Henderson, N.C., Oct. 10 (AP)—A verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree was returned today in Henderson Superior Court against Fred Shelton, 23-year-old negro, in connection with the shooting of Deputy Sheriff Romulus Capps last May. The jury returned its decision shortly before 11 o’clock, after having received the case late yesterday. Sentence will be passed this afternoon.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 1926
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