Perle S. Thomas. the husband of Lamirah Thomas. was driving along a road not far from Fort Pierce. in my district. When he reached a point on that road where just a few months before he had actually been held up by highwaymen. he was confronted by these officers of the Immigration Service. who were not in any special way uniformed. so that he would know their position. It is said that there was a sign in the road. which should have informed him that they were of the Immigration Service. but I think everyone will understand the attitude of a man who had been held up at that same point. when he was suddenly confronted in the road by men who were not uniformed. He would naturally be confused and try to escape. He drove as fast as he could away from these men and was pursued for 8 miles. At that point there was a struggle. and he was shot. and from his injuries he died within an hour. The trial that followed resulted in the conviction of the three agents of the Immigration Service who had shot and caused the death of Mr. Thomas. Two of the men were sentenced to life imprisonment. and one to death.
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