Wednesday, June 10, 2026

N.C. Cranford, "Convict-Whipping Foreman" to be Tried in July, 1926

Cranford Case to be Tried in July. . . Alleged “Convict-Whipping Foreman” Not to be Tried Now

Albemarle, June 9 (AP)—The case of N.C. Cranford, alleged “convict-whipping foreman,” was postponed in Stanly Superior Court today until the July term.

The former superintendent of the county convict system is charged with shipping three negro prisoners to the point of death, it being alleged that they died later as the result of the punishment.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, June 9, 1926

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073201/1926-06-09/ed-1/seq-1/

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