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Hurricane warnings displayed on
the coast Cape Hatteras area and
gale warnings elsewhere with a hur
ricane watch effective frim the
Nags Head area to Cape Lookout.
Partly cloudp in west section and
rathtr cloudy with some scattered
rain in the ’east portion today.
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DUNN, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER 22, 1963
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COBB, CORONER WARREN VIEW HOLES
POLICEMEN ALPHIN, NOKDAN AT SCENE
TWO WEAPONS — TWO LIVES TAKEN
WALTER DAFFORD, AIDE REMOVE BODY
Wife, Kills Self
Dunn Police Chief
CHIEF COBB WATCHES AS WOMAN'S BODY IS REMOVED
(Photos By Russett Bassford)
THESE
LITTLE
THINGS
»MMly Hoover Adams****
LITTLE NOTES ABOUT
PEOPLE AND THINGS
Two well-known Harnett County
Democrats, A. J. Stephenson, Jr.
of Lilllngton and Assistant Coroner
Danny Watkins of Angier, were se
lected to operate the Democratic
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Off Cuban Coast
U. S. Freighter Strafed
NHW YORK (TJPI- — An
American-owned freighter was
started for over an hour off the
Cuban soast today but there were
no casualties, It was reported to
day.
A spokesman for Universe Tank
Ships, Inc., at New York said it
received a radiogram from Cap*.
Krause of the freighter J. Louis
saying planes had made 16 pass
es over the vessel i nthe course of
as over the vessel in the course of
Krause reported damage to the
superstructure ana me nun aoove
the waterline and a fire (that
took two hours to bring under
control.
The J. Louis is chartered to the
Caribbean Steamship Co. and
flies the Liberian flag. It was en
route from Ocho Rios, Jamaica,
to Corpus Christl, Tex., wtih 31,
500 tons of bauxite for the Rey
nolds Metals Co.
TJ. S. officials said in Washing
ton that military aircraft were
sent from Key West, Fla., to in
Admits Taking Trip With Former Dunn Policeman
"Other Woman' Helps Wife Get
Pivorce; Five Others Granted
The “other woman” In a local
“love triangle” took the witness
stand in Harnett Recorder's Court
in what attorneys described as al
most unprecedented action and ad
mitted the affair to help the wife
secure a divorce from former Dunn
policeman Joseph Allen Barefoot of
Dunn.
Mrs. Geraldine Barefoot of Dunn.
Route 8 was granted a divorce
from bar husband of law than 8
year on grounds of adultery al
legedly committed with Mrs. Helen
Temp|s Mtarrlson, 4K, of ttwin,
wife of a service man now overseas
and the mother of two young child
ren.
The wife testified under exam
ination by her counsel, Attorney
D. K. Stewart, that ber husband
left her in the summer of IMS and
went to California. She said she
resumed living with him after his
return.
She left him, she related, when
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vesugme, out wiwn
the scene the offending aircraft
had disappeared.
According to Krause, the attack
took place 12 miles off Cape Cor
riente, Cuba at 12:40 a.m. EDT
and lasted until 1:41 am The cap
tain’s radiogram to W. Walter
Wagner of Universe Tank Ship
ping said:
“Under heavy airplane gunfire
attack with 16 passes counted
causing damage to superstruc
ture, hull above waterline quar
ters. Fire under fo’c’sle. After two
hours fire-fighting now under con
tol. No casualties.”
Giimy's Winds
Have Lessened
CAPE HATTERAS, N. C. (UPI)
— Hurricane Glnny, its winds di
minished somewhat, backtracked on
a southwesterly course today in the
Atlantic off the Car ohnas-Georgia
coast.
The storm, seventh of the sea
son. battered a dialled Navy vessel
adrift with 10 men aboard end sent
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fillings Occur
flttfflns iTomc;
No Inquest
A-former Dunn policeman, fir
ed 12 days ago after 11 years on
the Dunn force, stabbed his wife
to death early today, then killed
himself with a pistol after making
two attempts on the life of Dunn
Police Chief Alton Cobb. The po
lice chief miraculously escaped
death.
Raymond Thomas, 42, fired two
shotgun blasts at Chief Cobb,
then drove to the home where his
estranged wife was employed,
plunged a knife into her heart five
times then shot himself in the
heart with a .25 calibre pistol.
