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Saturday, October 3, 1925 Cole Claims Vision In Prayer StiredHim to Shoot Ormond; ThoughtHeHadßighttoKill ;. - * •Hj' Jonathan Daniels in Tfie Raleigh Nesw and Observer. ■ Rockingham. Oet, 2.—A feeling that he had waited long enough and that/he had a right/to do all tlfht "wan necessary to stop "that seaydal” cpme to W. B. Cole in theTnidst of prayer two or three weeks before and killed W. W.-Ormond, ex-aervice man ahd former sweetheart of his daughter, he declared in tht | Richmond bounty superior court this | afternoon when he took the stand in his own defense. • “Well 'about two or three weeks before It happened, I wns praying," ?te said, “and the feeling came over me that I had waited long enough, - that it was my duty to protect nfy . self and my family. I had a con sciousness th# it was my duty. Had no-longer to hide out. I had a right »>-, do what waa necessary to stop JWat scandal." ™ Cole made a remarkable witness. The Court house was packed when .he took Hie stand but he appeared Icaliu and almost unconcerned. Only (When ■ -ht* spoke of his talk, with his Manghter over Ormond’s letter 'charg ing that he and Miss Elizabeth Cole jhad' lived together as man and wife lor a year did he show emotion. Then mis voice broke and tears filled his ieyes. Mtss Cole showed the first emo tion she had displayed since the trial began. She rH>pt while her father .told of the letter. Cole testified that he killed Or mond not only because be had a vision in the midst of prayer which made him feel that he had a right to do it but also in self defense. “I shot him to keep him from kill ing me and leaving my family at his mercy to slander after I was gnne v " he declared. • More letters were introduced today by the defense to show tbe relation ship between Cole* and Bill Ormond during the testimony pf Mr. Bynum. The defense was furnished Cole’s let ter in response to Ormond's cjiargtwg that he and Elizabeth Cole had lived together as man and wife by the State often request, In it Cole called. fWnloiid a "carr' and threatened to fill him full'of head. Ormond's letter in reply to Cole's threat stated that the ex-service man would be ready on sight but that he would use. steel bullets instead of lead. He called Cole yellow. The defense also intro duced the agreement letter sign/d by ■kfrninixl anil addressed to Colo which r. By nuni went Nashville to se izure. Two letters from Ormond to Bynum, about the ease were intro duced in one of which Ormond stated that he regretted his “promiscuous talk", a letter from Rev. Mr. Ormond to Mr. Bynum asking that Cole apol ogize for calling his son a “cur” was also introduced. . Makes Calm Witness. Cole took the stand at 3:12 o’clock. Hfjyas calm and collected. He talked throughout his testimony on a fiat nasal drawl, speaking slowly and clearly. Once or twice his voice fell eo low as to be scarcely audible in the crowded court room. At one point, his voice was filled with emo tion and his testimony was difficult to understand. Eor the most part, however, he told an easy, clear story. He spoke of the intense suffering un der which he lived after Ormond's let ter charging his daughter with im morality but only once did his voice show his suffering. , ,T. A. Lockhart, of the defeusc coun sel, conducted the direct examination. He led Cole through the story of his life with many questions. Then, when he began to tell of the trouble with Ormond, the questions became fewer and Cole was allowed to tell Ills story with only infrequent ques tions. Lockhart throughout the ex amination asked Cole questions as to his mental and physical condition dur ing tbe trouble. Alleges Intense Suffering. Cole tpld a Story of intense suffer ing brought on by what he termed the “damnable slanders” of gOrmond. He spokrj of days and nights of tor - ture when lie eouldl not eat or sleep tend days when lie lived in constant rteor of ineetiilg Ormond on the streets of Rockingham. He testified that he Was continually tortured by the fear of the scandal Ormond told spreading among his neighbors and friends here. ~ When court adjourney at 3:30 o’clock.this afternoon, the direct ex amination had —not been completed. -Air. Lockhart declared that it would Take 25 / a>r 30 minutes to conclude in the morning. ! Hoey to Cross Examine. Clyde- Hoey, of Shelby, will make the- erdss examination tomorrow morn ing, it was stated here tonight. Mr, Cole testified that he was born in Rockingham one .lune lid, 53 years ago. He was educated at Oak /Ridge. Turner's, und .trt the Lowell Textile School in Massachusetts, ff clerked in a store In a mill village nehr here in 1888. “I got *5 a month "atuL worked five ’months,” Cole said, "and I remember I saved 123.