Thursday, October 31, 2024

Lewis and Willie Bryan Catch "Barefoot Burglar" in Their Home, Nov. 1, 1924

Nocturnal Prowler Caught at Raleigh. . . Joe Goodman, Barefoot Burglar, Overpowered by Two Bryan Boys in Their Home

Raleigh, Oct. 31—Joe Goodman, barefoot burglar, is held in jail without bond and in the catch the officers believe they have stopped the mysterious marauder who has been operating in these parts many months.

Goodman, a powerful negro, was captured about 3 o’clock this morning by Lewis and Willie Bryan, youths, who found him behind their bathroom door. The negro attacked Lewis Bryan, who jumped on his back and rode him downstairs Willie Bryan joining in the attack which was finally ended when the father of the boys came to their rescue. The negro was held in the house until the police arrived.

The offense is a capital felony, though Goodman, who is a Georgia negro, carried no deadly weapon with him.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Nov. 1, 1924

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073201/1924-11-01/ed-1/seq-1/#words=NOVEMBER+1%2C+1924

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