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* Beckwith is afraid he would be “railroaded,” Bean said. “He (Beckwith) has made some very inflamma- tory racial remarks,” Bean said, “] think it would be hard for a black juror to disregard Some of the things he's said.” for a third time in December Saying the ? had new: poem ; - evidence: He wa: indicted by-a Hinds €ounty, Miss., ° _ - Srand jury-and arrested On a fugitive warrant and ments before Signing a governor's warrant, which is necessary if extradition is contested, Bean argued that for Beckwith to have been ar- rested on a fugitive Warrant he would have to have been fleeing to avoid prosecution. “The crime was Committed in‘ 1963,” Bean said. “If we can get a hearing, I intend to subpoena the “Byron De La Beckwith went to trial twice and was governor and two of his assistants to question them not Convicted. He ran for election as lieutenant 80v- about these things,” Bean said. ernor of Mississippi in 1967. The char €S against him Bean Charged that there was a “secret”? agree- were dropped in 1969, In no way has this man fled to ment between officials in Tennessee and Mississippi avoid prosecution.” to “rush” the Proceedings because of Pressure from However, Kathy Principe, assistant state attor- civil rights Organizations that want to see Beckwith the lew kwith eee vavithin the meaning of Prosecuted. e law” with is a fugitive. She Said issuance of “I think he (McWherter w in a fugitive warrant is Proper anytime 4 Suspect is Pressure in this ose Bean eid nee Ke has ove arrested in a mitted” than the one in which the dence that members of the Southens Christian Lead- crime is commit ; tj Bean said he wants a hearing in Hamilton County oa the eenece petitioned McWherter *0 cooper- SO that he can Present evidence that McWherter did « : not sufficiently review the case before signing the W854 hot potato and there were some in- governor's warrant. “Ha -said- the ‘Paperwork was here,” pono get this case and get this man Out of Sent from Mississi i on Dec. 21 and was signed b ye . McWherter on Dee 30, a Sunday when few state Principe acknowledged that McWherter signed employees were at work. the warrant on Sunday, but noted that is not illegal. “It takes 30 to 60 days for a Proper review in Also, she said if Officials did speed up the proceed- Such a Situation,” Bean said. ings, that too is not improper, He claims McWherter was not at his office during Beckwith, who has vowed to fight extradition the holidays and was preparing to travel to New “tooth, nail and claw,” is Prepared to take the issue Orleans where the University of Tennessee football alll the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary, team was to play in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1, Bean said. o. acgece oe be