Williamston, N.C., Nov. 9—With the arrest of George F. Bezemore, negro, here last night, authorities today believed they were a step nearer the solution of the mysterious slaying Friday of Gordon Yelverton, young white man. The negro charged with murder was takent o Wilson County jail for safe keeping.
Yelverton was last seen alive Friday en route to Wilson with a load of tobacco. His body was found Saturday. The negro was identified as one of three men who took tobacco to Farmville.
From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Monday, Nov. 9, 1926
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