Charles Davis, Sam Shadrack Arrested for Killing Their Wives, Nov. 29, 1920

By the Associated Press, Raleigh, N.C., Nov. 29—Charles Davis, highly respected and wealthy farmer of New Light township, in Wake county, and Sam Shadrack, who lives about a mile from Wake Forest, were lodged in the county jail here this forenoon in connection with the killing of their wives. Though Drake and Shadrack live about 10 miles apart, the killing of the two women occurred almost at the same time, between 3 and 5 o’clock this morning. Coroner Owen left Raleigh about noon to hold an inquest. No details further than the fact that the arrest of the two men had been received here at 2 o’clock this afternoon. (From the front page of the Hickory Daily Record, Nov. 29, 1920)