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Morehall might be advised that although tnformettesn ae to suapeete tn some cuses had been furnished by the NAACP or sone of tte repre- sentettves, the furnishing of sugh names of euepeets dtd net constt~ tute @ solution te a perticulcr case, although ¢¢ did lend tnvaluable asetetance, The Director further potated out that the real prodies ts theese eases wee to obtetn defintte and concrete evidence, adutse- atble {nm ecurt, to preve the tdeatity of the indtutduala reaponstdle. It might be acted that all pertics prosecuted tn connection with thie ease were aaguttted dy a jury tu the Untted States Dietrt et Court at Shreveport. ieaae Weodard Case Allegations Ie ats letter of Decenber 37, 1946, to the Attorney Ceneral, Marehall conmented as feliows with regard to thie ceser “In the beating of Teace Feedard by Offteer 2, tm Batesburyg, South Care- itne, we were able to preduce eye witnesses and the name of the poltee officer.” Marshall was, of comrae, contresting the alleged atsfteulty of the FRI tn selvutng thte and statlar cases with the ease with whteh the WAACP located wi messes. Fectas Merehell's statenent ta ai sleadtng, to say the least, but the FSI dtd tatervitew all persone eugceated by the MAACP and gave thetr tafornation te the government atterneye. Jt ts to be noted that the orfgtnal complatat from the WAACP aad Voodard Atuself Placed the tnofdent in Athen, South Coroltas, ond ¢¢ wes not until the Bureau tuvestigation was aterted that 1% wee learned the of- Sense ccocurred in Batesburg. Yoodard, a dt soha colored veteran, was en route from Neorgte, where he had been étscharged a the Aray, to Vow York Clty. fnvesttoetien requested by the Departuent revealed thet he wae arrested on Februery 12, 1048, dy Chtef of Poltce Lynecod Leater Shull ot Datesburg, South Carcltaa, follewtag = dteturbance ereated by the vietin on @ bue traveling north from Auguata, Georgta. Yoodard wae drtaking on the bue in violattem of the etate law and frequently demanded that the bus be stopped fer Ate conventence. At the request of the bus driver, the chtef of peltee teok Foedard tute custedy and while en route to the police atation at Sateshuryg, Yoodard restated arrest and attenpted to take the chief's bleek Jack quay from him. dea result, the chief of poltoce struck Yoodard euer the Aead with the Slack feck. The chief elatued that he atruck hfe only once aad subsequent medtoal reporte dfd not indicate that the Fegro had deen severely beaten. He woe lodged in jatl over wight and the next morning complatued that Ate eyes bothered Ain, Sone swelling wee present around hie eyes and after he was erratgned he was taken to the Veterana’ Fospttal at Columbia, South Cerolias, where he renatned for twe months. He woe then released ce hopelessly dbltnd tn beth eyes. (Memo from Ladd to the Director, 93-46) In Ate communteation to the Atterney General, the a