Dunn, Aug. 12—Alice Coats, 14-year-old Benson girl, who disappeared mysteriously 10 days ago, has been found and is now back at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Coats. She was found Sunday by her father in Dillon, S.C., in company with Walter Byrd, showman, and Byrd is now in the Harnett County jail in Lillington charged with bigamy.
The father learned that his daughter had been married in Dillon to Byrd, who is a native of Harnett County and also who has a child living in Greensboro. Byrd has been connected with various tent shows for the past several years. He is about 35 years old.
From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday morning, Aug. 17, 1926
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