Monday, December 27, 2021

R.H. Hamilton, 30, Shot and Killed While Driving Near Raleigh, Dec. 27, 1921

Raleigh Man Killed on Public Highway

Raleigh, Dec. 27, 1921—R.H. Hamilton, 30 years old, railroad section foreman, was shot and killed in his automobile on a highway one mile from Raleigh shortly after 8 o’clock last night as he was driving into the city with Miss Irene Guess, a young woman of Raleigh. According to Miss Guess, two negroes, whom she is unable to describe, fired three shots into the car just after it had passed them on the road.

From the front page of the Charlotte News, Dec. 27, 1921

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