Asheville—William Davis, alias “Bill” Davis, employe of a local café, was taken into custody by the police in connection with the mysterious death of Mrs. Annie May Burgess, 23 years old and pretty, who was fatally assaulted with an iron pipe at Montford Avenue and Santee Street.
Davis, it was said by W.B. Messer, police chief, is being held for investigation and at present no definite charge has been placed against him other than that of a suspect. He was non-committal about the action of the police in taking him into custody and denies any connection with the death of the young woman.
According to Chief Messer, the man has been residing in Asheville about a year and a half, but little is known about him other than this. The police state they will hold him until the investigation of the young woman’s death is thoroughly completed and detectives are now working on a number of valuable clues which may definitely point to the party or parties perpetrating the act.
From the front page of The Norlina Headlight, Friday, Jan. 29, 1926
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