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Newspaper
Tarboro Southerner
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1876
Page
3
Local notices offer legal ads and subscriptions, with auctions, clothing sales, school openings, and social events. Advertisements promote ice cream, beer, dry goods, and repairs. Reports cover court proceedings, local politics, and community happenings in Edgecombe and nearby towns.
Tarboro judge sentences R H Crockett to two years six months in county jail after a trial detailing months of torture of Willie Crockett by his father. Testimony described daily whippings, burns, starvation, chilling punishments, and repeated assaults in a case likened to the worst crimes against children. Local consternation followed sensational evidence and public outcry over the abuse.
Pierce of Edgecombe recounts the murder of Isadore Cohen at Whitakers in 1875. John Williams is sentenced to be hanged, with Williams becoming State's witness leading to Powell's conviction after appeals and delays. The article notes Williams’s conduct in jail, his remorse, and a broader Nash County convention coverage including party figures and local political rhetoric.
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