Friday, January 30, 2026

Albert Caldwell to Serve 4 Months on Chain Gang for Stealing Bike, Jan. 30, 1926

Sentenced to Chain Gang for Stealing Bicycle

Albert Caldwell, negro, was sentenced to serve four months on the chain gang when convicted in recorder’s court Friday on a charge of stealing a bicycle.

According to testimony at the trial, Caldwell stole the bicycle from John R. Smith, who operates here a bicycle repair shop. Officers when advised of the theft followed Caldwell from the city overtaking him, they reported, near Salisbury. He was riding the bicycle at the time of the arrest, it is said.

From page 2 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Jan. 30, 1926

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