Charlotte Observer
The body of Miss Jean Braswell, 15-year-old girl who was shot and killed under mysterious circumstances Wednesday night near Saluda, was brought to Charlotte Thursday for burial.
During the afternoon yesterday a constant stream of visitors called at the North Tryon Street residence to express their sympathy to the bereaved family.
Members of the family spoke of the difficulty in bringing themselves to believe that the girl was dead. That the tragedy was the result of a triangular love affair, they declared was hard to believe.
Her extreme youth and carefree manner made them skeptical of the theory of a serious love tangle. They also expressed disbelief in the theory that there might be a third party in the shooting.
When found by residents of Saluda, they said, the girl was sitting in a lifelike position in the stripped-down automobile with her hands folded. Her companion, Q.C. Sonner, was found some distance away, dangerously wounded.
The Sonner boy, who is said to be 21 years of age, was removed at once to a hospital. His subsequent utterances have been incoherent for the most part, with references to a “Jimmie” as the person who fired the bullets.
Dispatches from Tryon Thursday indicated that Sheriff McFarland has given up the search for “Jimmie,” believing that there is no such person.
From page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, July 10, 1926
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