Raleigh, Aug. 30—Dr. J.W. Peacock, prominent physician of Thomasville, escaped from the criminal insane department of the State Prison today by sliding down a rope made of bed clothing, from his cell on the third floor of the prison. Peacock was tried for the murder of Police Chief J.E. Taylor, of Thomasville, and acquitted on the ground of insanity and was committed to the insane department of the prison following the trial.
Peacock left a note addressed to the keeper of the department of criminal insane, saying: “I hate to leave on my vacation without telling you good-bye.”
Superintendent Pou immediately offered a reward of $400 for Peacock.
From the front page of The Charlotte News, Aug. 30, 1922
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