Asheville, Feb. 8—Taft Evans of Weaverville is held in the Buncombe County jail charged with killing Earnest Parker. Members of the sheriff’s department went to Evans home before daylight Monday morning to effect the arrest when it was found that Parker had died as the result of wounds alleged to have been inflicted on him with a rock in the hands of Evans.
Parker was 34 years old. It was stated by members of the sheriff’s department that according to information given them, the two men were with a party of men and women in the woods near Weaverville drinking. Evans and Parker quarreled. Then Evans struck Parker on the head with a large stone. It was not thought Parker was seriously hurt at first, but he died during the night.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1926
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