From The Daily Times, Wilson, N.C., Dec. 11,
1919. To read about the theft, go to http://ruralnchistory.blogspot.com/2019/11/bell-boy-confesses-his-part-in-theft-of.html
Jewelry Thieves
Sentenced
Raleigh, Dec. 11—Three years of hard labor for John Cooke,
bellboy, two years of prison life for Richard Blacknall, and terms of 12 months
each for James Horton and Hubert Pool, all negroes, was the punishment imposed
yesterday by Judge Guion in superior court for the theft of a trunk of jewelry
valued at $75,000 from the Yarborough hotel about three weeks ago. The four
negroes pleaded guilty of larceny.
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