Asheville, April 9—A.C. Reynolds Tuesday morning assumed the duties of superintendent of schools in Buncombe county, a position to which he was elected Monday noon by the county school board after W.C. Murphy resigned temporarily pending the outcome of a suit which has been started against him by Dr. Nicholas Mandelos in Buncombe county superior court.
Mr. Murphy, who accepted the position of school superintendent a year ago, appeared at a special meeting of the county school board Monda and resigned temporarily. In the court action the plaintiff, who is a member of the medical staff at United States Veterans hospital No. 60 at Oteen, is suing Superintendent Murphy for damages in the sum of $50,000, charging him with improper relations with Mrs. Mandelos, wife of the plaintiff, who has been a teacher in the Johnson school.
On filing his resignation, Mr. Murphy made a statement declaring he is innocent of the charges which have been made against him, and stating that he will leave no stone unturned in defending his character and his reputation.
Soon after the suit was filed, Mrs. Mandelos issued a statement saying the charges made by her husband were false, and asserting that her husband was trying to barter her honor in an effort to secure money from the defendant.
From page 2 of the Goldsboro News, Saturday morning, April 10, 1926
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