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November 5, 1925
Fort Mill Times
Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
Rev. A. L. Ormond sues W. B. Cole for $150,000 over the shooting death of his son W. W. Ormond in Rockingham, NC, on August 15, despite Cole's recent acquittal on murder charges. Ormond had been courting Cole's daughter.
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Sues Cole for Son's Death.
Alleging that he killed "without justification or excuse," the Rev. A. L. Ormond, father of W. W. Ormond, for whose murder W. B. Cole of Rockingham, was recently acquitted, Saturday filed in the Wake county (N. C.) superior court at Raleigh a suit for $150,000 against Cole. The father of the dead man asked $75,000 compensatory damages for the killing and $75,000 punitive damages for "wrongful death."
Ormond was killed on a principal street of Rockingham on August 15 by Cole. The young man for a number of years had been a suitor for the hand of Cole's daughter.
The complaint charges that Cole "did steal and creep up behind him cruelly and with malice aforethought assassinated him by firing three bullets into his body."
Alleging that he killed "without justification or excuse," the Rev. A. L. Ormond, father of W. W. Ormond, for whose murder W. B. Cole of Rockingham, was recently acquitted, Saturday filed in the Wake county (N. C.) superior court at Raleigh a suit for $150,000 against Cole. The father of the dead man asked $75,000 compensatory damages for the killing and $75,000 punitive damages for "wrongful death."
Ormond was killed on a principal street of Rockingham on August 15 by Cole. The young man for a number of years had been a suitor for the hand of Cole's daughter.
The complaint charges that Cole "did steal and creep up behind him cruelly and with malice aforethought assassinated him by firing three bullets into his body."
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime Story
Family Drama
What themes does it cover?
Crime Punishment
Justice
Family
What keywords are associated?
Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Murder Acquittal
Father Sues Killer
Romantic Rivalry
Shooting Assassination
What entities or persons were involved?
Rev. A. L. Ormond
W. W. Ormond
W. B. Cole
Where did it happen?
Rockingham, Wake County (N. C.), Raleigh
Story Details
Key Persons
Rev. A. L. Ormond
W. W. Ormond
W. B. Cole
Location
Rockingham, Wake County (N. C.), Raleigh
Event Date
August 15
Story Details
Rev. A. L. Ormond files $150,000 lawsuit against W. B. Cole for the shooting death of his son W. W. Ormond, who was killed on a Rockingham street after courting Cole's daughter; Cole acquitted of murder but accused of malicious assassination.