Trial of Lieutenant Governor Cooper, His Brother and Son postponed until November, May 17, 1924

Cooper Trial Now Set for November

Wilmington, May 17—The trial of the three members of the Cooper family: Lieutenant Governor W.B. Cooper; his brother, Tom cooper; and his son, Horace Cooper; and their business associate, Clyde Lassiter; in Federal Court in connection with the failure of the Commercial National Bank of Wilmington, was yesterday postponed until the November term of court.

From the front page of the Elizabeth City Daily Advance, Saturday, May 17, 1924