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Jess Tuck in Jail for Murder of His Son Wesley, Feb. 6, 1926

Negro Kills His Son

Statesville, Feb. 5—Wesley Tuck, negro delivery boy for a local grocery store, died this morning about 9 o’clock as a result of a blow on the head inflicted by his father, Jess Tuck, meat cutter in a local market. The difficulty started over a trivial matter at their home in a negro settlement in North Statesville. The boy’s death followed a few hours later. Jess Tuck was placed in jail on a charge of murder.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 1926

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