Bowman Appealing 1-Year Sentence on Roads for Assaulting 12-Year-Old, Feb. 9, 1926

Bowman Sentenced to County Roads. . . Judge Webb Sentences the Newton Man to Serve One Year on Chain Gang—Notice of Appeal

Newton, Feb. 9 (AP)—Wade V. Bowman was sentenced to serve one year on the Buncombe County roads, according to judgment announced by the court this morning at 11:50 o’clock. He filed notice of appeal and the bond was fixed at $4,000.

The sentence was pronounced by Judge James L. Webb this morning after it was withheld for further consideration since yesterday. Bowman admitted to certain indecencies with a little 12-year-old prosecutrix.

For the first time during the long trial, Bowman showed some emotion. Judge Webb began by saying that the conduct of the former army major was ugly, in the sight of man and the law, and then he came to the point of passing sentence. Bowman’s hands slipped from the table which he had been holding, and his head dropped.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Feb.9, 1926

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Taft Evans in Jail for Killing Earnest Parker, Feb. 9, 1926

Fatally Hurt in Drinking Party

Asheville, Feb. 8—Taft Evans of Weaverville is held in the Buncombe County jail charged with killing Earnest Parker. Members of the sheriff’s department went to Evans home before daylight Monday morning to effect the arrest when it was found that Parker had died as the result of wounds alleged to have been inflicted on him with a rock in the hands of Evans.

Parker was 34 years old. It was stated by members of the sheriff’s department that according to information given them, the two men were with a party of men and women in the woods near Weaverville drinking. Evans and Parker quarreled. Then Evans struck Parker on the head with a large stone. It was not thought Parker was seriously hurt at first, but he died during the night.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1926

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Bennett, Serving Time for Kidnapping, Seduction, Escapes Honor Camp, Feb. 9, 1926

Floyd Herman Bennett Leave Camp of Honors. . . Was Serving Sentence for Kidnapping and Seduction in Mecklenburg County

Raleigh, Feb. 9 (AP)—Floyd Herman Bennett, white man serving a sentence from Mecklenburg County for kidnapping and seduction, escaped from the Honor Camp of the State Prison at Tarboro on Sunday afternoon, it was learned at the State Prison here today. He was one of the prisoners serving a the camp without guard and was not required to wear stripes.

Bennett, who was sentenced in August, 1924, had about a year more to serve.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Feb.9, 1926

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15-Year-Old Escapes "White Slavers," Feb. 9, 1926

Winston-Salem Girl Kidnapped in New York. . . Captors Released Young Twin Cities Miss When Police Got Busy

Kinston, Feb. 8—Kidnapped by “white slavers” was the fate of pretty and vivacious Ruby Johnston, 15-year-old Winston-Salem school girl visiting in Brooklyn, N.Y., according to a story published yesterday in the New York Mirror. When police began to investigate her disappearance, fear caused her captors to release her, it was stated. Now the police of America’s greatest city are striving to detect her abductors. Her spunk is said to have contributed materially to her release.

When informed last night that is daughter had actually been kidnapped by New York’s sinister underworld, her father, M.L. Johnson of 579 Highland Avenue, local coal dealer, was greatly agitated. It was several seconds before he could adjust his glasses to read the item. In a few moments, however, he was calmer.

Mr. Johnson has heard nothing from his daughter since the telegram came Saturday morning announcing that she had been found and was safe at home with her sister.

He was very glad she had escaped, and seemed buoyed up by the hope that nothing more serious had befallen her. He has written her to return home at once.

From page 3 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Feb.9, 1926. Kidnapped girl’s last name was spelled “Johnston” in article; her father’s last name was spelled “Johnson.”

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Ray Eddings, 28, Dies in Fall from RR Tender, Feb. 9, 1926

C. Ray Iddings Is Killed at Spencer. . . Fell from Tender of Shifting Engine and Was Run Over

Salisbury, Feb. 9 (AP)—C. Ray Iddings, 28 years old, of this city, extra conductor on the local yards of the Southern Railway, was instantly killed at 3:30 this morning while working as a brakeman on the yards. He fell from the tender of a shifting engine, and was run over.

The body was not mangled, however. He is survived by his widow and one son, also his parents.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1926

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W.R. Murr Fell from School Fire Escape Feb. 8, 1926

Child Hurt in Fall from Fire Escape. . . W.R. Murr Painfully Hurt in Accident at No. 2 School Monday

W.R. Murr, student in the No. 2 school, was painfully hurt Monday when he fell from a fire escape and struck his head on a corner of the cement base holding the iron ladder.

During the recess period, it was reported, the youngster climbed on the fire escape and in some manner fell about 10 feet. An ugly wound was inflicted where his head struck the cement at the base of the fire escape.

The child was knocked unconscious in the fall but later regained consciousness and was taken to his home on Pearl Street. It is reported that he fainted again after reaching his home but showed improvement during the night.

From page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Feb.9, 1926

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Foreclosure on Mecklenburg, Newton, Clyde, Nancy Cotton Mills, Feb. 9, 1926

Open Way for Closing Up Company’s Affairs. . . Trustee in Mecklenburg Mills Bankruptcy Agrees to Foreclosure

Greensboro, Feb. 8—The way is cleared for winding up the affairs of the Mecklenburg Mills Company in documents filed today in the office here of the clerk of the United States Court, Western District of North Carolina, agreeing to the foreclosure of the property of the mills.

The papers are answers to the request of the Coal and Iron National Bank of the city of New York that the judge of the court, E. Yates Webb of Shelby, allow foreclosure proceedings, brought in the interest of the bond holders, for which the bank is the trustee.

The Mecklenburg Mills Company, which operated four cotton mills, Mecklenburg at Charlotte, Newton and Clyde at Newton, and Nancy at Tuckertown, Montgomery County, had home offices in Salisbury and was adjusted bankrupt in October, 1923. The mills have not been operated since they became bankrupt. J.D. Norwood was president of the mills company.

Bonds held amount to about $600,000. The paper filed today were answers to the petition of the bank for the foreclosure of the property and those answering agreed to the foreclosure. Answers were made by E.F. McGowan, trustee in bankruptcy for the mills company, and John C. Larson, who was secretary-treasurer of the company.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1926

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