Rockingham, Oct. 1—“That was the biggest damn lie I ever heard,” declared James McQueen of Maxton, who served throughout the war with W.W. Ormond in referring to the statement of J.A. Lockhart, of the defense counsel for W.B. Cole, that Ormond had never been within 25 miles of the front.
McQueen declared that he and Ormond volunteered together in the Wilmington Light Infantry. He stated that Ormond was at the front in France for four or five months. He was with Ormond when their outfit was gassed, he said, and also saw him when Ormond’s ear drums were punctured by concussion from a French 75 gun on which Ormond was gun pointer.
McQueen was here today to attend the trial of Cole for the murder of Ormond.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Oct. 3, 1925
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