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Domestic News February 23, 1926

The Union Daily Times

Union, Union County, South Carolina

What is this article about?

Noel Cobb (alias DuPre), from a prominent Anderson family, faces bigamy charges after eloping with Agnes Scott student Virginia Hollingsworth; diagnosed with dementia praecox and advised for sanitarium care following collapse in Atlanta.

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Is Victim of Dementia Praecox
Decatur, Ga., Feb. 23.—(By the Associated Press)—Noel DuPre, whose real name is Noel Cobb, is at Anderson, S. C., today after spending yesterday in DeKalb County jail.
He is charged with bigamy and the parents of Virginia Hollingsworth, a pretty senior of Agnes Scott College, who married Cobb in Chattanooga after an eloping, climaxing a three-day whirlwind courtship stated they would seek to annul the marriage.
Anderson, S. C., Feb. 23.—(By the Associated Press)—Noel Cobb, a member of a well known Anderson family, is a victim of "dementia praecox", according to an Atlanta physician and the Anderson physician today recommended that he be sent to a sanitarium.
Cobb and his mother, who is with him at the Atlanta hospital after his collapse on the Atlanta streets Saturday, arrived here today.

What sub-type of article is it?

Crime Legal Or Court

What keywords are associated?

Bigamy Elopement Dementia Praecox Annulment Agnes Scott College

What entities or persons were involved?

Noel Dupre Noel Cobb Virginia Hollingsworth

Where did it happen?

Anderson, S. C.

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Anderson, S. C.

Event Date

Feb. 23.

Key Persons

Noel Dupre Noel Cobb Virginia Hollingsworth

Outcome

charged with bigamy; parents of virginia hollingsworth seek to annul the marriage; diagnosed as victim of dementia praecox and recommended to be sent to a sanitarium.

Event Details

Noel DuPre, whose real name is Noel Cobb, spent yesterday in DeKalb County jail and is today in Anderson, S. C. He is charged with bigamy after marrying Virginia Hollingsworth, a senior at Agnes Scott College, in Chattanooga following a three-day whirlwind courtship. Cobb, a member of a well-known Anderson family, collapsed on Atlanta streets Saturday and is with his mother at an Atlanta hospital. An Atlanta physician states he is a victim of dementia praecox, and the Anderson physician recommends a sanitarium.

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