Hugh Stuart Shoots Wife, Then Himself, Nov. 17, 1924

Hugh Stuart Shoots Wife and Then Commits Suicide. . . Awful Tragedy Occurs at Home of Wife’s Mother Near Laurinburg—Calling for Help Over ‘Phone When Husband Fired—Had Refused to Return Home with Him on Account of Drunken Condition—Physicians Say Wife Will Not Recover. . . Member Prominent Family

By H.C. MacNair

By ‘Phone to The Robesonian:

Maxton, Nov. 17—Hugh Stuart is dead and his wife is at the point of death as the result of pistol shots fired by Stuart last night at 7:45 at the home of Mrs. Maggie Monroe, mother of Mrs. Stuart, 5 miles north of Laurinburg. Stuart died instantly and the physicians hold out no hope for his wife.

According to reports reaching here, Stuart, who was a young man of prominent family, went to the Monroe home in a drunken condition and tried to get his wife and two small children to return to his home, a few miles south of here, with him. Mrs. Stuart refused to go, Stuart began to make threats, and it was while his phone was standing at the telephone calling for help that he drew a pistol and fired at her, the load striking her a few inches above the heart. As she fell to the floor, he turned the gun on himself and fired, the ball entering his head.

Stuart was the son of Mr. D.M. Stuart, a prominent farmer who lives near Maxton. He had recently been associated with Maxton Motor Car company as auto salesman, and only a short time ago worked for Mr. W.R. Tyner, auto dealer of Lumberton and Lowe.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, November 17, 1924

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