Coroner Clears Guards In Caledonia Escape Killings
Coroner Williams ruled guards acted in line of duty during the Caledonia State Farm escape incident. Oscar Hilton died Friday of wounds from guards fire after he and Elmer Cole fled a noon meal break with 39 prisoners. Cole was killed instantly. Hilton died hours later at Roanoke Rapids hospital. Guards Strickland Woodcock and Byrum pursued and fired to stop the escape, asserting they aimed to halt armed inmates. Hilton, 25, hailed from Waterbury Connecticut and had prior sentences for robbery and larceny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Hilton
Caledonia State Farm
Elmer C. Cole
Roanoke Rapids
Cole
Z. A. Strickland
Woodcock
Raymond McDuffie
M. H. Byrum
Strickland
Gale
Beram
Bke
Hilton
Byram
Roanoke Hospital
Williams
Corones
Waterbury
Conn
Mecklenburg County
U. S. Dept. of Justice
Miami
Fla
Charlotte
Real Estate Transfers Recorded This Week
Deeds filed in the Register of Deeds during the week of July 18 show L. Draper conveying one Weldon lot to Weldon Building & Loan. F. P. Spruill to Spruill Jr a 35 acre Charlie M Key land. Tucker Trustee to Metropolitan Life Insurance 607.78 acres in Faucetts Township. Stuart Smith Trustee to Sallie M House land near White Cross Roads. Julian T Glover and wife to Annie Patterson Matthews two Roanoke Rapids lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register of Deeds Office
L. ©. Draper
Weldon Building & Loan Association
Weldon
F. P. Spruill
F. P. Spruill, Jr
Charlie M. Key
J. Granberry Tucker
Metropolitan Life Inswence Company
Faucetts Township
Stuart Smith
Als
Sallie M. House
White Cross Roads
Julian T. Glover
Annie Patterson Matthews
Roanoke Rapids
Harvey Speight Buried After Raleigh Track Mishap
Harvey Speight 28 died from internal injuries after a four track accident. Burial Friday at Cedarwood with services by Rev. D M Sharp and Rev. Hugh Bradley at Williams Funeral Home Raleigh. Survived by widow, 19 month old child, father Charles Speight, stepmother, four brothers, three sisters. Pallbearers Clifton Johnson Carlton Taylor Howard Speight Norman Speight Lonnie Daughtry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Sharp
Rosemary Methodist Church
Hugh Bradley
Presbyterian Church
Williams
Roanoke Avenue
Cedarwood Cemetery
Charles Speight
Howard William
Randolph
Norman
Margaret
Josephine
Mary
Young Speight
Local travelers return from Virginia visits
Horace Williams returns from a visit with friends and relatives in Fitzhugh Virginia. Mrs Lloyd Bryant and Misses Nita Turner and Opehlia Daniel spent the weekend in Richmond as guests of Miss Avy Gray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Williams
Fitzhugh
Virginia
Auction Notice of Household Machinery in Roanoke Rapids
Notice under a 1927 chattel mortgage to Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Roanoke Rapids. On August 13, 1932, at 12:00 noon, a Champion Shoe Repairing Outfit including a 3 HP motor, Stitcher, and Finisher will be sold for cash to satisfy debt. Property lies on North side of Tenth Street in Rosemary Roanoke Rapids Halifax NC. The sale is conducted by F L Nash cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Katz
Citizens Bank & Trust Company
Roanoke Rapids
North Carolina
Office of the Register of Deeds
Halifax County
Wm. F. Horner
Tenth Street
Rosemary
Coroner Verdict In Wake County Road Fatal Case
The coroner in Raleigh heard evidence about a crash that killed Harvey Speight of Roanoke Rapids and William B Thurston of Bolton. The truck driven by Arthur Williams had no lights on its front or rear and was partly on the concrete road as the motorcycle riders approached. Arthur Williams was held on a $500 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Williams
Charley Speight
Daughtry
Norman Speight
Wake County
Raleigh
Harvey Speight
Roanoke Rapids
William B. Thurston
Bolton
A. Gomez
Raleigh Stone
Arthi Williams
Gomez
Also Mentioned on This Page
Caledonia
Freedon
Carnation
Ptuat
Stanley Park
Vancouver
British Columbia
Pauline Johnson
Canada
Pacific Ocean
Sit Weg
Rex Hospital
Citizens Bank & Trust CO
F. L. Nash
Cashier
Alg
Witholds
Virginia Dickens
Scotland Neck
Mr. and
Mrs. Fletcher Dickens
W. A. Merritt
Elmer Williams
W. H. Tippett and Son
Leslie and
J. W. Medlin
Hopewell
G. H. Harvey
Travola Inn
Northampton County
McNess Co. Dept. F
P. Wike
Roanoke Jewelry CO
W. G. Lynch
Roanoke Ave
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