Robert Williams, negro, who shot and fatally wounded Floyd Moore when they quarreled during a negro picnic and Labor Day celebration in Cherrytown Monday afternoon, waived preliminary hearing before Recorder Laurence Jones Wednesday. Williams, who ran after shooting Moore, making good his escape, walked into police headquarters Tuesday and gave himself up. Moore died at the Good Samaritan Hospital yesterday afternoon.
The recorder specified a $2,000 bond for Williams but he had been unable to make it Wednesday afternoon. Policemen were preparing to remove him to the county jail to await trial in Mecklenburg Superior Court.
Williams fired six times at Moore, two shots taking effect. After shooting five times, Williams was attacked with a knife by Moore. He fired a sixth time, the bullet entering the negro’s breast and bringing him to the ground, it is claimed. He was thought dead and a negro undertaker called for the body. When he arrived, he found Moore was still alive. He was removed to the hospital where he lived for 20 hours.
From The Charlotte News, Sept. 7, 1921
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