Wednesday, June 10, 2026

I Went for Ride With Friends and Car Broke Down, Says Miss Gentry, 17, June 9, 1926

Missing Asheville Girl Comes Home

Asheville, June 9—Bringing an end to a search which had been waged frantically, Leila Gentry, pretty 17-year-old daughter of Mrs. Fannie Gentry of this city, returned home this afternoon. Frenzied search had been conducted ever since Sunday night, after the girl had left home without telling her mother or friends.

On her return she stated that she had gone for an automobile ride with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Martin, friends, according to the story told by the girl on her return, the car broke down, delaying the party in returning.

From page 4 of The Concord Daily Tribune, June 10, 1926

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