(55. \ He ran a brick yard in Rocking ham in 1801. In 180U_ke was super intendent of one of the Cannon mills in Concord. A year later he bfcame superintendent of the Steele Mills 'near here. -In 1000 he marhied Miss Blizubettr Tuttle, pf Little Roek, Ar kansas, they have three children. • Ovxji Tilled of Stork. He testified that he and his family only own about 350 shares of the 2,- 000 shares in 'Hie Huunali I’irkctt Mills of-Vaich he is general iqau- JHRrti 0 BjFHe declared that he and his daugh ftf, .BUlabetli, were '‘mightg_tliiimmy, more 80, i guess, than average father and daughter. She took her confidence* to loe more than' to her mot'aer." He stated that, he had mem ber of the Methodist Church for more than 35 years and is now secretary ; of the local Methodist Church. He I declared that he thought very highly bf Rev. A. L. Ormond, father of the boy he killed. “I don’t know when I first met ■ Bill Ornlpijd,” he said. “I saw him a good many time before I ever met him. • I never had any personal ill I will towards him. I .tried to get him !I a job. I wrote several letters to my i friends about him. I signed his note once when his car was about to be i sold. “I don't remember when he start ■ ed going with Libbut. It started by degrees,” he said. Lockhart asked %im if Ormond was the only boy • friend his daughter had. Not Only Boy Friend. i “No, she never did go with him exclusively, but it got to the point where rfie went with him more than any one else,” he said. “In the summer of 1924 it looked like they were kiuda breaking off. T noticed when they came in from rftles they looked like they'd been fussing. Then she told me' once that they'd broken up. possibly a year ago. She never asked if. she do old , marry Bill and he never asked me. It never, came up. Libbut’s happiness in everything in the world has always been my first consideration. ( He testified to a conversation with Ormond one Sunday afternoon after his daughter had told him that she had brokelf off with, Ormond. Or mond drove in front of the Cole home several times, blowing his exhaust | pipe whistle. Finally he cut intO| the Cole yard and drove into the back 'yard. He did not come around to the front of the house wlifre the fam ily was and Cole finally went around to the backyard. Kill, Libbut tells me you and she have broken up," Cole testified he told the boy he killed. "You are dis turbing tier very much and I don't think that is the light way for you to act. » I think it is unbecoming for ■ yqu to hang around now that you have broken up. 1 want you to quit it/ 1 "Mr. Cole, Libbut is the finest girl in the world,” Cole said the youth answered. "I'm glad you think so BUI,” Cple testified he erfid, “but you're riot in n position to marry a girl. You don’t even take cure of yourself. You ought go and get a job.” “That doesn't mean 1 -can’t ever corny back, does it'/” Mr. Cole said Ormond, asked him. Net Final Dismissal. Cole said that he told Ormond it did not mftin that he couldn't ever come again. >■ He stated that he next heard from Ormond was when lie received a letter declaring that lie was treating Eliza beth wrong mill standing in her way. He said he tore up the letter ami did not answer it. Then lie said' he received a letter from Ormond stating that Cole had made him suffer and that lie was go ing so make Cole suffer. Cole said that lie was “annoyed” by the letters. He showed the second letter to Eliza beth and she asked him to let her answer it. He gave it to her and told her to tell Ormond to quit writ ing him. “I got tlie next letter ou my twenty fifth wpdtling anniversary,” he stated. “I waa in my office when I received the lettfcs. I recognized the hand writing and took it inffi the toilet to read. I sat down and began to read. When I got to the slander portion of the letter I must have fainted. When I came to myself, 1 was in a cpld clammy sweat. In a little while I got myself together and got up and went opt doors. As I recall, I took a walk toward the Episcopal Church to try ahd decide what to do. I finally decided to call my daughter and talk with her about it. "I kil*w it yVax a lie,” lie said, "but I wanted, to talk to her. I called her and got. in my car and drove up tlie road about two blocks from office to meet her," he stated. Witness Breaks Ikiwn. - Here Cole’began to show great Emo tion and his wife and daughter sitting within the bar of the court wept. “I saw her coming. - ’ he said. “She was dressed in riding suit and had on "her leggins. “I thought how pure." lie jaid. hut halted overeome with emotion, “how sweet for her to he slandered byftke devil. I lost control of myself. T began to cry. I drove on up the street ami stopiwd uiy car for her/ She got in, I was crying, she asked ine what was the matter and I couldn’t answer. She began to “cry. “I drove about u mile out of town and gave her the letter * 1 told her 1 wanted hex to read it before she told me about it. When she had reuil down to tlie position where he said they lived together as man and , wife, she said : ' That’s A Lie. “ ‘Daddy. I swear that's u lie, ,ev ’ ery word of It.’ I drove on about three miles and stopped the ear. “Libbut, there is nobody iu the 1 world I love like you," I told her. 1 “And there is nothing under heaven t wouldn’t for your happiness am/ your welfare. If you are guilty of what that boy says, the only honor able thiifg fofi you to do is to marry; I'm not here to jump oil you or Ceu ■ sure you. 11l take care of you and ■ see that you'll never- want for auy tking. , '“Daddy.” she-said, “it’s a story, , every word of it. I wouldn’t have i bint to silte his life. , If you don't - Relieve me I'm willing for you to - have me examined, 1 won’t aay anything and I'll do whatever the ex giaUatioa shows. t s<- *.'* ‘ - V . * - Believed It Blackmail. “I said, ‘No, I won’t do it. I know i*'s a lie, every word of it.’ “He’s just blackmailing me tit-force you to marry him, I said,” Cole tes tified. '.‘That’s my opinion of the vfhole thing today,” Cole stated. “The next (afternoon I answered the letter—the only letter I ever wrote him in my life,” he said. Lockhart asked Cole why he wrote - the letter threatening to kiil Or mond. V _ Bluff Letter. ( I “I wrote hjm that letter because I" thought I could bluff him and scare him into keeping his mouth shut and \ staying away from me.” He said that it was a week later ■ vwhen he received a reply from Or mond stating that Ormond would use steel bullets against Cole's.lead onhs. “I was in my office, when I got that letter,” he stated. “I felt that my letter to him didn't bluff him. I was up,against it. Something had to be done and done sluick. I up and' went to the /tnill to try and de -1 eide what to do. I realized that I was not in a condition to act and that’ I needed the advice of x friends. I called Mr. Jenkins, superintendent of the Hannah Pickett Mills and one I of m.v closest business associates anil friends into m.v office. I laid the whole matter before him and told him that I wanted some advice. He told me that he couldn't advise me and suggested that I see Mr.. Bynum. He phoned Mr. Bynum to sec if lie was in his office and I went over to see I mi.” Cole testified. I I He told how he went into Bynum's office and broke down, lie said lip was “almost prostrate over the biggest sorrow that had ever come into my life.” Re showed Bynum the original letter from Ormond, charging that Elizabeth Cole had had illicit rela tions with her former sweetheart, that he and By-hum anil Jenkins took a ride into the country to discubs the matter. It was finally decided to go to Raleigh and take up the matter withj Ormond in person. They'ctune to Raleigh and consulted with James H. l’oii. of the defense counsel, Mr. Cole said. He stated that Pou and Bynum suggested an indictment so/ slandering an innocent and virtuous woman or for sending threatening let ters through the' mail. Mr. Cole said fliat he told attorneys that lie dill not want any indictment. He staled that the lawyers said that they thought if they could talk with Or mond they could dry him up. But they found that Ormond was not id Raleigh. Bynum Secs Ormond. Bynum then went alone to Nash ville to see Bill Ormond and his fath er and try and settle the matter, the witness, su id. “Physically I was in as bad a con dition as a man could be. I was all to pieces.” the witness declared de scribing his condition at the time. He canio back to Rockingham on the afternoon of tile following- day. He received a telegram that every thing was all right. Immcdialyjfee said, he felt better. He met Bynum's train at Hamlet that night and TBynum told him about his visit to Nashville. Cole said By nume stated that both Mr. Ormond and his son treated him very nice and asked liim to fix up a letter which was entirely satisfactory to both the Or- Uionds. “He told them I just wanted the matter dropped,” Cole- said. “He told them that I coufd bring suit for' damages or send him to the pen but that I didn't want to do it.” Finest Girl in World. Cole testified that Bynum also told him of riding to Raleigh with Bill Ormond in tlie latter’s Ford. -He said Bynum told him that Ormond had declared that Elizabeth Cole was the finest girl ip the world, “Then all of a sudden in a fit of rage. Bill Ormond told him that if I ever crossed his path.'crooked my fin ger or batted m.v, eye, he’d drill me full of holes.” He pointed to his saddlebag on the side of his Ford with ’hip pistol in it and told Mr. Bynum: “That's my buddy; it goes with me where." Cole stated that the next he heard about the matter was a letter from Ormond to Bynum. Wanted Apology. “Rev. Mr. Ormond." he said, “wrote 1 Bynum that Cole ought to write a letter to Bill and apologize for eall ■ ing him a Icur ; that Bill was very milch insulted -and fplt that it was tlie same tiling #- calling him a son of a bitch. He also said that Bill had consulted a lawyer and* that we could not do anything about tin- let ters. 