Reports from the Oxford Ford section today indicated that Obe Hefner, who was severely cut with a knife in the hands of Jim and Remus Bryant Monday evening, probably will recover, although his wounds, according to Dr. Chas. L. Hunsicker, appeared more dangerous than those of Charlie Little, who died from the slashing he received at the hand of the two men. Little’s wounds were dressed by Dr. Long at Catawba and he seemed that he might recover.
The first his wife and family knew of the affair was where his body was brought into the house.
The Bryant brothers lived in Lincoln county before going to work on the Arndt place and after the cutting they went to the homes of relatives in Lincoln, where they were arrested.
Sheriff Mauser announced this afternoon that the preliminary hearing will be held at Newton at 1 o’clock this afternoon before Justice of the Peace Clarence Clapp. Solicitor Huffman will be present from Morganton. The facts in the tragedy may be learned at this trial, but in the meantime all the officers have learned is that the affair was over the alleged theft of some fish.
From the front page of The Hickory Daily Record, June 21, 1922
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