Salisbury Evening Post
Salisbury, North Carolina
20 Sept 1921
Robert Dishman, 46 years old, who was mortally wounded Sunday night by Bob Benson, negro, following a collision on the Shipley-Ford road six miles from Statesville in which Benson's buggy was practically demolished by Dishman's automobile, died at 1:40 o'clock this morning at a local hospital without regaining consciousness. Dishman's skull was badly fractured by a heavy stick or some other weapon in Benson's hand. The deceased is survived by a wife and several children.
Officers and citizens have been engaged night and day searching for the missing negro, and blood hounds have been brought into action without successful result. The officers believe the negro went toward Salisbury and are following all possible clues.
Salisbury, North Carolina
20 Sept 1921
Robert Dishman, 46 years old, who was mortally wounded Sunday night by Bob Benson, negro, following a collision on the Shipley-Ford road six miles from Statesville in which Benson's buggy was practically demolished by Dishman's automobile, died at 1:40 o'clock this morning at a local hospital without regaining consciousness. Dishman's skull was badly fractured by a heavy stick or some other weapon in Benson's hand. The deceased is survived by a wife and several children.
Officers and citizens have been engaged night and day searching for the missing negro, and blood hounds have been brought into action without successful result. The officers believe the negro went toward Salisbury and are following all possible clues.
Salisbury Evening Post
Salisbury, North Carolina
20 Sept 1921
Robert Dishman, 46 years old, who was mortally wounded Sunday night by Bob Benson, negro, following a collision on the Shipley-Ford road six miles from Statesville in which Benson's buggy was practically demolished by Dishman's automobile, died at 1:40 o'clock this morning at a local hospital without regaining consciousness. Dishman's skull was badly fractured by a heavy stick or some other weapon in Benson's hand. The deceased is survived by a wife and several children.
Officers and citizens have been engaged night and day searching for the missing negro, and blood hounds have been brought into action without successful result. The officers believe the negro went toward Salisbury and are following all possible clues.
Salisbury, North Carolina
20 Sept 1921
Robert Dishman, 46 years old, who was mortally wounded Sunday night by Bob Benson, negro, following a collision on the Shipley-Ford road six miles from Statesville in which Benson's buggy was practically demolished by Dishman's automobile, died at 1:40 o'clock this morning at a local hospital without regaining consciousness. Dishman's skull was badly fractured by a heavy stick or some other weapon in Benson's hand. The deceased is survived by a wife and several children.
Officers and citizens have been engaged night and day searching for the missing negro, and blood hounds have been brought into action without successful result. The officers believe the negro went toward Salisbury and are following all possible clues.
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