New Bern, April 9—Mrs. Corinne Hill was shot and instantly killed and John Alcoke seriously wounded by N.M. Cooper here early this morning, Cooper then turning the pistol on himself, the ball crashing through his heart and ending his life instantly.
The shooting occurred at the home of Mrs. Hill shortly after 1 a.m. It seems that Cooper had been looking after the affairs of Mrs. Hill and had been having trouble with her. Several weeks ago Cooper left the city after an encounter with Mrs. Hill. Returning Saturday he went to the home of Mrs. Hill and was in the room with her, Alcoke and Miss Sue Hill, a sister of the deceased husband of the dead woman.
It is reported that Cooper tried to get Mrs. Hill to go in another room with him and that she refused. The according to information, he drew a pistol from his pocket, asked her, “What will you give me not to kill you,” and, after the exchange of several words, fired three shots into her chest.
Then Cooper pointed the pistol at Alcoke, who had taken no part, and shot him through the side, winding up with killing himself.
From the front page of The Greensboro Patriot, published every Monday and Thursday, April 10, 1922
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