Asheville, July 7—Clyde Melton of Ridgecrest was shot and seriously wounded early today by his mother-in-law, Mrs. Sally Smead, according to the story he told Sheriff Mitchell and the Black Mountain police. Melton, who recently separated from his wife, appeared at the house occupied by Mrs. Smead and her daughter shortly after midnight raving drunk. With him was his small son, who was awarded to his father’s custody in the separation agreement.
“He came in started abusing his wife, Ethel, and me and the two children,” said Mrs. Smead. “I could not stand it any longer, so I shot him.”
Melton was taken to the hospital in Asheville, where today he was reported much improved. The shotgun slugs fired by Mrs. Smead entered his chest.
The mother-in-law was taken to the Buncombe County jail.
According to Black Mountain police, Melton made a statement on the way to the hospital that he had been shot by his mother-in-law while he was in bed asleep. The officers discredited this story as their investigation showed Melton must have been standing up when he was wounded, they said.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Thursday, July 8, 1926
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