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WAMPSVILLE, N.Y. - Fugitive Indian
activist Timothy Jacobs cannot stay in New
York state to avoid prosecution for the
armed takeover of a Robeson County, N.C.,
newspaper office last year, a judge ruled
Tuesday.
Jacobs' lawyers appealed even before
the ruling was issued, meaning their client
will remain in New York while the legal
battle continues.
Madison County Judge William O'Brien
m rejected claims that Jacobs' life would
be in danger if returned to North Carolina
because of his knowledge of alleged
corruption.
"You've spent the entire time here with
the same information about drug traffick
ing and there has been no evidence of any
harm to you or any threats to you," O'Brien
told Jacobs, who spoke only to ask the judge
to extend his bail so be could speak publicly
against alcohol and drug abuse.
The judge revoked Jacobs' $25,000 bail,
and the 20-year-old Tuscarora Indian was
taken away to jaiL
About 150 Jacobs supporters were in the
courtroom. Ten of them stood with their
backs to O'Brien for more than one hour as
the judge explained his reasons for not
granting Jacobs asylum.
North Carolina Gov. Jim Martin has
asked New York to return Jacobs of
Pembroke, N.C., so he can be tried on state
charges for the Feb. 1, 1988, takeover of
The Robesonian newspaper in Lumberton,
N.C.
Jacobs and Eddie Hatcher, 31, also of
Pembroke, used shotguns to hold up to 20
people hostage for 10 hours before surren
dering. Hatcher and Jacobs said they were
trying to publicize allegations of drug
trafficking and corruption among county
officials.
The siege ended when Martin agreed to
investigate their charges that county of
ficials were involved in drug dealing and
murder. A task force found no evidence to
support the claims, which Martin later said
were based on "rumor and gossip."
A federal jury acquitted Jacobs and
Hatcher, who says he is a Tuscarora Indian,
oo hostage-taking charges in October, hot
they were indicted by a Robeson County
grand jury in December on 14 counts of
second-degree kidnapping.
Jacobs fled North Carolina before he
could be arrested and tned to take refuge at
the Onondaga Indian Reservation near
Syracuse. New York police arrested Jacobs
for speeding in December.
Hatcher had fled to the Shoshone
Bannock tribe's Port Hall Indian Reserva
tion in Idaho. But he left there and was
arrested Friday by the FBI after attempt
ing to seek refuge at the Soviet consulate in
San Francisco.
Hatcher told The Times he had been
"kind of bopping around oui wouia dm say
where be went or bow he supported himself.
He said he plans to fight extradition.
Lewis Pitts, Jacobs' attorney, said the
ruling Tuesday was "absolutely contrary to
the evidence," adding that be was confident
about the prospects of an appeaL
"We feel good about the record we made.
The evidence is strong for our position and
the evidence is lacking for the court's
position," Pitts said.
Appellate Division Justice Ann Mikoll
granted a temporary stay of O'Brien's
ruling.
A panel of five appellate justices is
scheduled to decide next week whether
Jacobs has a basis for an appeal.
Locklear N amed Col legiate
Scholastic All ?American
*The United States
Achievement Academy announced
recently that Donna Renae
Lock1ear has been named a
Collegiate Scholastic
Ail-American.
The USAA has established
the Scholastic All-American
Collegiate Award Program in
order to offer deserved
recognition to superior
students who excel in the
academic disciplines. The
Scholastic All-American
Collegiate Scholars must earn
a 3.30 or better grade point
average. Only scholars
selected by a school official
or other qualified sponsor
are accepted. These scholars
are also eligible for other
MMrdB givan by the USAA.
These are awards few students
can ever hope to achieve.
Ms. Lock1ear, who attends
Pembroke State University,
was nominated for this
National Award by Dr. Frank
Schmallenger, a professor
at PSD. Ms. Lock! ear will
appear in the Scholastic
All-American Collegiate
Directory, which is published
nationally.
"Recognizing and supporting
our youth is more important
than ever before in American
history. Certainly, winners
of the Scholastic All-American
Collegiate Awards should be
congratulated and appreciated
for their dedication to
excel lence and ach ievement,"
said Dr. George Stevens,
Executive Director of the
USAA.
