C.M. Jackson Commits Suicide After Killing Wife and 37-Year-Old Daughter, Feb. 21, 1926

Wake County Tragedy Causes Three Deaths. . . Farmer Uses Axe to Kill Wife and Slays Self with Shotgun. . . Daughter of C.M. Jackson and Wife Also Victim of Father’s Brutality. . . Blown to Pieces. . . Jackson’s Head Torn to Pieces by Discharge of Weapon; Had Good Reputation. . . Daughter Dies

Raleigh, N.C., Feb. 20 (AP)—With the death in a Raleigh hospital today of Dora Jackson of Leesville, the death toll of a tragedy in her father’s farmhouse was raised to three.

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Raleigh, N.C., Feb. 20 (AP)—C.M. Jackson, 69, and his wife are dead, and Dora Jackson, 37, their daughter, is dying in Rex Hospital, as the result of what sheriffs believe a domestic tragedy which occurred in their humble farm house near Leesville Saturday morning.

Sheriffs believe that Jackson, using an axe, killed his wife and probably fatally wounded his daughter, as they were preparing breakfast in the kitchen and then retired to the dining room, sat down in a chair, placed the muzzle of the shotgun under his chin and pulled the trigger.

“Blown to Pieces”

Jackson’s head was literally blown to pieces, the dining room ceiling being splattered with brains and bird shot. His nose and a section of his moustached lip were found in one section of the room and one of his eyeballs found in another. His shotgun, with one barrel discharged, was found lying on the floor beside his body.

Woman Killed with Axe

From wounds found on the body of Mrs. Jackson, sheriffs concluded that she had been struck in the head with an axe. Her hands had been burned as she presumably pitched forward on the kitchen stove. Her body was found on the floor in a pool of blood and buttermilk from an overturned churn.

Daughter Dying

Dora Jackson, the daughter, was alive when found, but she was unconscious. She was rushed to Raleigh where she was placed on the operating table at Rex Hospital. Little hope was entertained for her recovery.

There was no evidence of a robbery, according to sheriffs, who rushed to the scene along with members of the Raleigh police force when word of the tragedy reached Raleigh.

Mr. Jackson, who was familiarly known as “Tinker” Jackson, had been living in the Leesville section of Wake County for many years. He was known as a quiet farmer, and a good husband and family [man?] but neighbors and sheriffs stated that he had been very nervous recently.

Did Not Have Enemy

Neighbors stated that Mr. Jackson did not have an enemy in the world and that while he had never “messed with whiskey,” that he had taken no active part in “turning up” moonshiners and did not help sheriffs raid stills.

From the front page of The Goldsboro News, Sunday morning, Feb. 21, 1926

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Ernest Boswell, Mark Sims Each Convicted of Second Degree Murder, Feb. 21, 1926

Two Convicted of Murder at Wilson

Wilson, Feb. 20—Ernest Boswell was today convicted of murder in the second degree in connection with the murder of Clayton E. Beaman, a year ago. Beaman, a slot-machine operator, was found dead in his automobile with four bullet wounds in his head. On request of defense counsel, Judge M.V. Barnhill delayed pronouncement of sentence of Monday.

Mark Sims, negro, was sentenced to serve from 25 to 30 years at hard labor at state prison for murdering James Waller, a negro. Sims submitted to a charge of murder in the second degree.

From the front page of The Goldsboro News, Sunday morning, Feb. 21, 1926

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E.S. Keesler Says Failure of Raleigh B.&L. Was Expected, Feb. 21, 1926

The Raleigh B. & L. Crash Was Expected. . . Charlotte Building and Loan Men Said It Tried to Operate on a Statewide Basis

Charlotte Observer

The failure of the North Carolina Mutual Building and Loan Association in Raleigh does not come as a great surprise to veteran Charlotte building and loan men, who say the Raleigh concern was not really a building and loan association in the accepted sense of the term and represented a business policy foreign to that followed by other associations in the state.

E.L. Keesler, president of the Charlotte district of the North Carolina Building and Loan League, a district embracing several counties, also secretary of the Mutual Building and Loan Association, says that the State League has declined to accept the North Carolina Building and Loan Association in membership, returning its check and application for such membership.

The Raleigh concern, he said, sought to do business on a statewide scale, a policy, he says, which has never been successful, whereas the other associations confine themselves strictly to loans in their own communities.

