Enfield Banker Ivey Watson Lured From Home, Shot At, Nov. 24, 1920

By the Associated Press, Enfield, N.C., Nov. 24—Ivey Watson, president of the Bank of Enfield, was lured from his home by a fake telephone message and shot at last night about 9 o’clock. The telephone message stated that the man wanted to see Mr. Watson on important business matters and asked the banker to go to his home three miles into the country. Watson went to the place where he was to meet the man, but found no one there had called him. As he was returning to Enfield in his automobile, some one fired at him the bullet singing by his head. Bloodhounds were secured from Raleigh and they took up the trail and followed it to the home of Otis Sullivan, negro, who was taken into custody. The negro protested his innocence and declared he can prove a complete alibi. (From the front page of the Hickory Daily Record, Nov. 24, 1920)