Shelby, Sept. 15—Clyde R. Hoey of this place, former congressman from the ninth district and one of the State’s leading lawyers, this afternoon confirmed the report that he would assist in the prosecution of W.B. Cole, wealthy Rockingham manufacturer, who is charged with the slaying of W.W. Ormond, ex-serviceman. Mr. Hoey was employed, he says, by former friends of young Ormond, at Maxton and by Rev. Mr. Ormond, father of the youth. Friends of the Ormond family at Maxton have for some time been seeking the services of the former congressman in the case, but it wasn’t until Rev. Mr. Ormond made the request that he would like to have Mr. Hoey prosecute his son’s slayer that Mr. Hoey accepted. Mr. Hoey is a prominent Methodist churchman and was known to the Methodist minister through his Bible class work.
The entrance into the case of Mr. Hoey, known in congress as the “silver tongue of the South,” will add more interest in the case and definitely assures those who desire an able prosecution just what they desire. Rates as Western Carolina’s best criminal lawyer, Mr. Hoey is not only gifted in oratory but a master of cross examination and tilts on legal technicalities.
Mr. Hoey in confirming the report that his services had been engaged, stated that he would meet with Solicitor Phillips and other prosecuting counsel in Raleigh Monday or Tuesday for a conference and to outline definite plans for the prosecution.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 1925
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