Charged with appropriating the home of Bell Roscoe, a woman who was recently sentenced to serve a term at the county home, without Bell’s knowledge or consent, and with using rooms in the house for immoral purposes, two men and two women were arrested Tuesday night by the police. The women are Lula King and Grace O’Daniel, and the men are Sam Lougee and Robert Spain. Officers Spivey, Allison and Pendergrast made the arrests.
According to the police, the quartet of prisoners took possession of the Roscie(?) woman’s house immediately after she was sentenced to serve a term in the workhouse. They probably would not have been detected, but for a furniture man who went to he house which was located on West Trinity avenue, to collect for furniture. He reported his findings to the police. So far as police have been able to determine, the men and women were using the house without the knowledge or consent of Bell Roscie or without the knowledge or consent of the property owner. As a result the warrants charging use of the rooms for immoral purposes and also warrants charging trespass were issued against the quartet of prisoners. The case is set for trial Wednesday morning.
From page 3 of the Durham Morning Herald, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 1924. It was either the “Roscoe” home or the “Roscie” home.
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