Wilson, Oct. 25. – The hearing in the case of Amos BATTS, the negro who was robbed and beaten to death with brick-bats, will take place tomorrow. Two negroes have been arrested charged with the crime, but what evidence there is against them will be withheld until the trial. The murder occurred about nine miles from this city.  BATTS was a good negro highly thought of and the authorities are active after evidence to convict the murderers.

Source: Kinston Free Press, October 26, 1905