Jury Selected in Murder Trial of W.L. Ross, Charged with Murder of Odom Couple, May 20, 1926

Slayer of Warren County Couple Soon to Know His Fate. . . Man Who Shot Two Who Came to Help Girl Faces Jury. . . Taking Testimony in Case of W.L. Ross, Charged with Slaying of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Odom, at Arcola, Last Sunday, Will Begin This Morning-Trial Expected to be Short

Henderson, N.C., May 20 (AP)—With the entire day consumed in the selection of a jury, the taking of testimony in the case of W.L. Ross, charged with first degree murder, is expected to begin in Warren county superior court in Warrenton, tomorrow morning.

Ross is charged with the murder at their home in Arcola, Warren county, of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Odom, last Sunday afternoon.

The jury had just been completed when court adjourned for the day, after examination of more than 125 men out of a special venire of 200 summoned. All the evidence is expected to be in shortly after noon tomorrow, court officials said.

Solicitor Hunt Parker is trying Rosson the first degree murder charge in connection with the death of Mrs. Odom, in the belief that the stronger evidence is available in that case.

From the front page of the Goldsboro News, May 21, 1926

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