'l - -told ByttufV that I wouldn’t apologize because I didn’t have any thing to aisdogizc fur. , "’.That about undone * everything that had been done. I got very nervous, I couldn’t eat; I couldn’t sleep. Tlie thought of that slander being spread all over creation about my daughter completely unnerved 1 me,” he said." s r Cole stated -that th* Drift time he f sawrth-moml was ou the first Sunday in' May. He passed a Ford roadster ' partied up town and thought he saw Ormond sittiug in it. He went ini i mediately and told Bynum, then went to hi* office. He said he wag. mighty nervous and didn't Know, what to do. 'While- be was iu his office Ormofiif' dropfc up-’-in front 'of , bis office and narked his cur. Or-- i moud came the Manufacturers ; Building aud Cole said he though he i Wits coining 111 tHe office, but: instead • ha Went.lnto an office across the ball. • v Near About. Prostrated. TVt after moon be took bis family TH fi C6N£6kb bAiLV TfclftUNE for a ride and saw Bill Ormond and Laura Page Steele riding behind him. He was afraid they were fol lowing him, so he turned into a aide street. They drove on past. He and his daughter did not go to Sunday school or preaching, he de-1 dared, because of the presence of Ormond in town. But he had to drive his family home from church and he ran into Ormond there. That afternoon Ormond drove his Ford baf*k and forth in front of tfie Cole.home, Mowing his exhaust pipe whistle. “I reckon if he drove once be drove 20 times, grinning und blowing his born,” Cole said. “It., became so un bearable that I went to the back of the'house. Prayed Continuously. “The only thing I knew to do was to pray, and I pfiayed continuously almost from the start. I prayed at all hours of the day.-yand all through the night. A wanted guidance. I didn’t know what to do. I tried to bluff him and I couldn’t do’ it. I em ployed a lawyer, but he eouidil’t stop it- I prayed at home, in my car and at the mill,” he said. In response to a question from his attorneys he stated that he is a firm believer in the efficacy or prayer and a personal God. About a month after Ormond’s visit his letter to Mr. Bynum came. Cole said that Bynum' showed him the letter and that “it ripped the sore that much wider.” “It just completely prostrated me. He’d promised not to talk and iif the latter he said he talked promis cuously. I didn't know what to do,” he said. Armed Himself. Cole said that he asked Bynum Who Ormond had told and that By nilm told him he had heard of it from Mrsf. Bynum and. Katherine Mc- Donald. “I completely knocked me off my feet. he said. "Bynum advised me to go protected. I had an old pistol at home and I put tt in my car, back of my seat. I put it there in the hope that if we ever met I would be fortunate enough to get it first. I never carried it in my pockets, they were too shallow,” be said. He testified that (lie Rocking ham on two week ends because he was afraid Ormond would come to town. "I got into sqch condition of mind that every- time I saw a Ford roads ter I though it was Kill Ormond. I reckon I saw him a hundred times a day. It would just flash oil me every time I saw a Ford,” he declared. Claims a Vision. “Well uigmt two </r three weeks be fore, a feeling came over me while I was praying that I had waitiH long enough, that it was my duty to pro tect myself and my family. A con sciousuosrj came to me that it was my duty. T had no longer to hide out. I got a coßsciousoess that I had a light lo do what was necessary to stop that scandal.” Finally, late in the atic-rooon, Cole cubic to tlie story of the actual - homicide. He said that on the after noon of August 15 he was sitting in his office at the wftidow chatting with some of the other mill operators of Rockingham and his son. “There woke no cars parked in front of the office," Jie testified. “I saw this Ford wheel right in short and I -aw who I took to, be Bill Ormond. He drove by slowly, looked like he was going to stop. I went all to pieces. I expected to see him come in the office aud kill me. I waited 1 don’t know how long but he didn’t come in. Gets His Own Pistol. “I had parked my car in the allcy between the Manufacturer's building sud the Ford garage. In my ear was my pistol. I walked out to my ear and saw this car I supposed was Bill Ormond’s, I was not sure. I took the gun out of my car and put the pistol down inside by pauts. I sihrted up the steps of the Manufacturers Building and met Dave Crump, a uegro who milks the cows at my house. He talked to me and left. I don't know what he said “My mind was just in a whirl. 