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    "ocrText": "Rights work. In Bellville, BROSHEARS said, an all white city,\nthe territorial border had been reconstructed so as to keep\nthe Negro section out of the city. BROSHEARS had announced\npublicly that he was going to stage a sit-in in a restaurant\nin East St. Louis. This was printed in the East St. Louis\nJournal and the sit-in was scheduled for November 11th on\nVeterans Day. Mayor Nichols of that city had BROSHEARS arrested\nand taken to him. He told BROSHEARS that their city was a \"nice\nGerman-Dutch heritage town, and we must stop you from making a\nmistake\". Present at that meeting were the Justice of the Peace\nand the Chief of Police. BROSHEARS was told not to stage the\nsit-in.\nOn November 10th, the morning before the sit-in was\nscheduled, BROSHEARS was again arrested, taken into custody,\nand he was threatened by the Chief of Police that he would be\nput in prison. He said that he had not broken any law, but\nthe police stated that they were aware of laws that he had\nbroken. On November llth, REV. BROSHEARS staged the sit-in\nthat he had planned. At 7:30 m.m., on November 12th, BROSHEARS\nwas arrested and taken to the Chief of Police. He was charged\nwith the sexual molestation of a young boy. BROSHEARS phoned\nhis superior, MR. RANDOLF, and RANDOLF told him not to say\nanything or sign anything. RANDOLF said that he would get hold\nof an attorney who was a friend of his named ROY COHN, and\nwould be back in touch with him. BROSHEARS was charged with\nsexual molestation of a boy 17 years old named WILLIAM GORGEOUS.\nBROSHEARS said that this boy had come to the door of his apart-\nment on November 8th. The boy had asked him to help him with\nreligious and sexual problems which he said he had. REV.\nBROSHEARS stated that he had talked with the boy, but had never\ntouched him in any way. BROSHEARS said that the charge had\nbeen filed, and according to the records was recorded at 10:30\na.m. on the 10th of November which was before his arrest, and\nbefore the sit-in which he staged on the 11th. BROSHEARS said\nthat the Chief of Police said, \"Boy, we are your friends, and\nwe are going to make it easy on you. Sign this paper and you'll\nget 2 days in jail and then we'll let you go.' A half an hour\nlater they brought him a statement to sign. It was a statement\nof admission to the charges. BROSHEARS signed that paper without\nhaving been re-contacted by MR. RANDOLF or the attorney.\nBROSHEARS said that he had originally refused to sign the paper\nuntil the policemen who were speaking to him brought in a copy\nof a newspaper which had the headline \"Bellville Minister\nArrested-Sexual Perversion Charged\". BROSHEARS became hysterical\nand signed all of the papers which the officers requested.\nFifteén minutes later Mr. RANDOLF came with MR. COHN. Both said\nthat they knew that he had been forced to sign the paper, but\nthat nothing could be done at that time. BROSHEARS was in\nMINARD State Penitentiary for the following six months. BROSHEARS\nsaid that after he was, discharged, he went to New Orleans and\nworked at a carnival under the name RAYMOND ALLEN. At the\ncarnival he was known as \"CORKY\". BROSHEARS said that he could\nnot find any other employment as a result of his prior arrest\nand incarceration. BROSHEARS said that he then went to work\nfor an organization cal led \"Deacons For The Defense of Justice\"\nin Bogalousa, Louisiana.\n-6-"
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