Durham Sun, 25 July 1911.
Not long after he completed a stint on Wilson County roads for a murder, Andrew Pool allegedly stabbed Caesar Wooten to death during a church service. (This Caesar Wooten was not the same Caesar Wooten who eluded authorities for years after murdering Mittie Strickland at the Green Street railroad tracks — but he had been among the dozens of men rounded up for the crime.)
Wilson Daily Times, 25 July 1911.
Pool was spotted near Faro, in northern Wayne County and was believed to be trying to get to his mother’s house near Black Creek.
Wilson Daily Times, 25 July 1911.
On July 29, a man who had witnessed the stabbing burst into Wilson’s police headquarters — Pool was Anderson Dew‘s house at Lodge and Spruce! A posse marched to the house, but Pool gave them the slip. (By the way, Anderson Dew had an eventful 1911.)
The Farmer and Mechanic (Raleigh, N.C.), 1 August 1911.
The Greene County sheriff offered a $50 reward for Pool’s arrest. The notice contained a rather menacing description of the suspect, except for his size 9, patent leather leather low-quarter shoes. (These may have been opera pumps, but perhaps were more likely a cap-toed oxford worn “dandy” style like Dock Jacobs.)
News and Observer (Raleigh, N.C.), 4 August 1911.
Andrew Pool and Caesar Wooten abruptly disappeared from newspaper coverage after just a couple of weeks. I have not been able to determine if Pool was ever caught, tried, or convicted.
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- Andrew Pool
On 19 January 1910, Andrew Pool, 28, of Greene County, married Eva Farmer, 19, of Stantonsburg, daughter of Marshall and Grace Farmer, in Stantonsburg, Wilson County.
In the 1910 census of Bullhead township, Greene County: farm laborer Andrew Pool, 22, and wife Eaver, 19.
- Anderson Dew
On 15 August 1908, Anderson Dew, 35, son of Amos and Ruth Dew, married Dora Finch, 32, daughter of Bennett and Annie Finch, in Wilson.
In the 1910 census of Wilson township, Wilson County: on Raleigh Road, planing mill laborer Anderson Dew, 34; wife Dora, 24; and daughter Ardella, 10 months.
Anderson Dew died 16 October 1917 in Goldsboro, Fork township, Wayne County, N.C. Per his death certificate, he was 41 years old; was married; worked as a laborer; and his usual residence was Wilson. He was buried at the State Hospital, Goldsboro.