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Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Vance Morgan Executed for Murder of Butler Funderburk, Dec. 25, 1924

Vance Morgan, negro, of Union county was electrocuted Friday on the charge of murdering Butler Funderburk, a storekeeper of that county. Morgan was convicted on circumstantial evidence but confessed to his spiritual advisor before going to his death.

From page 6 of The News Reporter, Whiteville, N.C., Dec. 25, 1924.

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