Wilson Daily Times, 21 October 1913.
News and Observer (Raleigh, N.C.), 18 December 1913.
Jane Barnes was quickly released, but Luther Woodard’s trial was set for early February 1914. I have not found record of the verdict. Speculation about their relationship notwithstanding, he and Jane were married on February 23, which suggests he was acquitted.
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- Will McCullom — William McCullers died 14 October 1913 in Wilson. Per his death certificate, he was born 14 October 1876 in Wilson Mills, North Carolina, to Rufus and Gracey McCullers; worked as a sawyer in a saw mill; and was married. Cause of death: “Shot by a party; dying instantly.”
- Jane Barnes — in the 1910 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Wright Barnes, 61; wife Jane, 58; children Mary A., 17, George, 15, and Jane Jr., 14; and granddaughter Fannie, 13. On 23 February 1914, Janie Barnes, 18, of Wilson, married Luther Woodard, 21, of Wilson, in Wilson. A.M.E. Zion minister Wyatt Studeway performed the ceremony in the presence of Sattena Barnes, Mary Gaston, and Fannie Foster.
- Luther Woodard — in the 1910 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Ruffin Woodard, 45; wife Sarah, 43; and son Luther, 18.
- Wright Barnes — in the 1910 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Wright Barnes, 61; wife Jane, 58; children Mary A., 17, George, 15, and Jane Jr., 14; and granddaughter Fannie, 13.
- Henry Rose
- Zack Cole — on 19 January 1910, Zack Cole, 24, son of Zack and Sallie Cole, married Celie Jenkins, 20, daughter of Jake and Net Jenkins, in Wilson. Missionary Baptist minister William Baker performed the ceremony in the presence of Georgia C. Aiken, F.A. Edwards, and J.H. Aiken. In the 1910 census of Wilson, Wilson County: farm laborer Sack Cole, 25, and wife Sallie, 22.
- “the Barnes hotel” — I have not identified this business.