Viola White, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Edwards, the Victims, Oct. 27, 1922

Just a Child of the Spindles

Viola White

Here is a picture of the 17-year-old spinning girl, one of the prosecuting witnesses against Frank M. Bond and Harry Smith in the notorious Edenton fish house scandal.

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Hardly More Than Children

Here is a snapshot photo of 17-year-old Arthur Edwards and his child wife who are the important witnesses in the case of State vs. Frank M. Bond and Harry Smith at Edenton. Edwards is a doffing boy and his wife a spinner in the cotton mill at Edenton. They have nothing of the appearance of a pair capable for framing up a case on anybody.

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Oct. 27, 1922