In Trouble (1879)

In Trouble — Three negroes living in Weldon, Jim SPEIRS, Aleck BOLLING, and Dug LONG, last Friday went on the bridge to play their little game. They met a darkey crossing the bridge and proposed a bet on three card monte. He staked a pistol and the other three negroes took it away from him and left. It is also said that they took some money from him also. They were arrested and lodged in jail, and will possibly help build the Turnpike from this place to Ringwood or the dams on Roanoke river.

Source: Roanoke News, 6 February 1879, page 3. Available online at DigitalNC.org.

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