Wilmington, Aug. 8—With five deaths called to his attention Sunday was no day of rest for Coroner A.S. Holden of New Hanover county. At 6:35 a.m., the busiest day he has ever known began when a patrolman reported the body of a negro, E. Winglass, who fell into Cape Fear river Friday, had floated ashore.
Two hours later Miss Louise Parks Sloan of Statesville and Marion Avant of Wilmington were drowned at Wrightsville Beach. At 11 o’clock the lifeless body of Charles H. Wilson, negro, was found in his bed, death being due to natural causes. At 1 o’clock the coroner was advised that willie Hood, negro, had died at a local hospital from wounds received Friday night at the hands of Special Officer E.J. Hale in the Seaboard Air Line yards, who shot him three times when the officers said, he was caught trying to rob a freight car. An inquest will be held today.
From The Charlotte News, Tuesday, August 8, 1921
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