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Thursday, July 27, 2023

False Report Says Negroes Coming to Lynch Ed Perry, July 27, 1923

Wild Rumor Proved Without Foundation. . . Sheriff Logan Gets Telephone Message Predicting Attempt at Raiding Jail

Somebody either got scared or wanted to start a little excitement Monday night. Anyway Sheriff Logan received a telephone message Monday night that negroes of Kings Mountain were coming to Shelby to take Ed Perry, who killed a negro near Kings Mountain Monday afternoon, out of jail and lynch him.

The person who did the telephoning did not give his name and hung up immediately after giving the information. While Sheriff Logan refused to place any credence in the report, he took precautions to see that no trouble would arise. Several officers stayed up until a late hour.

Enquires made at Kings Mountain resulted in information being obtained that there was absolutely no nothing to the report.

The grand jury on Tuesday morning reported a true bill against Perry, who is charged with murder, and he will be tried at the next term of court.

From the front page of the Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Friday, July 27, 1923

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