Asheville, March 12—William (Bill) Davis, who has been held in the Buncombe County jail here for more than 40 days in connection with the mysterious slaying of Mrs. Annie May Brugess, pretty 23-year-old widow, in January, was ordered freed by Judge P.A. McElroy shortly before the special criminal term of Buncombe County Superior Court adjourned late today.
Mrs. Burgess was slain under the bright rays of an arc light on one of the principal residential streets of the city between 10 and 10:30 o’clock at night. The young woman was struck on the head with a blunt instrument, her assailant then carrying her body to a nearby parcel of woods and throwing it down an embankment to conceal it. Because of the brutality of the deed and the element of mystery attached to the slaying, must interest has been aroused in Asheville as to the outcome.
Davis was held in connection with the crime, but Judge McElroy ordered his release when the court found there was not sufficient evidence to hold Davis.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, March 13, 1926
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