On October 21, 1871, 31-year-old Pompey Lyon stabbed Baker Tilley in Orange County, North Carolina. The motive for the murder was a fracas at a husking bee. Pompey would be executed on December 15, 1871.
SOURCES:
Legal Executions in North Carolina and South Carolina pg 18
Tri-Weekly Era November 7, 1871
The Wilmington Morning Star December December 23, 1871
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