Raleigh, May 28—Aden Proctor of Buncombe county arrived at the State Prison today to begin serving a five-year sentence for burglary. He was given prison number 20,000, this being the number of prisoners at the prison since its establishment in 1869.Superintendent Pou called attention to the fact that of the 20,000 prisoners in 57 years, approximately 7 ½ per cent are still confined at the institution.
Proctor, a negro, is an unusual prisoner. He is 22 years old, and in that time has attained the height of but 4 feet 9 ½ inches.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, May 28, 1926
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