Durham, Aug. 24—Ernest P. Walker, in whose veins runs white, colored and Indian blood, waived preliminary examination in Recorder’s court Friday and was held without bond for the October 11 term of Durham County Superior Court on three of the four capital offenses in North Carolina courts: Murder, burglary, and rape (criminal assault).
Walker confessed to police that he entered the home of James Cassidy, negro, on Sunday night, July 25, while Cassidy and his wife were sleeping; struck Cassidy with an axe, from which he died a few days later, and assaulted his wife. Police said they have never before ehrd of such a group of crimes in this State. Arson is the only other capital offiense.
From the front page of the Enterprise, Williamston, Martin County, N.C, Friday, August 27, 1926
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