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Show LUKE LEA, SON TO FIGHT EXTRADITION NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 2S " Colonel Luke Lea, Nashville publisher, publish-er, and son, Luke Jr., today prepared to fight North Carolina's attempt to extradite them for punishment on charges of violating the bank laws. Jj. E. Gwinn, chief of their counsel, ssid they would resist extradition from Tennessee, and, "if necessary" would "teat through habess corpus firoceedlngs the right of North Caro-ina Caro-ina to enforce its Judgments of conviction." con-viction." The elder Lea Is under a sentence of from t to 10 years on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the now defunct de-funct Central Bank and Trust company, com-pany, Asheville, of more than $1,-000.000. $1,-000.000. Luke Lea Jr. wai given the alternative of paying 125.000 In fines snd costs or serving two to six vesrs. Requisition papers, asking Governor Gover-nor Hill McAlister of Tennessee for the Less, were in the hsnds of Solicitor So-licitor Zeb V. Nettles, who prosecuted prose-cuted them at Asheville. |