Lessie Jacobs, Indian, was murdered at the home of his father-in-law, Neal Jones, Back Swamp township, early this morning, and Norris Graham, Indian, alleged murderer, who escaped after the shooting, is being sought by county officers.
Jacobs was killed in the kitchen of the Jones home shortly after midnight, according to the reports brought here: Dr. J. N. Britt of Lumberton was summoned about daybreak and went to the scene of the shooting to find the man’s intestines shot to pieces and poured out on the floor. Jacobs died 20 minutes after the physician reached him and made no statement about the shooting. Jacobs and Graham are brothers-in-law. The cause of the murder is not known though it is stated both men were drinking.
Rural Policeman S.D. Strain was on the trail of Graham all the morning but returned to Lumberton shortly after noon without having captured him. The double-barreled shot gun used was found broken out of the stock by Policeman Strain it contained an empty shell and another loaded with No. 8 shot.
Coroner D. W. Briggs expects to hold an inquest over the body of Jacobs late this afternoon.
From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., July 12, 1926
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