Charlotte Daily Observer 1903
10 Jan 1903

Elizabeth City, Jan. 9 - James E. Wilcox lies in a strange cell tonight. He 
was taken to Hertford, the scene of his new trail, today. His removal was 
guarded with the utmost caution. The authorities carried him in a closed 
carriage to the outskirts of the city and by pre-arrangement with the railroad 
authorities, spirited him away from the city. Every movement was guarded and 
several hours elapsed before the removal became known to the public.

This will be the second trial of Wilcox, he having been convicted at the first 
trial of the murder of Miss Nellie Cropsey, a young woman on whom he called 
one night and of whom not a trace was found from the time she was last seen 
with young Wilcox until her dead body was found in the river near her home.




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