Stanly News-Herald
John Gray, along with four other prisoners, was carried to Raleigh to the State penitentiary Tuesday morning by Sheriff Furr and deputies.
A large crowd assembled in front of the jail to see John Gray carried away Tuesday morning. The prisoners were led from the jail and placed into automobiles by Sheriff Furr and his deputies.
John Gray was led forthwith his hands encased in large handcuffs. He held a handkerchief in his hands but was not seen to use it.
John Gray’s mother, and brother, Theodore, were at the jail early Tuesday morning to tell John good-bye. They were permitted by Sheriff Furr to talk to John in his presence, but were not allowed to talk with him alone.
Theodore Gray and his mother were in tears but John Gray was not seen to shed any tears nor show any particular signs of weeping. John maintains that it will come out all right, he does not believe that God will allow an innocent man to be killed, and he claims that he is innocent.
From page 7 of The Concord Daily Tribune, April 9, 1926
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