Charlotte, Feb. 28—Two prominent Charlotte men, sons of W.R. Matthews, Mecklenburg legislator, are being held in Dallas, Texas, on Mann Act charges. It is expected that they will make their bonds of $1,000 each in the United States court at Dallas tomorrow.
The men are W.M. and P.D. Matthews, both of whom have wives here, who have sworn out warrants charging non-support and abandonment.
The two Matthews men, with J.P. Matthews, 19-year-old brother, disappeared on January 8th. J.P. Matthews was arrested, but subsequently was released in view of the fact that on the way to Texas he had married the woman whom he had accompanied away from Charlotte. The charges against him will not be pressed.
The women are Mrs. Florence Lipe Matthews, who married the younger brother, her daughter, Miss Lina Lipe, said to be 13 years old, and Mrs. Pearl Lambert, whose husband is now in Florida. Mrs. Florence Lipe was a widow before her marriage to the younger Matthews. The women were all of this city, Mrs. Lipe recently coming here from Columbia, S.C.
W.D. and P.M. Matthews have waived preliminary hearings in Dallas and their cases will be prosecuted in federal court there.
State warrants have been sworn out by the wives of W.M. and P.D. Matthews, charging abandonment and non-support, and a warrant charging W.M. Matthews with abduction has been sworn out by C.E. Lambert.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, March 1, 1926
The original newspaper article names of the two older sons as W.D. and P.M. Matthews AND as W.M. and P.D. newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073201/1926-03-01/ed-1/seq-1/
No comments:
Post a Comment