Knox Brown, Brady Simpson Plead Guilty to Simple Assault of Young Girl, Feb. 24, 1926

Brown and Simpson Admit Attack When Cases Are Started. . . Plead Guilty to Simple Attack When Taken in Mecklenburg Superior Court During Day. . . Brown Resident of Kannapolis. . . Cases Grew Out of Attack Made on Charlotte Girl—Attack Was Not Successful, the Girl States

Charlotte, Feb. 24 (AP)—Pleas of guilty to charges of simple attack were entered by Knox Brown, Kannapolis youth, and Brady Simpson, 34, of Thomasboro, who is married, when they were brought to trial today in Mecklenburg Superior Court.

The attach charges grew out of an investigation by officers that followed the disappearance of a young Charlotte girl some time ago. Simpson, who left the state, was arrested recently in Georgia.

The girl told the court that the defendants’ attempt to attack her were not accomplished.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 1926

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