Men Tell Part They Played in Operation on Joe Needleman, April 13, 1925

Claims Men Tell Part in Attack on Prisoner. . . Solicitor Says Dozen Men Tell About the Part Played in Operation on Joe Needleman

Tarboro, April 13—Twelve of the 15 men arrested in connection with the forcible removal of Joseph Needleman from the Martin County jail, Solicitor Don Gilliam stated today, have signed statements as to their part in the action of the mob.

The solicitor said he did not care to say to what extent the men implicated themselves in the breaking into of the jail, or the operation on Needleman by members of the mob, but would probably reserve his statement for the grand jury.

He added that he expected the case of the men to be tried by the same special term of court called for May 4th, which will try Needleman for the alleged attack upon a young girl.

From the front page of The Concord Times, Monday, April 13, 1925

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