William Cole, 20, Sentenced to Two Years for Abandoning Wife Day After He Married Her, Aug. 29, 1925

Abandons His Wife Day after Marriage

Greensboro, Aug. 28—William Cole, aged 20, was sentenced to serve two years when he was up in Municipal Court today on the charge of abandoning his wife one day after he married her. He married her last July 2 and on July 3 left his wife at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Cooke, near here. He went in search of work, he said, going as far as New Mexico.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Aug. 29, 1925

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