Jehu Davis, noted negro gambler, increased his lead over his contemporaries in the race for a court record by appearing in police court Wednesday morning for the ninth time. But this time he was a plaintiff instead of the defendant.
It was a case where Jehu got the worst of financial friction for once in his life. He was considerably wrought up about the affair. It happened in an automobile Tuesday night.
Of course, Jehu was intoxicated--which accounts for the fact that he alleges $104.50 was extracted from his jeans without the use of a pair of dice. Just who the guilty party is will have to be decided by a jury in the Superior Court, but Arthur Gray, one of the negroes in the car with Jehu, had such a web of evidence woven around him that he was bound over to the Superior Court under a bond of $300.
The negroes, three men and one woman, were out riding, and incidentally, worry down small solutions. Jehu worried down too much and closed his eyes to the beauties of the world and his $104.50. He alleges somebody, meaning Arthur Gary, got the bulk of the cash while he was in the land of dreams.
From The Charlotte News, Sept. 14, 1921
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