Kinston, Sept. 25—Tom Cox, billiard expert who shot himself to death at Wilmington Sunday, was a native of this town and known to hundreds of his generation here. Cox was 56 years of age.
A number of relatives live here. His local connections are prominent. Cox one aspired to the billiard championship of the world and was beaten by only one man. He is survived by a family at Wilmington. Cox spent a protracted vacation here a year or two ago. He was in ill health, friends say. Worry over the state of his heath is reported to have been the cause of the suicide, which was perpetrated just as police, forewarned, were entering his home to prevent it.
Many stories are told here of the “palmy days” of Tom Cox. He was a small, easy-spoken man, immaculate as to attire and polished of manner in his youth. He had hundreds of acquaintances. He made a reputation through the East. He was the intimate friend of many sporting celebrities when a young man. When tom Cox last came here, he had lost some of his skill, but was still without an equal among local billiard players.
From page 6 of The New Bernian, Sept. 26, 1923
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