Alleged Slayer of Negro Woman Held for Murder
Arthur R. Boggs, 43, a white man, is jailed without bond on a murder charge after Naomi Burnett Bower, about 45 and of Negro ethnicity, identified him on her death bed as the slasher. She died after being found wounded beside a road near Homestead avenue. Authorities said Boggs and the woman hired a taxi and were dropped at the scene, where a struggle occurred before her death in Guilford County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur R. Boggs
Naomi Burnett Bower
Boggs
Homestead Avenue
Guy Lee
Fisher Street
New Highway No. 10
Lexington Avenue
North Main Street
Lee
Yow
Guilford General Hospital
Guilford General
Burrus Memorial
Guillford General
A. G. Burnett
East Washington Street
Boges
W. EB. Kiger
J. R. Teague
J. H. Hubbard
TROOPER COPS NEGRESS CRIME AND TAXI CONFESSION
A crime scene along a rural bank edges involved a woman cut in the throat and a knife found on a sand bar after a struggle. Taxicab driver Ray Mitchell recalls transporting a woman to Lexington and Washington streets before they were dropped off near a highway. Boggs, identified later by police, reports insanity history as trial approaches. A separate note covers Miss Pauline Stoner’s twelfth birthday party at 903 Newlin Street with sixteen guests and performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Ray Mitchell
Weat Street
East
Washington Street
West
Lexington
Boggs
Lexington Avenue
Morganton
Pauline Stoner
Newlin Street
Helen Carroll
Kathleen Millborn
Local Residents Visit Relatives and Attend Events
Mrs Clayton Lewis and children of Clinton visit brothers C B Mitchell and G W Mitchell in the city. D L Miller and Mrs Bill Macon spend time in Missouri and Illinois visiting kin. Mr George Searce recovers at home on East Green Street. Mrs H B Owens of Norfolk visits her mother Mrs R F Johnson and travels to Charlotte and Mooresville before returning to High Point. Mrs C B Embler of 218 West Lexington Avenue is seriously ill at Guilford General Hospital. Captain J V Thompson and daughter Pearl plus Miss Pauline Douglas return from Virginia Military Institute event in Lexington. David and Wesley Bailey of Augusta, Ga, are guests of Jam Brandon at 908 Mollen Avenue. Mrs H A White attends UNC summer session in Chapel Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Owens
Norfolk, Va
R. F. Johnson
Howell Street
Charlotte and
Mooresville
C. B. Embler
Lexington Avenue
Guilford General Hospital
David and
Wesley Bailey
Augusta
Jam Brandon
Mollieu Avenue
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. R. Boggs
White
Naomi Burnett Bowers
Open Forest Hotel
Aya
J. Mason Alexander
Myrtle Beach
Dad
Manhattan
van Heusen
Resillo
Trooper Cops Society Bride
Palm Beach
Samuel H. Wechsler
New York State
Beatrix Blackwell
Reg
Huntington
L. L
W Ler
Long Island Roads
Kotex
D. L. Miller
Commerce Street
Bill
Macon
Missouri
Illinois
George Searce
East Green Street
High Point
J. V. Thompson
Pearl Thompson
Pauline Douglas
Virginia Military Instate
H. A. White
Chap Hill
University of North Carolin
Union Suits
Ee Ee
John W. Richardson
Silk
Pongee Amas
Batiste
Gew
Mity
Rge
Lalies
Dollar Va
Peter Pan
Varuers
Stra
Kate Greenway
W. L. Douglass
W. L
Rogers Bros
Our
Cady Caroline
Gorham
Sterling
Parkinsons Yne
Owelers
North Main
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