Asheville, June 10—Hugh Anders, young man of the New Found section, and J.C. Lunsford are awaiting trial here on charges of seduction and abduction.
The charges grew out of the girl’s story of who is alleged to have been a fake marriage in Henderson County, following her being carried to meet Anders by Lunsford. The girl states that she saw no papers at the time of her supposed marriage to Anders to cause her to believe it was legal.
After the alleged bogus ceremony, the couple came to Asheville where the girl claims she was persuaded to cash a check to which she had forged her father’s name. The money, $250, was spent for a trousseau.
The Case, which is attracting wide attention in this section, due to the prominence of the girl’s family, was set for a hearing at 5 o’clock this afternoon, but the girl’s mother, a material witness, was too ill to appear, and a postponement until Saturday morning was granted.
Attorneys for both sides are predicting that much sensational testimony will be presented at the hearing.
From page 8 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, June 11, 1926
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