William Dudley Pelley, notorious anti-Semite and former leader of the fascist Silver Shirts of America, is free on bond pending a hearing March 8 on an order to return him to North Carolina where he faces a two-to-three-year term for violating a suspended sentence imposed following his conviction of violating state security sales laws.
Pelley, who was freed on parole from the Federal penitentiary at Terre Haute, Ind., yesterday, was ordered extradited to North Carolina by Indiana’s Gov. Henry F. Schrlcker. However, he was released on a writ of habeas corpus and disappeared following the posting of a $1,000 bond by his attorneys.
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