Whatever the reasons may be, he says, the result is that a statewide association has never lived in North Carolina, while the community associations have prospered and multiplied without a single failure during the 10-year period in which records have been kept.

There are now 240 associations in the state, he said, with assets at approximately $85 million.

Two associations in Charlotte, the Mutual of which Mrs. [Mr.?] Keesler is secretary and the Mechanics’ Perpetual have the enviable record of more than 40 years of service without ever having lost a dollar on loans.

From page 2 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Feb. 20, 1926

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Coroner to Probe Death of A.N. Boger Feb. 22, 1926

Coroner to Probe Fatal Auto Crash Monday

Inquiry into the death of A.N. Boger, formerly of Concord, manager of the Mecklenburg Hotel Coffee Shop of Charlotte, who died Thursday as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident Saturday night, will be held by Coroner Frank Hovis at the Mecklenburg courthouse at 11 o’clock Monday morning.

Jurors will be C.R. McGinn, John M. Wilson, B.C. Levi, W.C. Boyd, George M. Phifer and W.H. Miller.

D.H Alexander, driver of the car which struck Mr. Gober, and T.C. Mauney of Stanley, is [are?] charged with manslaughter and is under a $5,000 bond.

Mr. Mauney is at the charlotte sanitorium where he is under treatment for a fracture of the leg, sustained in the accident.

A number of witnesses have been summoned to appear, it is reported.

From page 2 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Feb. 20, 1926

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Mrs. J.M. Small, 27, Has Died of Tuberculosis, Feb. 21, 1926

Mrs. J.M. Small Is Dead at Home Here. . . Had Been Ill for About Five Months—Funeral Services Tomorrow Afternoon

Mrs. Martha E. Small, wife of J.M. Small, died this morning at 3:30 o’clock at her home on McGill Street after an illness of five months. Death was caused by tuberculosis. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock at the home, conducted by Rev. R.S. Arrowood, pastor of the McKimmon Presbyterian Church. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery.

Mrs. Small was 27 years of age and was a daughter of Mrs. J. Wallace Cook of Concord. She was born in this city where she was well known.

Surviving are her mother, husband, one child, five brothers and four sisters as follows: R.H. Cook of Concord, Mrs. Walter Pethel of Spencer, L.R. Cook of Fort Mill, S.C,, Perlie Cook of Concord, Mrs. George Jones of Concord, Miss Ida Cook, Miss Nora Cook and Fred and Henry Cook of Concord.

From page 2 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Feb. 20, 1926

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Mrs. Adelaide Worth Bagley Has Died, Feb. 21, 1926

Mother of Mrs. Josephus Daniels Dead

Raleigh, Feb. 20—Mrs. Adelaide Worth Bagley, widow of Major Henry Bagley, an daughter of the late Johnathan Worth, formerly governor of North Carolina, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Josephus Daniels in Hayes-Barton Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock. She was 83 years of age, and her death resulted from pneumonia.

Mrs. Bagley is survived by two sons, W.H. Bagley of Washington and Commander David Worth Batley of the United States Navy at Annapolis, and by three daughters, Mrs. Josephus Daniels of Raleigh and Misses Ethel and Belle Bagley of Washington. One sister, Mrs. E.E. Moffitt of Richmond, also survives.

Mrs. Bagley’s death occurred on the anniversary of that of her husband.

Funeral services will be held at 7:30 o’clock Monday afternoon.

From the front page of The Goldsboro News, Sunday morning, Feb. 21, 1926

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Newton Farmers Killed When Struck by Train, Feb. 21, 1926

Two Farmers Killed by Train Yesterday

Newton, Feb. 20 (AP)—J.S. Bolick, 60, of Maiden, and Cole Williams, about 60, of East Maiden were instantly killed this afternoon about 1:45 o’clock when a freight train backing out of Maiden on the C. & W. railroad tracks struck their wagon and ground them beneath the wheels.

Both men were farmers in Catawba County. Mr. Bolick is survived by a wife and one daughter, Mrs. A.S. Ballard of Newton. Mr. Williams is survived by his widow.

The accident occurred at the Mulden Creek crossing, which is about half a mile from Maiden on the Newton road. The freight train had pulled some cars into the Maiden station and the engine was switching back when it hit the wagon.

From the front page of The Goldsboro News, Sunday morning, Feb. 21, 1926

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