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Large crowd attends the Vickers funeral in county
A large crowd gathered at Floyd's Creek Baptist Church for the funeral of J. B. Vickers, shot by a prison guard during an escape attempt. Vickers died in Raleigh from peritonitis after the wound. Rev George Wood, deputy sheriff and Universalist pastor, faced arrest and bond set at 5000 for murder charges as the case moves toward the grand jury.
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Floyd’s Creek
Baptist Church
J. B. Vickers
Raleigh
Vickers
Rev
Jenkins
Avondale
George Wood
Kinston
Universalist Church
Lenoir County
Mecklenburg Superior Court
Mecklenburg County
L. M. Waring
Wood
Waring
W. F. Evans
Roy Banks
Charlotte
Spartanburg
5. C
State Prison
Central Prison
Wake County
Evans
Iowa
Wothington
H. Hoyle Sink