Columbus, Ga., Feb. 1 (AP)—The bodies of O.T. Chalkey, 18, and Miss Anna Lee Welch, 24, were found in the front seat of an automobile near Buena Vista, Ga., today, according to information received here. Both had been shot through the heart, and in Chalkey’s hand was a revolver. The following note was found in the young man’s pocket: “Mother, don’t lay this on anybody but me. Do what you want to with my body and the rest. Please put us side by side, for love was the cause of it all. Good bye, your son, O.T.C.”
Beneath Chalkey’s initials were “A.L.W.,” the initials of Miss Welch.
The young couple had been friends for some time, and had planned to be married, but circumstances prevented. They lived about a half a mile apart, and the bodies were found midway between their homes.
From the front page of The Goldsboro News, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 1926
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