The Academy selects
Scholeetic All-American
Collegiate Scholars upon the
exclusive recommendations
of professors, instructors,
deans, and other qualified
sponsors. Once awarded, the
students may be recognized
by the USAA for other honors.
Ms. Locklear is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Ray Locklear. Her
grandparents are the late
Graham Chavis and the late
Lena Chavis of Lumberton euid
the late Alex Locklear and
Lester Locklear of St. Pauls.
March Planned March 18
In Rowland
A march will take place
Saturday, March 18, 1989,
at 11 a.m. This march is
dedicated to the late Timothy
Oxendine who was murdered
at the Rowland Motel on
October 31, 1988. All
concerned citizens should
meet at the Southside School
in Rowland. The march will
proceed pass the Rowland
Motel and will end in front *'
of the Town Hall. The public
is invited and all concerned
citizens are urged to attend.
For more information call
422-8624.
Sampson has been down this road
KELVIN SAMPSON
The van sputtered, coughed, groaned and
finally died somewhere between Red Deer and
Ecknonton. Outside the wind chill was a frosty
30 below zero. Inside, Coach Kelvin Sampson
and his Montana Tech players were trying to
stay warm and wondering if they were going
to becofie a headline in the next day's paper:
"No game tonight: small college coach and
players found frozen in middle of nowhere."
desifsun suepfwi
out of the van onto
the empty Canadian
road and saw a light
straight ahead,
sh inner ing in the
frozen night. He
started walking toward
the light. His players
followed him. They
always did.
"The light was like
a mirage," Sanpson
said. "I wasn't sure
it was real."
Sanpson kept
walking. The light
kept growing. The light
became a house. The
owner of the house
was a hale fellow, who owned a nearby bar.
The bar was closed. The owner opened it. He
invited Sampson and the players to spend the
night there. The players were hungry. They
hadn't eaten since they left Butte, Montana.
The owner apologized to Sampson, because
the only food left in the bar was potato chips.
Lots of potato chips.
Sanpson and his players spent the night
in the bar somewhere between Red Deer and
Edmonton, eating chips and talking hoops. They
spent the next morning finding a mechanic tc
fix the van. Then played College of Alberta
that night.
"We kicked their butts," Sanpson said with
a sly smile on his face.
Don't tell Washington State coach Kelvin
Sampson about travel problems. Don't ask his
to make excuses. He coached in the NA1A for
five seasons. He hasn't just heard all of the
horror stories of life on the road. He's
experienced them.
Washington State lost to Washington
recently, 76-70.
The Cougars had expected a painless one-hour
flight from Pullman to Seattle. Instead,
because of the wintry weather, they had to
bus to Lewiston and fly to Portland. The bus
ride from Portland to Seattle took eight hours.
Instead of arriving, as planned, in the middle
of the afternoon, they rolled in at 2 in the
morning.
And they lost to the Huskies. Don't ask
Sanpson to blame the weather. Don't ask hin
to make excuses.
"Don't even bring the travel up," Sampsor
said after the game. "I coached five years
in the NAIA. We used to drive all night. We'd
get into cities at 3 o'clock in the morning.
Besides, this is the fourth time this hat
happened to us this year. It's no excuse."
Adversity has been Sampson's sixth man thii
(season. He lost two starters, Neil Evans and
David Sanders early in the year. His team has
twice been stuck at O'Hare, the victim of
winter's full-court press. He has lost eight
of 10 Pac-10 games and 12 of 19 games all year.
His team is guaranteed to have a losing
season. He doesn't have the talent to conpete.
And yet night in, and night out, under the
worst circumstances, he probably does the best
coaching job in the Pac-10.
Saitpson doesn't coach a game, as much as
he plays it. The sport coat is stripped off
early in the game. He doesn't pace the
sideline. He prowls, like ah, well, a cougar.
The coach is on the balls of his feet like
his point guard. He works the bench like Norman
Vincent Peale, keeping the faith.
His team fell behind by 10 points 3$ minutes
into the game. The Cougars have such little
offensive firepower that every 10-point deficit
is a basketball Kilimanjaro they have to climb.
