Herbert Futrell, Former Constable of Wayne County, Shot by Mob, Dec. 9, 1920

Goldsboro—Herbert Futrell, former constable of Wayne county, was shot when a mob stormed the Wayne county court house in an attempt to take five negroes held there for murder of a white man. He was removed in an automobile by members of the mob and whether he was killed or not could not be learned. According to reports, Futrell led a body of men against the west door of the court house when he fell, shot in the abdomen. (From the Hoke County Journal, Raeford, N.C., Dec. 9, 1920)