A desire to make a visit to Zebulon where they formerly worked on Highway No. 90, which was under construction by Blythe Brothers of Charlotte, caused two young men to get in the toils of the law.
On Tuesday morning, it is said that Clyde Irby phoned to a garage man in Charlotte and represented that he was one of the Blythes and said let Irby have the Lincoln car. A few minutes later Irby and T.B. Brane were making preparation to leave Charlotte, and Irby stated to a friend that he was fixing to leave and perhaps would never be seen in Charlotte again.
They soon were on the road making headway for Zebulon.
Later in the day, Blythe Brothers went to the garage for the car, but was [were?] told that Irby had gone off with it.
Mr. Blythe soon had the wires—both phone and telegraph—hot in pursuit, and one sent to the Chief of police of Zebulon, S.M. Dickens, and he began to look around to see if he could learn anything. The Chief stationed himself on Highway No. 90 and Arendell streets here in Zebulon. He had not been at the post more than 10 minutes when the large Lincoln car in question came along. The Chief secured a car and began to follow. At the Norfolk Southern Station the Lincoln car had to stop as a train was shifting, and the me in the Lincoln car began to make an effort to turn the car around so as to come back up Arendell street, but the Chief stopped the car.
The chief told the men he wanted them. They immediately surrendered. A wire was sent to Charlotte, and the answer was “hold the men” and officers would come for them.
Officers from Charlotte arrived Wednesday about 2 p.m. and took Irby and Brane, along with the Lincoln car, back to Charlotte.
It is stated that Irby had been in trouble before, having taken a car only about a week ago and went off with it. It is said that the men had prepared themselves with gas, as they had an extra drum of about 20 gallons of gas in the car.
It is said that the men stated that they made the trip from Charlotte to Zebulon in about five hours.
From the front page of the Zebulon Record, Friday, March 26, 1926
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