Lured Boy From Bridgewater Camp
Andy Vernon, a
14-year-old white boy employed on construction work at Bridgewater, was
arrested here yesterday afternoon by Chief Lentz and held for Mr. J.E. Hawkins,
who carried him back to Bridgewater last evening to answer to the charge of
aiding and abetting in the escape of Dave Clowman, another Charlotte youth,
hired out by the Mecklenburg commissioners for three months for larceny.
Clowman was hired out to
J.B. Hawkins along with some other lads from Mecklenburg, and Vernon was
employed by him. It is charged that Vernon induced Clowman to leave, paying his
railroad fare. The other boys would not be lured off and promptly gave the
alarm. The contractor’s son came down yesterday afternoon and took the lads
back to camp. Clowman will be tried for his offense.
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