Let the Harnett county outrage be entered on the records: Talmadge Sloan, 16-year-old boy, was taken from an automobile by three men, Marek, Riley and Mack Moore and beaten with a stick by all of them. The men accused the boy of stealing five gallons of liquor. Later the sheriff arrested the men and found a still on their place. One of them was already drunk. They carry police records of considerable importance. One of them dressed in the garb of a Klansman several years ago and invaded a man’s home. They are admitted desperate characters.
That is the record of the recent Harnett affair. Men of bad character, known to authorities, go unwatched. They vent their rage on children. It happened to a child. A woman might as easily have crossed their path. But they will be dealt with by the law. They will be punished a little and set free again. Ere long they may roam their world again and rule by brute force and deviltry.
From editorial page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Aug. 1, 1925
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