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Wednesday, November 13, 2019

J.W. Temples, Charlie Goodman Convicted in Car Strike Riots, Nov. 13, 1919

From the Hickory Daily Record, Thursday, November 13, 1919

Two Convictions for Car Strike Riots

Charlotte, Nov. 12—Two white men, charged with lawlessness in connection with the street car strike here last August, were found guilty in superior court last afternoon. These two men are the first to be convicted as a result of the disturbance during the strike, though several are under indictment.

J.W. Temples, charged with shooting into a moving street car was fined and upon conviction by Judge T.J. Shaw, presiding over court. The warrant against Charlie Goodman of secretly assaulting Assistant Superintendent Drumta, of the street car company was charged to simple assault which county the defendant was declared guilty and sentenced to 30 days on the county roads.

None of the others under indictment as a result of alleged lawlessness in connection with the strike will be tried at this term of court. The case against John Wilson, charged with inciting the riot at the car barns on the night of August 25, when five men were killed and several wounded, has also been continued.



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