But on this night, like so many nights, WSU
and Sampson make up with willpower what they
miss in firepower.
They should have lost by 40. Their star,
Brian Quinnett, was hamstrung by foul troubles
in the first half and Jeff Sanor's defense
in the second half. The Cougars should have
died early. But Sanpson wouldn't allow them
to quit.
"It's so hard to come so close. It's
frustrating," said Sampson, in his second year
at WSU. "But we're just missing a couple of
bullets. I just hope people don't characterize
us as losers. You're not a loser unless you
quit. And I guarantee that this team will never
quit."
1 His team won't win many games this season.
It can't. There is nothing fun about losing,
but Sanpson's team was a pleasure to watch.
Ten overachievers, who listen to their coach,
who believe in them, who throw their bodies
on the floor after loose balls for him.
It was a pleasure to watch them crawl back
into the- game, from 15 points behind to three
behind. It was interesting to contrast
Washington's casualness with WSU's caring.
Kven Washington coach Andy Russo admitted,
"The Cougars' desire is really what kept them
in the ball game. In the category of desire,
they outplayed us. Thet's the way they have
to play to have a chance to win this game."
That's the way the Cougars play every night.
It will be the most interesting to watch what
Sanpson will do when he has a team with as
much talent as, say, the Huskies.
"I was telling my wife today that it's
Ireally a shame this team hasn't won more often
because they are really fun to coach," Sampson
said. "If they had a Top 20 for effort, this
team would be up there pretty high. That is
the signature of this team.
"Washington State's a tough job, no question
about that. But it's not like I didn't know
that coming in. I know one thing, winning here
at Washington State, isn't a matter of if.
It's a matter of when."
His players believed him in the deep freeze
near Red Deer. We should believe him now in
the big chill of Washington.
Judge Postpones Decision
On Moving Chavis Trial
? ( Reprinted From March 15, 1989 Fayetteville Times
LUMBERTON - A Superior
Court judge delayed a decision
Tuesday on whether to move the
murder trial of Sandy Jordan
Chavis out of Robeson County.
Attorneys for Chavis, who is
charged with last year's murder of
judicial candidate Julian Pierce,
contend that Chavis cannot receive
a fair trial in Robeson County
because of publicity about the case.
"If there's ever going to be a
case in North Carolina where you
change venue to ensure a fair trial
before you pick a jury, it's going to
be this one," said former U.S.
Attorney General Ramsey Clark,
one of Chavis' attorneys. "Fairness
to Robeson County would indicate
the case should be moved."
But Senior Deputy N.C. Attorney
General James J. Coman, the
special prosecutor, said testimony
from defense witnesses did not
prove that a Robeson County jury
would be biased for either side.
"It's just hard for me to accept
the fact that people would get up
here, and in good faith, testify that
we could not get 12 impartial
jurors," Coman said. "The only
thing that has been presented here
is speculation, albeit well
meaning."
Judge Anthony Brannon of
Durham said be would decide later
whether to move the case outside
Robeson County or use an out-of
eounty jury, but he did not say wnen
the decision would come.
Also Tuesday, Brannon refused
to reduce Chavis' $300,000 baiL
Pierce, a lawyer who was run
ning for a Superior Court judgeship
against then-District Attorney Joe
Freeman Britt, was killed by three
shotgun blasts March 26 at his home
in the Wakulla community in
western Robeson County.
Three days later, officers ar
rested Chavis, 24. of Route 1.
Pembroke, and obtained an arrest
warrant for his friend, John An
derson Coins, 23, of Pembroke
Before Coins could be arrested, he
committed suicide at his father's
house near Pembroke, authorities
said.
Officers said the murder re
sulted from domestic problems
between Pierce's girlfriend, her
teen-aged daughter and Coins, who
had been dating the girl. Authorities
allege that Chavis accompanied
Coins to Pierce's bouse, and Gouts
shot Pierce.
Gark and defense attorney
Wade Byrd of Fayetteville pres
ented 11 witnesses, all of Robeson
County, who told Brannon that
many residents already have de
cided whether they believe Chavis
was involved in the slaying.
