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Tracing Crime and Court News Across North Carolina and Beyond
A long community page recounts rail robberies in Texas and Virginia courtroom outbursts, plus state legislative moves in Raleigh. Reports touch on murder convictions, highwaymen, and trials from Baltimore to Richmond, with political debates over county government, tax arrears, and road work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forthworth
Texas
Leavenworth
Kansas
Jolin T. Ross
Albert Hawkins
Anderson Perry
Emily Brown
Criminal Court
Baltimore
Pegroes
Medical School
Maryland University
Ross
Hawkins
Raleigh
Senate
Hyde County
Stanton
Farmer
Wilson County
W. W. Farmer
G. W. Stanton
Wadesboro
Ashe
Supreme Court
Manly and Troy Railroad Company
Pinpix
Pritchard
Turner
Holt
Lindsay
Wills
Buncombe
Colius
Seales
Walter Bingham
North Carolina Society For the Prevention of
Davidson County
N. S. Railroad
Wake
Vance County
Central and Northwestern Railway Co
Superior Court