The Skyland Post

Victor Walker Is
Now In Jail; To Have
A Hearing Soon
Arrested By Sheriff Miller Friday
Night For Shooting
Earl Sheets.

SHEETS IMPROVING

Victor Walker, who shot and seriously wounded Earl Sheets near Glendale Springs on Christmas day, is now in the county jail awaiting preliminary hearing, which will be held as soon as Sheets is able to leave the hospital in North Wilkesboro.

Walker was arrested last Friday night at the home of his brother-in-law, Fred Sheets, at Glendale Springs, by Sheriff Ed Miller and two deputies, C. O. Parsons and Walter Stringer.

Sheriff Miller stated that Walker did not offer any resistance. After surrounding the house, the sheriff entered and found him hiding under the bed in which he and his wife were sleeping. W. M. Wyrick, of West Jefferson, also accompanied the officers to identify the party in question.

On Sunday, following the shooting of Sheets on Christmas day, Walker is alleged to have shot a Bare Boy near Glendale Springs, with two of the shot striking Bare's neck. Citizens of the community state that when this shooting took place, Walker thought that he was firing at Sheriff Miller, as he had declared he wouldn't submit to arrest.

A short time ago he was arrested near Abingdon, Va., by a Virginia State Highway Patrolman, but due to a misunderstanding as to the age of the party for whom he was searching, the patrolman turned Walker loose.

The hearing will probably be held within the next week or two as it is believed that Sheets will be able to leave the hospital by that time.

Some time ago he was convicted of robbing the Grassy Creek post office and has been accused of robbing McNeill's store at Laurel Springs.