Norfolk, Va., May 16—Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Odum of near Arcola, N.C., were both shot and killed this afternoon, according to a special dispatch to the Virginia-Pilot from Warrenton, N.C. W.L. Ross of Holister, N.C., is in jail charged with the double slaying and is alleged to have confessed, saying the affair grew out of a family quarrel.
According to the dispatch the trouble centered around Ross’ stepdaughter. The girl was said to have left home a few weeks ago because of alleged cruel treatment and had since been making her home with the Odums. This afternoon Ross is said to have gone to the Odum home, and following a quarrel fired five shots from a revolver into Mr. and Mrs. Odum, killing both. Following the double killing Ross went to the home of Lewis Capps, well known merchant of Arcola, and, according to the dispatch, told him of the affair and asked that he be taken to the Warren county jail. This was done. The case is expected to be taken up at the term of the superior court, which opens in Warrenton tomorrow.
From the front page of the Messinger and Intelligencer, Wadesboro, N.C., Thursday, May 20, 1926
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