Elizabeth City, Jan. 23—For the first time in six years, Paul Williams, a young white man who lives with his mother on Southern avenue, had a haircut and a shave Tuesday afternoon, after he had forcibly dragged from his room which he had not left since 1916, by Officer George Smith. Williams, who has been demented for a number of years, was truly a wild-looking creature when he was extracted from his room.
The haircut and shave were administered at McPherson’s barbershop at the insistence of City Health Officer C.B. Williams, and the change in the man’s appearance is described as startling. Officer Smith has been instructed to take him for a daily stroll until he is back to normal. Williams made no effort to resist the officer after he was taken from his room.
From The Monroe Journal, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 1922
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