Monroe, Feb. 22—Sheriff Clifford Fowler of Union County says that he has cleared “away the mystery” surrounding the disappearance of Holmes Morris, whose bullet pierced automobile was found by the highway Thursday. Morris, the sheriff told a gathering of anxious citizens seeking him, had been lured away by the wiles of a “vampire.”
In making this announcement, the officer also withdrew a reward of $250 posted for clues leading to his discovery.
Thomas House of Charlotte informed officers of his having seen Morris on the night of his disappearance in a Charlotte cab.
The sherif said that he “could find Morris anytime I want him.”
From the front page of the Mooresville Enterprise, Thursday, Feb. 25, 1926
A “vampire” was slang for a female seductress, or vamp, who lured men away from their homes.
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