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Otto Wood has become an important folk character in the Southern Appalachian Mountain region, primarily due to renewed popularity of the ballad. He is as historically significant to Western N.C. as Tom Dula (Dooley) who is also listed on Wikipedia.
PROD concern stated as "A single non-accessible reference, and no clear indication of why this person is supposedly notable." Per WP:NEXIST, the lack of sources in an article is not a reason to delete. Newspapers of the time are full of headlines such as "Says She Saw Otto Wood in Mecklenburg" (from Virginia, [1]); "Otto Wood Dies With Boots On" (from Alabama [2]); "Otto Wood, Noted Bandit and Slayer, Again Breaks Jail" (from Alabama [3]); "Otto Wood is Up to His Old Tricks" (North Carolina [4]); "Otto Wood, Famed N.C. Outlaw, Dies In Battle Of Guns (South Carolina [5]); "Otto Woods Shot To Death" (North Carolina [6]); "Otto Wood Married and on Honeymoon" (North Carolina [7]); "State Prison Houdini Hunted Over Nation. Otto Wood Has Cheated Pen Eight Times Since Criminal Career Began" (North Carolina [8]); "Chief of Police Kills Otto Wood" (North Carolina [9]); and in 1971, "Looking Back: Inmate Fails In Final Try In Escaping" (North Carolina [10]) - etc. Newspaper reports run from 1907 at the latest ([11], [12]) - 1931, with followup in later years, such as that of 1971. RebeccaGreen (talk) 08:42, 27 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
