Monday, September 30, 2024

W.D. Newsome, W.E. Cook Suspected of Murder, Sept. 30, 1924

Elm City Man Faces Murder Charge

Charleston, S.C., Sept. 29—W.D. Newsome, 41, of Elm City and W.E. Cook, 21, of Weldon, both white, are in jail here today as suspects in connection with the slaying of Oliver Cox, a negro store keeper, near Seven Mile Saturday night.

From the front page of the Wilson Times, Sept. 30, 1924

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