Receive 7-Year Sentences, Sept. 9, 1922

Shopmen at Asheville Given 7-Year Sentence

By Associated Press

Asheville, N.C., Sept. 9—E.G. Koontz, E.R. Henderson and Frank Briggs, striking Southern Railway shopmen, were today each sentenced to serve seven years in the state prison at hard labor by Judge Lane in superior court, following conviction late yesterday upon charges of assault and kidnapping.

The men were found guilty of abducting Sam Harris, a non-union worker, on August 5, taking him in an automobile to a remote spot and beating him with whips.

Appeal bonds were set at $800 for each defendant. Notice of appeal to the supreme court was filed.

From the front page of the Sun-Journal, New Bern, Saturday afternoon, September 9, 1922

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