Fayetteville, July 3—Walter Jackson, farmer, merchant and bank director of Robeson county, and Tom Skipper, farmer of Cumberland county, were found guilty of kidnapping and secret assault and battery when a verdict was returned at 6:25 this evening by the jury trying them in Superior Court for the flogging of Rudolph Williard the night of May 26. They will be sentenced by Judge H.A. Grady tomorrow morning.
Both defendants were locked up for the night after taking leave of the female members of their families, who showed much grief. Jackson exhibited traces of emotion, but Skipper continued to bear the same solid calm that he had shown throughout the trial. Jackson is unmarried but has been attended through his trial by his two sisters and aged father. Skipper is a married man, his ride being sister to the wife of Rudolph Willard. Jackson has been out on bond of $5,000.
From page 5 of the Concord Daily Tribune, July 4, 1925. Last name of victim was spelled “Williard” in first reference of the article and “Willard” in second reference.
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