Black Mountain, Aug. 27—With the posse which has been searching for 24 hours for George Mills, negro driver of the car which last night ran down and killed Clarence Melton, aged 15 months, on the Black Mountain highway, augmented by nearly a hundred men who joined the crowd late in the afternoon, the man hunt is being pushed tonight in the belief that capture of the black is only a matter of hours.
There is less talk of violence but the search is being pushed with renewed vigor and while indications are that the negro will undoubtedly be safe from mob action, the situation remains tense.
The fact that Mrs. Melton, mother of the babe who was killed as it toddled at her side down the highway, was herself fired upon and wounded a few months ago by alleged moonshiners who wanted revenge for the activity of Rev. John Melton, father of the baby, against the liquor traffic, has added to the feeling that has grown as a result of the crime of the negro who is said to have been under the influence of liquor and driving without lights.
A warrant charging the negro with assault with a deadly weapon has been sworn out and is in the hands of Sheriff E. M. Mitchell, who has been on the scene most of the day directing the work.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Aug. 28, 1926
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