Greensboro, Jan. 19—Carl Talley, on trial in Superior Court here for murder in connection with the shooting to death in Greensboro May 4, 1921, of Policeman Thomas McCuiston, was convicted late today of murder in the second degree and sentenced by Judge A.M. Stack to 15 years in the state penitentiary. Notice of appeal was given and approximate bond fixed at $15,000. The jury deliberated about one hour.
When Judge Stack pronounced sentence, Mrs. Talley, who was sitting beside her husband at the time, created some commotion in the court room by shrieking, “Oh, my God, have mercy on him, please do.” Weeping bitterly she accompanied Talley and an officer form the court room. The conviction and sentence of Talley is the final chapter in a sensational murder and man-hunt which occurred here on May 4, 1921, when Policeman McCuiston was shot dead as he stepped on the running board of what he believed to be a liquor car in which were Carl Talley, Louis Edwards and Tommy Robertson. Edwards was tried here last year, convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to 15 years in the penitentiary which he is now serving.
From page 7 of the Reidsville Review, Jan. 24, 1923
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