Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Jealousy in Lumberton, Greed in Asheville Believed to Be Causes of Shootings, Oct. 9, 1919

From The Review, High Point, N.C., Oct. 9, 1919

Shot While Riding

Lumberton—Mrs. George Singletary, her three year old child, and Charlie Edwards are in the hospital seriously injured as the result of gun shot wounds received while riding in an automobile on the public road four miles east of Lumberton.

Mrs. Singletary was struck by two bullets, the child by one and Edwards by three.

It is alleged that Mrs. Singletary’s husband, who was riding in the rear seat with the wounded three, fired the shots in a fit of jealousy.

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From The Review, High Point, N.C., Oct. 9, 1919

Whiskey Sale Blamed for Shooting

Asheville—The alleged shooting of Lee Buckner by Monroe Hensley in Weaverville is now being attributed, according to reports, to a quarrel over the proceeds from the sale of 24 gallons of whiskey which the two men are said to have procured in Yancey county.

It is rumored that Hensley did most of the selling and that Buckner went to his home for a settlement. It is supposed that during a controversy arising over the division of the profits Buckner was shot.

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