Nashville, Oct. 23—It has been authoritatively given out here, according to the Nashville Graphic, that Rev. A.L. Ormond, Methodist minister of this place, will bring suit for damages against W.B. Cole for the killing of his son, W.W. Ormond. The suit will be brought in Wake county and will be brought by the local minister in his capacity as administrator of his son whom Cole shot to death early in August, being later acquitted by a Union County jury.
Just when the summons will e issued against Cole has not been determined, but it is quite probable that this will be done immediately upon Cole’s return from a distant state where it is said Cole has gone to recuperate. Should he continue to prolong his stay outside of the State, it is probable service will be made upon him before his return.
There has been no intimation of the amount of damages that will be asked by Rev. Mr. Ormond, and this question will probably be determined when there is a conference of the attorneys who are to represent him in the contest against Cole. During the past week Mr. Ormond has been busily engage din perfecting his array of legal counsel, who are to press the suit against the slayer of young Ormond.
The Graphic learns, it states, from a most reliable source that Douglass and Douglass of Raleigh; Larry I. Moore of New Bern, W.R. Jones of Rockingham and Harold D. Cooley of Nashville have been retained as counsel for Mr. Ormond, and possibly others may be added to the array. During the trial of Cole in Rockingham for the murder of young Ormond, the counsel above named assisted State Attorney Don Phillips in the prosecution of Cole, the Nashville attorney, Mr. Cooley, being accredited with making one of the most eloquent speeches in connection with the trial.
From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday morning, Oct. 27, 1925
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