Frances Williams Accused of Killing Baby, June 29, 1925

A jury summoned by Coroner Summersett this afternoon order that Frances Williams, a negro woman about 20 years old, be held without bail to answer the charge of killing her infant. An infant was found in a sanitary closet in the rear lot of the girl’s home in East Spencer with its head crushed.

The girl’s mother is being held as an accessory but will be allowed the privilege of bond.

From page 3 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, June 29, 1925

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Negro Girl Held for Killing Her Infant

Salisbury, June 28-- A jury summoned by Coroner Summersett this afternoon order that Frances Williams, a negro woman about 20 years old, held without bail to answer the charge of killing her infant. An infant was found in a sanitary closet in the rear lot of the girl’s home in East Spencer with its head crushed. The girl’s mother is being held as an accessory but will be allowed the privilege of bond.

From page 4 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, June 29, 1925

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