Denks McMillan, Indian, was murdered in the Back Swamp section a half mile from the home of Mr. Walter Townsend, last night about 11 o’clock, and Will Chavis, Indian, also of Back Swamp township, is being held in the sheriff’s office charged with the crime. The coroner’s inquest begun at the court house this morning is not yet complete, and up until 2 o’clock this afternoon no evidence has been offered at the hearing against Chavis, although but one witness has been examined.
Julian Pope Oxendine, Indian, the only eye witness to the shooting, claims that Chavis went off and left him and McMillan and later returned and shot at him and then at McMillan, killing McMillan.
When found, the body of McMillan had the appearance of having been taken from a car and put on the ground. The bullet entered his head just above the right ear.
The body was brought to Lumberton by Coroner Biggs this morning and is now being prepared for burial at the Lumberton Furniture store.
From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N. C., Monday, September 20, 1926
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