Saturday, March 9, 2024

Mrs. Lakey, Sons Emory and Austin, and Grandson Charged with Murder of Ex-Sheriff in 1923, March 9, 1924

Widow of Former Sheriff Arrested

By the Associated Press

Winston-Salem, N.C., March 8—Mrs. A.R. Lakey, widow of former Sheriff A.R. Lakey of Yadkin County, with her two sons, Emory and Austin, were bound over under bond of $10,000 each for trial in superior court by Judge J.L. Webb in Wilkesboro Friday afternoon.

Mrs. Lakey, the two sons and a grandson, are charged with murder in connection with the killing of the ex-sheriff, who was found dead in a shack near his home on August 21, 1923. True bills were found against them at the last term of Yadkin county court.

From page 3 of the Durham Morning Herald, Sunday, March 9, 1924

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