Ed Weaver, negro, was shot and seriously wounded at a negro party late Saturday night on the edge of Wilson County near St. Louis, N.C. He was rushed to this city by his brother and two other negroes, and taken to the colored hospital where his condition was said to be critical.
Weaver was shot through the chest, the bullet entering his body from the right side, passed through his body just over his heart, and came out through his left arm near the shoulder. He was shot by James Epps, another negro, while attending a party on the farm of Berry Grimes.
Epps, according to the negroes who brought Weaver to the city, had been drinking heavily and jumped out in the center of the room, in which about 20 blacks were assembled, drew his pistol and started shooting, ordering everybody to stand still. Weaver is said to have made a lunge for the door. Epps whirled around and fired, the shot taking effect in Weaver’s chest.
Epps ran from the house and disappeared, and has not been seen since, while Weaver was helped into a car and rushed to Wilson for medical aid. The authorities at Tarboro were notified to look out for Epps.
From the front page of the Wilson Times, Oct. 14, 1924
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