Show TRiO FREED IN WHIPPING CASE Ku Klux Investigator Guilty o Tampering With Jury LUMBERTON N C July 21 21 A verdict of not guilty on three counts of ot an Indictment on they were wre tried was returned here this afternoon after 50 minutes de- de deliberation deliberation de deliberation liberation by tho the jury In the ti lal of Jule JuIe Jul Brogden Mike Mik and Johnson Hedge The iron tren were Indicted and tried for tor 1 secret assault and assault on women as S a 0 result of the th and flogging near N c C on April 14 last of ot Mrs Marl Watson Vatson and Mrs hIre Mr Hattie Haiti Purtis Pur ts Following tho the verdict of not guilty on the th three thre minor res Solicitor T A McNeil immediately ly lyn n li the th Indictment charging Ing Ing tint first degree degre burglary on which would have carried with It the th d th penalty The three thre de- de de defendants were wera wr r released While the jury was as out In 11 the flogging case JUdge Judg Sinclair heard the th evidence against H A AT Taliaferro Il who was waa charged with tampering with states state's witnesses on three counts He H was found and sentenced to a 0 tine flue of f 50 and 30 days day In Jail on each co to tnt int to o run successively Pending a probable appeal Judge Judg Sinclair fixed bond at ot It was wa de- de developed de In the th evidence that Talin- Talin terro Talla-terro ferro Is a a special pedal investigator of the intelligence department of the Ku ClUx Klan KIan |