Highwayman Shoots O.C. Bray, Dec. 8, 1923

Man Wounded as He Ran from Highwaymen. . . O.C. Bray of Elizabeth City Received Bullet Wound When He Disobeyed Command

Elizabeth City, N.C., Dec. 8—O.C. Bray, 44, is in a hospital here with a bullet wound in his hip as a result of a series of holdups here last night. The wound was sustained when the highwaymen fired at Bray when the latter ran instead of halting as ordered. Police are looking for Leroy White, a negro.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Dec. 8, 1923