Tuesday morning officers from Danville, Va., came to Asheboro and identified an automobile which was taken by the Randolph County officers in front of the courthouse in Asheboro Thursday. Last week was court week and a large number of cars were parked in front of the courthouse during the entire week, but on Thursday the officers became suspicious of the actions of James Gambell of near Greensboro, who was subpoenaed to court. It turned out that after taking young Gambell into custody that he had been put in Jackson Training school when he was 14 years old and was there until last October when he was 21 years old. At first he refused to tell anything about where he got the Ford touring car he drove to Asheboro, later on told that he got the car at Bennett.
Investigation proved this untrue, and he was retained in jail overnight. The next afternoon young Gambell decided to tell the whole story and admitted that he got the car in Danville, Va., in front of Patterson’s Drug Co. The Randolph officials took the matter up with Danville officers and found that the car belonged to Sheriff Hodnett of Chatham, Va. Tuesday the officers from Danville came to Asheboro with the title to the Ford, took the car and Gambell and all to Danville.
From the front page of The Courier, Asheboro, N.C., Thursday, September 15, 1926
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