Evidence Introduced that Bullet that Killed Stephen Holt First Hit Pavement, Nov. 16, 1925

Defense Scores in Jesse Wyatt Case. . . Evidence Proves That Officer’s Bullet Hit Road Before Striking Holt

Raleigh, Nov. 10 (AP)—The defense scored its first important point today during the trial of Jesse H. Wyatt, former detective captain of this city, for the killing of Stephen S. Holt, Smithfield lawyer, when evidence was introduced tending to prove that the bullet from Wyatt’s pistol struck the hard-surfaced pavement and glanced incidentally toward the attorney as he was seated in the rear seat of an automobile. The trial was resumed with Chief of Police J. Winder Bryan completing testimony introduced at noon Saturday.

Much of the evidence presented involved the use of firearms, particularly .32 caliber pistols like the one handled by the defendant at the time of the shooting, and the strange course of bullets in glancing after striking hard objects.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, Nov. 16, 1925

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