Statesville, June 3—Three negro convicts, having attacked and overpowered their guard, Pink Crawford, made their escape yesterday from the Iredell county road force near Rocky Creek, on the Wilkesboro road. The convicts escaped with he guard’s gun. One of the convicts was Walter Smith who was under a four-year sentence here and under a 10-year sentence in Florida, where he escaped from the penitentiary. Crawford, the guard, although severely hurt by the negroes, is not thought to be seriously injured.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, June 4, 1924
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