Greensboro, April 9—Wattie Williamson, young negro man, charged with attacking a young white woman with intent to commit criminal assault, has confessed, officers say, but just how far the confession goes or what it amounts to is not known. The negro will get a hearing in municipal court here tomorrow.
The black is said to have confessed that he caught hold of the girl, making confession to Detectives B.B. High and Lee Wrenn and Jailer Sample Huffine. He is charged with beating, wounding and ill treating the girl with intent to commit an immoral act. If the case goes against him tomorrow, he will be bound over to the Guilford superior court grand jury. Penalty upon conviction is 5 to 15 years in the state prison.
It is charged that last Friday night the negro accosted the young woman while on her way from work in an overall factory on the road near the edge of the city, but was frightened away before he could harm her.
His alleged confession may be repudiated at the preliminary hearing, but the girl has identified him as the negro who caught hold of her and told her not to cry out or he would kill her. It is understood that witnesses have been found who will say that the negro for several evenings followed the girl a short distance.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, April 10, 1926
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