Saturday, January 27, 2024

Former Police Chief Arrested on Statutory Charges Involving 10-Year-Old, Jan. 27, 1924

Melton Held Without Bail

Wilmington, N.C., Jan. 26—John Melton, 75-year-old former chief of police, arrested yesterday on statutory charges preferred by a 10-year-old white girl, was arraigned in recorder’s court this morning and held to Superior Court without bail.

From the front page of the Durham Morning Herald, Sunday, Jan. 27, 1924

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