Guilty of Second Degree Murder, Says Hertford Jury, Nov. 5, 1923

Second Degree Murder Verdict Against Chappel. . . Was Tried in Hertford the Alleged Killing of Elisha Goodwin

By the Associated Press

Hertford, N.C., Nov. 5—Herbert Chappell, young Perquimans county man, was convicted of second degree murder in the Superior Court here at a trial on charged growing out of the killing of Elisha B. Goodwin of Hertford on the night of September 24th when Goodwin sought to dissuade Chappell, who, it is alleged, was threatening Mrs. Chappell. The jury returned its verdict Sunday after all night deliberation. Chappell pleaded self defense. A motion was set aside the verdict was overruled. Chappell was sentenced to 10 years in the State penitentiary by Judge W.M. Bond of Edenton, who is presiding over the court.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, November 5, 1923. Defendant’s last name was spelled Chappel in headline and Chappell in the story.