Albemarle—One of the most dastardly deeds ever perpetrated in Stanly county occurred when someone placed dynamite under the bed room of Mrs. Jane Broadway of the western part of Albemarle and set it off with the result that Mrs. Broadway was thrown into the middle of the room and rendered unconscious, and her little 4-weeks-old grandchild, who was sleeping with her, was thrown across the room landing near the door to another room.
Will Broadway of Thomasville, a son of the injured woman, is in jail here charged with the crime.
The wonder is that both were not instantly killed because the iron bed in which they were sleeping was twisted and torn, the mattress was demolished and set on fire, and the bolster, which was beneath the woman’s head, was thrown the whole distance of the room.
From the front page of The Norlina Headlight, Friday, Sept. 25, 1925
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