The civil rights leader was given 30 days to repay all the money he earned as an elected official over the last three years and half years: $154,990.46 in salary, $28,498.64 in interest and $695.02 in staff fees.
Reading the letter, Eddie Carthan could not help feeling he was the victim of a cruel joke.
“Everybody knew about it,” Carthan said. “I’ve been in office all this time. I’ve run for office several times, and all of a sudden this comes up? This is pretty much similar to what they did back in the day. This is a plot against me.” The attorney general’s office declined to comment, but a public information officer referenced Section 44 of the, which states that elected offices are off-limits to anybody convicted of a felony or an “infamous crime.”
But his changes rankled many white residents and Carthan feuded with the multiracial board of aldermen. A few months later, he was charged with fraud after two men went to a bank using what they claimed was his signature to secure a loan. The men admitted they signed Carthan’s name, but later struck a deal that they would face reduced charges if they testified against Carthan. He was convicted and sentenced to three more years.
After his release, Carthan ran his father’s farm and then a hardware store and car wash. He served as a pastor of Tchula’s Good Samaritan Ecumenical Church. But he still yearned to bring about political change.
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