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Steven Yelverton, Alleged Pickpocket, In City Jail, Feb. 21, 1926

Alleged Pickpocket Arrested Yesterday

Steven Yelverton, colored, charged with snatching a purse containing $12.50 from the hands of Myrtle Parker in Isaacs store yesterday, is in the city jail and will be given a hearing before the Mayor. Yelverton escaped after he is alleged to have stolen the pocketbook but was later apprehended by Policeman Burke.

From page 4 of The Goldsboro News, Sunday morning, Feb. 21, 1926

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