Albert Poovey in Jail After Disturbing Public Meeting, Assaulting Ray Pitts; Sentenced to 15 Days In Jail, $50 Fine March 1, 1922

Young Man Cut Near School House

Mr. Ray Pitts was painfully cut about the head with a knife at the Windy City school house last evening in the hands of Albert Poovey, another young white man, following a disturbance which Poovey is alleged to have caused earlier in the day—and in which Mr. Pitts and several other men figured as pacificators. Poovey would not be quiet and he twice disturbed a meeting in progress and was jailed for his conduct.

It was during a meeting in the school house that Poovey became boisterous, it is said. Mr. Pitts was asked to put him out. Messrs. Chas. P. Bolch, James Sigmon and others took part, Poovey giving up a knife that he clasped in his hands.

Being taken from the school property, he returned and again made himself noisy outside. Mr. Pitts was accompanying a young lady home when Poovey set upon him, striking at him with a knife. The blow grazed Mr. Pitts’ nose. Mr. Pitts then felled his assailant with a blow on the head and the young lady rushed between the two men. It was while she was between the pair that Poovey was struck over her head and cut Mr. Pitts on the forehead.

Poovey faces a charge of disturbing a public meeting and assault with a deadly weapon. He will be tried by the Hickory recorder.

From the Hickory Daily Record, Saturday evening, Feb. 25, 1922

From the March 1, 1922 issue of The Hickory Daily Record: “Albert Poovey, the young white man charged with disturbing a school meeting at Windy City Saturday afternoon, drew a sentence of 15 days in jail for that and a fine of $50 for cutting Ray Pitts, another young man who was trying to preserve order. Poovey appealed and gave an appearance bond of $350.”