Murder Trial Against J.T. Harris Going to Jury, Nov. 24, 1920

By the Associated Press, Asheville, N.C., Nov. 24—Buncombe county superior court will be in session Thanksgiving day unless a verdict is returned in the first degree murder case against J.T. Harris, prominent Ridge Crest merchant, charged with the murder of O.W. Monish, a prominent Alabamian, at Ridge Crest September 3. The case opened November 7 and has been the longest murder trial in Buncombe county, court records show. Attorneys for the prosecution conclude their arrangements today and Judge B.F. Long, before whom the case is being tried, will make his charge this afternoon. The defendant is the brother-in-law of Judge Jeter (?) C. Pritchard of the United States Circuit court of appeals. (From the front page of the Hickory Daily Record, Nov. 24, 1920)