Charlie Barton Shoots at Henry Sims, Sept. 24, 1921

Rowan Negro Shoots at Man With His Wife

Salisbury, Sept. 24—Poor marksmanship on the part of Charlie Barton, negro, saved the life of Henry Sims, another negro, when Barton fired a 45-calibre pistol three times point-blank at Sims, whom he caught walking up one of the city’s main streets with Barton’s wife.

From the front page of the Charlotte News, Sunday, Sept. 25, 1921