Recorder P.S. Kornegay found probable cause in the case Friday charging Ambrose Chavis, Indian, with setting fire to a tobacco barn on the night of August 2 near Raynham, and bound the defendant over to Superior court under $2,000 bond.
Chavis is in jail, being unable to furnish bond. The barn he is accused of burning belonged to Mr. J.M. Pate, mention of which was made in last Monday’s Robesonian. The barn was full of tobacco at the time, and the loss was complete, without insurance. I tis alleged by the prosecuting witness that Chavis had made threats against him, and that he was seen near the barn just before the fire was discovered. Officers arrested Chavis early Monday morning.
From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, August 10, 1925
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