Lawrence Tritt Sentenced to 30 Years for Killing William Norris Dec. 27, 1925

Lawrence Tritt was found guilty by a Transylvania County jury at Brevard Saturday night of second degree murder for killing William Norris at his home in Brevard on December 27 and was sentenced to 30 years in State prison. The wife of the deceased, tried jointly with Tritt, was acquitted. It was a case of the eternal triangle.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, Feb. 1, 1926

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