Raleigh, Feb. 2—Theodore Hunnicutt, young white man arrested at North Wilkesboro last night, will be brought back here to face charges of kidnapping Miss Mildred Broughton, pretty young girl of Wendell, this county, last December 12th.
A similar charge stands against Wadell Richardson, who has not been apprehended. Following the alleged kidnapping of Miss Broughton, the state of North Carolina and county of Wake joined in a reward offer of $800 for the arrest of the two men.
According to the story told by Miss Broughton, Hunnicutt and Richardson carried her several miles away from her home against her will. At the time she was soliciting subscriptions for the Wendell newspaper and was induced to get into the men’s car under the pretense that they would subscribe.
She claimed she made her escape from them after she had thrown away the switch key to the Ford while they were on the roadside trying to find it.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1926
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