Friday, August 23, 2019

Will Hughes Acquitted in Murder of Fred Lane, August, 1919

From The Daily Times, Wilson, N.C., Aug. 23, 1919

LaGrange Man Is Found Not Guilty

Kinston, Aug. 22—Will Hughes, LaGrange white man, was acquitted in the murder of Fred Lane, colored, in Mosey Hall township last year, in Superior Court here today. Lane was killed shortly after being seen in a buggy with Hughes and a negress.
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