Ten-year-old Andy Ennis, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Thurman C. En
nis, prominent Dunn residents,
looked on horrified as the former
policeman, a hulking man 6 feet
two inches tall and weighing 230
pounds, Stabbed the knife into the
body of his 120-pound wife and
then ran barefooted to the Dunn
police station for help.
The wild homicidal spree lasted
only 15 or 20 minutes and took
place within two and a half blocks
of the police station.
Both Thomas and his estrang
ed wife were dead moments later
when Policemen Hood Alphin,
Donald Nordan, Sherrill Allen,
Tommy Prlx and ABC officer H.
P. (Red) Pope rushed into the
upstairs Ennis home where the
double killing occurred.
IN POOL OF BLOOD
Their bodies were lying head to
head with Thomas’ shoulder lying
face-up partially on the body of
his wife In a pool of blood, lying
face-down.
Chief Cobb, who said he fired
Thomas Oct. 10 for conduct un
becoming to an officer and Invol
ving two local women, said Tho
mas had never made any threats
toward him, that he had admitt
ed part of the charges against him
and appeared amiable the last
time he saw him on the day of
the officer’s dismissal from the
force.
Chief Cobb, who received a
slight cut when the shotgun
blasted through the glass of his
car and came within Inches of
hitting him, was admittedly “a
little shaken up” when telling of
his close brush with death.
“I didn’t get scared until after
It was over and I realized what
had happened,” he said.
THOMAS WAS WAITING
Chief Cobb lives only four blocks
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Outstanding Speakers On Program
RAYMOND THOMAS
The Little River Baptist Asso
ciation, comprised of more than
30 churches in all sections of Har
nett County with a membership
of thousands, will hold its annual
sessions on Tuesday and Wednes- -
day, Oct. 29 and 30.
They will divide the sessions be- -
tween the Buie’s Creek Baptist
Church at Buie’s Creek, where •
the first day’s sessions will be
held, and the First Baptist Church
Of Dunn, which will play host on
Wednesday.
The Rev. R. Lewis Beal, pastor
of the Angier Baptist Church, Is -
moderator of the association and -*
will preside.
A number of outstanding speak* ■
ers, including officials and lead
ers of the State Baptist Conven* *
tion, will appear on the program. .
Reports from each of the indl- '
vidual churches and from various •
department heads of the associa
tion will be heard.
The Rev. E. Weldon Johnson is
pastor of the Buie’s Creek church
end the Rev. Thomas Freeman is *
pastor of the First Baptist Church
of T>unn. Extensive preparations
are now being made at both the
host chinches.
Speakers will include: Dr. Her
bert Cockbum, returned mission
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Church Narks
90th Birthday
Under beautiful Autum skies,
Fiat Branch Presbyterian Church
observed its 90 Anniversary last
Sunday October 20. Rev. Frank C.
Wilkinson, pastor, presided over
the worship service at the 11:00
o’clock hour.
Mr. Stedman B. Bryan of Fay
etteville delivered the morning
message. His topic was “The
Changeless One,’’ and his text was
from Hebrews 13:1-8. The special
music was rendered by the Hat
Branch Choir and Tommy Shaw
sang the Lord’s Prayer, accom
panied by Janice Smith, pianist.
Mr. Johnny Smith and Mr. Bill
Shaw brought the congregation
up-to-date on the building pro
gram. The plans will be ready to
let out for bids in the near future.
The Building Fund received on
that date was $4,211.38.
Members and former members
and friends enjoyed a picnic
lunch after the worship service.
Matthews Heads
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Jaycees At Coats
Grady L. Matthews, popular young
Goats insurance man and promin
ent leader in civic and social event
was formally installed as president
of the newly - organized Coats Ju
nior Cahmber of Commerce.
A total of 85 people attended the
special Charter Night banquet. State
Jaycee president William W. (Bill)
Suttle of High Point and Coats May
or Godfrey Beasley were the main
speakers.
Mr Matthews, in a short speech
of acceptance, expressed apprecia
tion for the high honor bestowed
op him and pledged that he would
do his best in leading the orgaj^s
tion toward accomplishment of its
high goals and service to the com
munity.
A graluate of Coats High School
and Campbell College, Mr. Matthews
Is representative at Coats for Nat
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