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Ex-Con to Stand Trial for Murdering J.W. Daniels, June 11, 1926

Ex-Convict Has to Face a Court. . . Charged with Having Fired Shot That Killed Man—Also Highway Robbery

Charlotte, June 10—On the testimony of a witness who said he was standing within two feet of the man who fired the bullet which killed J.W. Daniels early Sunday, Charlote Johnson, ex-convict and possessor of a long criminal record today was held for superior court on a murder charge.

He is also to be tried on a highway robbery church, the robbery alleged to have been committed the same night of the murder.

From the front page of The Goldsboro News, Friday morning, June 11, 1926

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn93064755/1926-06-11/ed-1/seq-1/

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