Cherokee County NcArchives Obituaries.....Young, Ida July 25, 1897
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The Semi-Weekly Messenger (Wilmington NC) 20 August 1897
On the night of July 23rd, near Culberson, Cherokee county, a most diabolical
murder was committed. Ida Young, a negro woman about 15 years old, was in a
delicate condition, the father of the child expectant being Asbury Nichols.
Asbury Nichols and his uncle, James Nichols, went to the girl's house, drew
pistols on the people who lived with her, pulled Ida Young out of bed, kicked,
beat and abused her and then shot her. She died July 25th from her injuries. Her
dying declaration was taken; in this she swore that it was Asbury Nichols who
shot and abused her. The coroner's jury in its findings implicated Asbury
Nichols, James Nichols and Paley Culberson. The latter is in jail, but the
Nicholes have fled the state.

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