The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-15

thing figured and timed to Il n'cetY'
lie prepared his home folks for MS
departure by telling them that he
v.,S dissatisfied with his work mt tn"
hank. He said he wasn't getting
foir deal and that he expected I"
,nit them sometime without notice.
When he left home on Sunday
morning. Sept. 3. he said he WAS 90
ing To Norfolk and would b" back
NIondav night. When he failed To
show M Monday night his father
u Sykes. Sr.. suspected that the
b,v was gone for good. Til" father
did nnt suspect that the boy WAS
yriIrv Of any wrong doing. MIR.
Sykes himself went Ia the bank an"
told the Vice-PreSident W. &. Gath
er that he did not believe his son
worId return to his job. MIR. sykes
Thought the bank ought to know TINS
This wa< the first intimation the
hank had that anything was wrong
and il started Il quiet investigator
which revealed the fact that young
Sykes had skipped with some OF the
banks money.
The Woman in the Case
With the disappearance OF young
Sykes. people about town began I"
recoII his connection with one Pene-
1o,n LYONS, a 22-ypar-old grass wild
NV living at 80 Chestnut St, sykes
had been keeping company with tn"
LYONS woman since the first "t Ap-
,.iI and some of his friends aver that
he had completely lost his head over
her.
penclopc Lyons had been S"par"t-
cd from hrr husband Henry Lyons
of this city whom she married hN'
Years ago. He was younger than
herself. She was of medium bu''"'
dark complexion. with brown hair
and eyes.
ON January II of this year Sh"
Fpurcd in case in City Ponce
Court. charged with diSordcrly con
drct with two prominent young EilZ-
obetb CITY men. policemen tcStlfynS
that she waS caught. locked with one
of these men in warehouse at
late hour of night. The court rec
ords show that the trio plead guilty.
by submitting the case and the men
wore fined ten dollars each, the w"-
man paying her part Of tn" costs.
II is related of her that she arose
in the height of the MrAdamS t'nt
revival meeting here one night ana
declared that she WAS filled with Je-
suS Christ and expected t" i've per
tcr ever after. \ week later she
was taken up by police.
Sykes had been keeping company
with this woman and during July
they were said to have spent several
DAYS mt Nags Head together. Inc
woman was noticed with consider
able sum of money. Upon her re-
turn She is rumored to have stated
that il WIS her expectations to get
what the bank had before she was
thru with Sykes. This and other
minors to the effect that she and
Sykes were infatuated with each 9th
Or and had run away to live together.
are stoutly denied by the girls moth
er. Mrs. Mamie II. Baynor. VINO
asks that her denial be stated.
But about the last of July. the girl
told her mother she WAS gong
away from Elizabeth City. 1t was
her intention to enter hospital us
- student nurse and remain in train
inc for three wears. On Tuesday
thp first of August she took the at
ternoon train from Elizabeth City.
Police say that she had five or SIN
hundred dollars with her. y day or
two later she wrote home from Rich
mond. Va. where her husband Henry
LYONS is working as boilermaker'
She evidently didn't find II place Ill
Richmond hospital for only few
DAYS before the disappearance OF
SvkeS messages were alleged to have
beru received from her at Chicago
/ Ill. Along at this time Sykes was