Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-08-05 | Page 5 | Flogger Given Prison Term

FLOE R PRISON 1 Eight to Ten en Years fears Sell Sen Sentence tence c for Youth ONEONTA Ala Aug Au S. S By By The Press A A prison sentence of eight to ten un years was meted out T to Eugene Doss Dc first of seven men men mento to be tried In the Blount I county circuit court on charges chartes of or flogging loggIng Jeff Caloway Cloay Oneonta farm youth several weeks ago go Doss was found guilty of after the Jury had deliberated 13 ld hours Immediately after the verdict was read Judge O. O A. A Stele St-ele pro pro- pronounced pronounced pronounced sentence on Doss Pass This trial strikes at the very root of the constitution of the the- United States Judge Steele said when a aman aman aman man takes upon himself enforcement of or man-made man laws s without recourse r cours to constituted authority he commits a crime of an an appeal 1 to the supreme court was given and Doss was re released re- re released released leased on cn bond of Within a a few minutes after the sentencing of Doss selection of a Jury to try L Clayton the second of the seven indicted men was begun The Jury jUr was wa not expected expect d to be b completed ed before this morning when the taking of testimony te will be started Doss according to testimony of or John Hughes and Oliver Tidwell state witnesses was a member of the group of men that went to the Tar- Tar Tarrant Tarrant Tarrant rant City klavern ern of of he the Ku Klux Kl x Klan donned klan robes and hoods and flogged Calloway Galloway Both Hughes and Tidwell admitted they also were I members of the whipping party