Raleigh, March 30—Furney W. Sparrow Jr., age 21 of Kinston, Johny Gurkin, age 25, and John A. Griffin, age 20, both of Martin county, have been arrested by warrants issued at Williamston today by Solicitor Don W. Gilliam charging them with participating in the operation performed on Joseph H. Needleman, tobacco salesman, according toa telephone message received here tonight from Sheriff H.T. Robeson of Martin county.
The arrests followed an investigation made by Solicitor Gilliam, who went to Williamston immediately on learning of the crime, said Sheriff Robeson, and are based on a statement alleged to have been made by Needleman in the presence of three physicians, among whom was Dr. David H. Tayloe. The three men are being held in the county jail at Greenville, N.C., pending the outcome of Needleman’s injuries.
Sheriff Robeson stated that Needleman told him that only 10 men were in the party that carried him from the jail to the woods and performed the operation, and that he recognized the three men who have been arrested as being members of the party.
Furney W. Sparrow Jr., according to Sheriff Robeson, was married late Sunday afternoon to the young woman whom it was alleged that Needleman had attacked. In his statement to the Sheriff and the three physicians, Needleman is said to have named Sparrow as the leader of the gang.
From the front page the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, March 31,1925
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