Thursday, June 25, 2026

Trial of Ernest Lucas, Charged with Murder of Policeman Chason, Begins, June 26, 1926

Slayer of Policeman Goes in Trial Today

Fayetteville, June 24 (AP)—The trial of Ernest Lucas, charged with the killing of Policeman D.C. Chason in the building of the Fayetteville Observer on October 21, 1925, is scheduled to start in Superior Court this afternoon.

Chason was shot as he entered the office of the newspaper by a rear door. Two members of the mechanical department of the Observer are being held without bonds as material witnesses and one other printer is being held under bond.

From the front page of the Goldsboro News, Friday, June 25, 1926

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn93064755/1926-06-25/ed-1/seq-1/

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