Attorneys for Jesse Van Dyke, butcher of Cherryville who is charged with the murder of the late A.L. Painter, chief of police of that place, will go into Gaston Superior Court Tuesday morning before Judge C.c. Lyon and ask that the case be continued until another term, it was learned Saturday.
Reason for making such a motion by Attorneys Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby and Carl E. Carpenter of Gastonia, Van Dyke’s counsel, include the statements that they are not ready for trial and that the feeling against Van Dyke is still too high to give the defendant a fair trial.
On the other hand, Solicitor John G. Carpenter, for the state, A.E. Woltz and Matthew Stroupe, for the private prosecution, are busy with every detail of evidence in their hands. They claim they will push every charge against the meat cutter. Attorneys made several trips to Cherryville this week to secure data for the trial.
The jury selection to try Van Dyke does not include citizens from the Cherryville section. If a special venire is ordered by Judge Lyon, it is expected that the men will come from other townships in Gaston instead of Cherryville.
From the front page of The Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Monday, March 8, 1926
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