That Such Would Happen in a Civilized Nation, Says Editor, April 1, 1925

It is almost incredible that such a crime as was perpetrated upon that 16-year-old boy in the lower part of the county last week could have been done in a civilized nation. Scalping by the Indians, horrible though that sounds, appears to us a more humane way of taking human life than slowly roasting in fire.

From the editorial page of the Smithfield Herald, Wednesday morning, April 1, 1925

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