"My opinion is they could not
remove their preconceived percep
tions," Lambert on attorney H. Mit
chell Baker in testified "I do not
believe he could get a fair trial"
Lumberton attorney William
Osborne Lee Jr. testified that
media reports of Pierce's death
were "by and large the most
prejudicial, slanted and one-sided
coverage I've ever seen." He said
some reports dealt with speculation
that the murder was politically
motivated.
Because of public opinion about
the case, Lee said, "it would be
absolutely futile" to try Chavis in
Robeson County.
"I just think that the magnitude
... of the coverage was such that
anyone who would disavow any
knowledge of it must have lived in a
monastery and shouldn't be on a
jury anyway," Lee said.
Coman asked some witnesses if
Robeson residents would accept a
verdict returned by an out-of
county jury.
"I don't think it's a question of
being acceptable to the people."
County Commissioner Wyvis Oxen
dine said. "It's a question of justice,
a fair trial for Sandy Chavis."
West Robeson Student
Appointed House Page
Eddie Dart on, Jr., the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie
Darton of Maxton, served
fas House Page from February
6 through February 9, 1989.
He was appointed by
IRepresentative John "Pete"
'Hasty.
Darton stayed in the
hone of Mr. and Mrs. Dyda
of Raleigh with another
House Page, two Senate
Pages, and a Governor's
Page.
The duties assigned
Darton included running
errands for Representatives,
answering phone calls and
helping the Representatives
move into new offices.
Eddie is a Junior at
West Robeson High School.
Correction
The report in last week's
CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE on
the Pembroke Town Council
meeting ' stated that Town
attorney Ronnie Sutton
indicated "If the vote had
been to abolish the Housing
Authority Board, at that
instance, the Town Board
would have assumed the
position of the current
Pembroke Housing Authority
Board. All property would
have been transferred to
the Town, but without the
liability to pay off any
outstanding debts."
The last sentence should
have read "All property would
have been transferred to
the Town along with the
liability to pay off any
outstanding doubts."
The reporter apologizes
to Mr. Sutton for the
misprint.
Named Outstanding
Young Educator By
LaurlnburgJaycees
MS. PHYLLIS DEESE MURRAY
Ms. Phyllis Deese Murray
is the recipient of the
Laurinburg Jaycees
Outstanding Young Educator
award for 1988-1989. The
award was presented to her
by Mr. Eugene Blackwelder,
principal of Laurel Hill
School, on February 27th
at the Jaycees Award Banquet
which was held at St. Andrews
Presbyterian College.
Ms. Murray received a
bachelor of science and
masters degree in elementary
education from Pembroke State
University. After si* months
of substitute teaching at
various schools such as R.B.
Dean, Oxendine, and Laurel
Hill, she was hired at Laurel
Hill Elementary and has been
teaching there for the past
six years.
Ms. Murray is a member
of the North Carolina
Association of Educators,
the National Educational
Association, and the N.C.
Association for the Education
of Young Children. She has
participated in numerous
workshops including assertive
discipline, stress
management, mathematics,
drug awareness, K-12
Curriculum, and the "Writing
to Read" conputer workshop.
She also serves on various
school committees at Laurel
Hill Elementary. She is the
chairperson for the
Handwriting Committee for
Southern Association
Accreditation, serves as
the liaison for ethnic
children at Laurel ' Hill
Elementary, is a member of
the school base conmittee
at Laurel Hill, twice
chairperson of First Grade
Teachers, and the contact
person for Indian Heritage
Week at Laurel Hill
Elementary.
Ms. Murray credits her
success to the excellent
professors at Pembroke State
University such as Dr. David
Eliades, Drs. Judith and
Pete Wish, Dr. Gilbert
Sanpson, and Dr. Shelby
Stephenson. In addition,
she acknowledges the
cooperation of the staff
at Laurel Hill Elementary
and the leadership of her
principal, Mr. Eugene
Blackwelder.
Ms. Muuray is the daughter
of Velton and Sally Deese
of Pembroke and is married
to Ottis Murray, Jr. They
have one son, Travis, and
reside in the St. Annah
community of Pembroke.