Harry Coldwell, Jesse Foster Sentenced to Die, Dec. 4, 1920

By the Associated Press, Raleigh, Dec. 4—Following their trial in Wayne county superior court yesterday on charges of murder growing out of the killing of Herman Jones, a white man, five negroes for whom mobs made two unsuccessful attempts to obtain possession, were brought to Raleigh on a special train guarded by members of the Durham machine gun company last night. Two of the negroes, Harry Coldwell and Jesse Foster, were found guilty of murder in the first degree and were sentenced to die in the electric chair on January 7. The other three defendants were found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to 20 years each. (From the front page of the Hickory Daily Record, Dec. 4, 1920)