The two men [William Fiveash and Ernest Whiddon] were charged with beating Arthur Scott in violation of his constitutional rights on August 3, 1955, two days before Scott testified against Wesley H. Fiveash in a larceny after trust trial in Turner…
From Mayor Charles B. Perry,
"I was very proud of our city. For the most part, our people literally ignored the klansmen on the streets and at the Tabernacle. Those who were along the parade route I believe were there out of curiosity. Most had…