Alvester Ayers killed his 30-year-old wife, Bertha Ayers, and her father, William D. Starling, early Tuesday morning in Wilson. Ayers had had much trouble with his bride of but six months and claimed his only reason for committing the deed was because he thought his wife was better off dead than to be living in sin; and he further claims he killed her father who was trying to kill him.
Ayers had been making threats during the day, and his 14-year-old daughter had hidden his gun. That night he and his wife were at the Starling home. Ayers got up during the night and went to his own home, got his gun and returned, slaying his wife and father-in-law. He then went to police headquarters and surrendered, and is now in jail.
From the front page of the Enterprise, Williamston, Martin County, N.C, Friday, August 27, 1926
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