Jury Says Mrs. King Killed Her Husband in Self-Defense, March 1, 1921

In the investigation of the killing of C.S. King of Belhaven last week by his wife, the jury found that Mrs. King killed her husband in self-defense. According to the testimony, King was pursuing his wife with a club and she was retreating and pleading with him to stop yet he continued to rush on her, when she shot him, striking him in the knee. He still pursued her, again she shot him, hitting him in the thigh this time, he continued to rush on her and she fired the shot that penetrated his earth, (that’s what it said) killing him instantly. King was said to be drinking. He was considered cruel and dangerous and also had a wife living in a western state.

From the front page of The Enterprise, Williamston, N.C., March 1, 1921