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No Contest Plea in Black Woman's 1969 Killing

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April 03, 2003|From Times Wire Reports

The last of 10 white men charged in the 1969 murder of a black woman during York's race riots pleaded no contest to attempted murder and conspiracy.

Ezra T. Slick, 53, entered the plea over his role in the slaying of Lillie Belle Allen, an Aiken, S.C., woman killed by a white mob prepared for war with blacks. He faces up to nine years in prison.

Two men were convicted of murder in the case, six pleaded guilty to lesser charges and one -- former York Mayor Charlie Robertson -- was acquitted.

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