Hide Article Text (OCR)
(Continued on page *ix) »-School Principal Is Attacked Ry Irate Father Yesterday »■ —School Man Found Nut Gtiil-ty Fariirr in Hay ForWhipping Bm•--W V Ormond. colored piim ip.il of the Biggs school, near Williams ton, was assaulted but not badly hurl by an angry patron at the school yesterday afternoun shortly after the pupils had been dismissed for the day. The attack was report ed to court authorities, but no ac tion was taken immediately by the assault victim to prosecute the case,Charles Williams, a patron of the school, waited for the school man to complete his work for the day When Ormond went to his car to drive home Williams ordered him to remove his glasses. It could not be learned immediately whetherthe professor took off his glasses or whether Williams removed them. It was reported that Williams knocked the school man down and beat him with his fist The attack followed a long,drawn-out trial in the county court earlier in the day. Ormond faced trial for whipping Joe Walter Williams, fifteen-year-old son ofCharles Williams, the school man's assailant It was brought out in the trial that Ormond possibly whipped the lad excessively, but it was also brought out that no permanent injury was done to the unruly youth While the boy was said to have committed indecent acts in the school, the charge was not brought out in court, but according to the evidence, the boy wras whipped for fighting, that the professor sent out for three whips and made ready to whip the Williams boy and two(Continued on page six)~ ‘-lt;*~iir r'M*^riiri r riri r i~i n ■ j
Newspaper Details
Williamston Enterprise
Williamston, North Carolina, US
Tue, Mar 31, 1942
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
Gail B.
USA 21 Jan 2025
Other Publications Near Williamston, North Carolina
Williamston Enterprise
