On Thursday, April 15, following a row, Andy Gaynor, a young colored man who lives in the Gold Point section, struck Heber Ayers, a young white man of the same section, on the head with an ax. He then hit him on the right arm, between the elbow and shoulder, completely cutting the arm off with the exception of a small portion of flesh on the under part of the arm.
The doctors are attempting to graft the arm back in its place, with some hope of saving it.
Young Ayers is the son of Will Ayers.
Rumor has it that the negro accused young Ayers of stealing liquor from him and when Ayers called him a liar he struck him with the axe.
Gaynor is still at large although officers have been seeking him ever since the assault.
From the first page of the Enterprise, Williamston, N.C., Tuesday, April 20, 1926
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