T.F. Lowe, white man of High Point, submitted in Superior Criminal Court here Friday to possessing and transporting whiskey, reckless driving and speeding, and was required to pay $750 and give Mr. Arch Graham a horse. He was released Saturday.
Of the $750, Mr. Graham is to receive $100 for damages to himself and wagon, the costs of the case to be deducted from the remainder, and the balance to be entered as a fine. According to Clerk of Court C.B. Skipper the fine will amount to slightly less than $600. Judge Barnhill ordered that the Dodge truck seized by the officers be returned to the automobile company from which it was purchased, the company holding a lien against the car. In doing this Judge Barnhill stated that the fight necessary to retain the car would cost the county more than the car would sell at auction.
The defendant had appealed from Recorder P.S. Kornegay’s court, where he was given a total of 39 months on the roads. His arrest was the result of a wreck which occurred on the Fairmont road about 3 miles south of here, when a Dodge truck driven by Lowe ran into a mule and wagon belonging to Mr. Graham. The mule had be killed as the result of injuries received, and the wagon was a total wreck. Lowe remained at the wreck until officers came and arrested him. Twenty-eight gallons of whiskey were found near the scene of the wreck and officers believed Low had hid the liquor following the wreck. While Loew was out under heavy bond, a modern whiskey distillery was raided in Horry County, South Carolina, and an officer seriously wounded. It was thought Lowe was at the still at the time of the shooting, and he was later arrested and carried to Conway, S.C., but later was released when it was found that he took no part in the shooting.
From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, Oct. 5, 1925
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