The name of Mae Mallory has become a symbol of the struggle 3 against Jin Crow ' justicet as a result of the 24 yoaf fight to provent her from boing extradited from Ohio to Monroe, North Carolina, to face a framo up kidnap charge. In practice; her only crime was to go to lfionroe in the August of 1961 as a headquarters helper for the frocdom riders. She was finally axtradited in January of this year and it was only the enormous publicity campaign which onabled hor to complete the trip back to Monroo in physical safoty.
Sone idoa of tho hysteria whipped up by the racists can be gained from tho treatment meted out to the Monroo Defence Committce which moved to Monroe aftor tho extradition. The Monroe Telephone Company refused to install a telephone for the Committoe without a: $500 cash deposit, despite a 2} yoaws record in Cloveland of paying telephone bills promptly and in full. ven unimpeachable references wore given but to no avail, Tho only accomodation which could be found was a broken down shack ond when bail was sot, prior to the trial, no bondsman could be found who would sell the bond (this is normal procedure in the U.S.) and the monoy had to raised in cash. ($10,000).
On Fobruary 27th, the jury took a more 33 minutes to come back with a verdict of guilty against 111 the four defendants, The noxt day the Judge sentenced thom: Mrs Mae Mallory to 16 to 20 years; Richard Crowder to 7 to 103; Harold Reapo to 5 to 73 and John Lowry 3 to 5 yoarse The defendants have appealed and the following appearance bonds sots Mrs. Mallory — $15,000; Crowder — $10,000; Reape — $7,500; Lowry — $5,000. Such is 'justicet in theland of tho froce