Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Charlotte Police Face Murder Charges in Kiliing of Men in Car Barn Riots, Oct. 29, 1919

From the front page of The Daily Times, Wilson, N.C., Oct. 29, 1919. 

Charlotte City Policemen Are Being Tried for the Murder of Five Men Killed in the Car Barn Riots

Charlotte, Oct. 9 (29?)—William E. Orr, chief of police and the other policemen of this city were placed on trial before a local magistrate today on the charge of conspiracy and guilt in connection with the killing of five members of the strikers at the car barns in the recent street car strike in this city. The trial is expected to cover today and probably tomorrow.

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