Clyde Broughton, young white man whose home is in the seven Springs section of Lenor county, is being held in the Wayne County jail in default of bond in connection with the death of William Teachey, another young white man, who died in the Goldsboro Hospital Sunday morning as the result of a skull fracture which he received when struck on the head last Thursday night at a store on the Goldsboro-Seven Springs highway.
Broughton was the man whom Teachey told officers struck him with the bottle, this statement being made shortly after they had found him following the affair. On the strength of this antemortem statement and other evidence which authorities have but which they have not disclosed, he was ordered held by the coroner’s jury which held an inquest over the body.
It is said that the affair was the result of an argument and an affray which occurred at the store in question and is a section which has been noted for its blockading and bootlegging activities.
The body of the dead man was carried to his former home on Sunday and was interred near that place later. He was held in high esteem in his home community, and his untimely death is generally regretted by a large circle of friends.
From the front page of the Goldsboro News, Wednesday morning, July 14, 1926
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