Paper Blames Fred Bynum's Loss on Bill Cole, June 14, 1926

What They Think of Cole at Home

Union Republican

They must not think much of Bill Cole, the wealthy cotton mill manufacturer of Richmond County, who killed Bill Ormond, wounded ex-serviceman in Rockingham last summer. ‘Tis true he was acquitted but by an imported jury from Union County who disregarded the instructions of the presiding judge. Fred W. Bynum, Cole’s right hand man, was a candidate for the senate in Richmond County in the primary Saturday and received 874 votes. His opponent, J. Chester Sedberry, was one of the attorneys that helped to prosecute Cole and he received 2,372 votes. Had Cole been tried by a Richmond County jury instead of that amazing jury from Union, possibly he would have gotten just deserts and been convicted.

From page 5 of the Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Monday, June 14, 1926

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