1 was excited. I didn't kijow which way the man in the car hud gone, my mind was in iu such a whirl I couldn’t stay in the Manufacturers Building. “I looked up and saw Bill Or mond coming, lie Was bareheaded and in liis shirt sleeves. I saw a flush come over his face. He made a spring for his car and I made tt spring for it: 1 though his pistol was in the car. I though, maybe, I rtiuli] get there and but him off. I knew Bill Or mond wu-\ trained in artillery to shoot hat'd and shoot straight and shoot quick. Both of us made a break for the ear at the same tfnre. Fatal Sliots. "He got to the car first and got in the car, anil he was reaching over toward the bag wheu I got there. “As I ran up. I think I said 'Bill.’ I stopped to see if I could get "a good look at him to see if it was some body else. He reached and grabbed lay gun with his right hand. He was about to ttyist it out of my huud, he' had a good leverage, it frightened me t —l pulled the trigger twice, I felt J|ts hand loosen aud he fell back,” he testified. Ozmer Henry, attorney for the de fense, sat in a chair before the jury in the jiosition in which Cole testi fied Ormoud was iu during the shoot ing, whim Cole showed his version pf how it happened. . Cole’s Plea. “I shot. him to keep him from killing me and leaving my family at his mercy to slander after I was gone,” he said. N “I looked at him to me that 1 bad not made a mistake, 1 turned and went back to my office.” f "At the time I shot him I did not think I was doing wrong.” he said- Fred Bynum testified at. the morn ing session to the fact surrounding his visit to the Ormouds -at Nash ville to secure the agreement: from Ormond ijotf tor uitpoy , the Coles. ( , He was' piif through la vigorous cross exiitninlation by Clyde Douglas of the private prosecution, who se cured from him the aihnissiun that the last communication wrtli Ormond by word or letter before his weath were of a peaceful nature and that' Ormond specifically stated that he wotdtl not luma Cole unless the WI- 1 .tat- Other Cole-Ormond Letters Rockingham, Oet. 2.—Fred W. Bynum wad on the witness stand | today. In substance he quoted, declared' and as the nature of the: .-matter required, that Mr. Cade last October had a friendly conversation i with Bill Ormftnd, telling him that j 2jjibbut” had broken off with him and that he hoped that Bill would stop unnoying her, to which Ormonjl agreed. Two letters were then said to have come to Mr. Cole from Bill Or mond written on the assumption that the father, bimself, had broken up the match, whereas, id was said, and substantiated in the girl's testimony, that she had voluntarily broken off with him. The second letter, which kas introduced in evidence Wed nesday, provoked a reply from Mr. Cole, reading somewhat like this: ‘‘Your damnable, menu,' insulting letter received. If I_ ever hear any more of this from *you or through you I will fill your body full of lead.” The letter introduced yesterday contained Ormond's declaration that he and Elizabeth Cole, the manufac turer's daughter, had lived as man and wife fit)' more chan a year, though not married. Ormond's re ply to the threatening lett«B intro duced this morning in evidence, fol lows : Calls Cole a Cur. "You are going to ehew and swal low all that cur stuff—understand ! “To call you a cur would be too great a as everybody knowx your species. "You have proved your mettle, now you are going to fill my body full of rhe same stuff. I do not ileul iu as cheap material as lend. will be ready on sight xml A-ith lead either—as you have threatened my life “Do not take in territory, you're yellow will show Ivhen it becomes necessary—your bluffing has come to an end.” Trip to Raleigh. It was at this juncture Mr. By num said that Mr. Cole came to him in his office on February 20. The law yer. after talking the matter over with the manufacturer,- took Mr. Cole and Mr. Jenkins, .rae defend ant's cotton mill superintendent, to see Hill Ormond for the purpose of ending the matter peaceably. They consulted with James H. Phu, now the chief defense lawyer, anil Mr. Bynum then proceeded on to Nash ville. where Bill Ormond was visit ing his father, Rev- A. L. Ormond. Bill declared to Mr. Bynum, the lat tur -a i 1 1. that he had no. Intention of 'diving his letter make the impres sion on the Coles that it did, that he didn’t mean to be "ugly” about it, and after a conference between the lawyer, father and son, Mr. Bynum drew up an agreement showing the substance of Bill's expressed atti tude, vjhich young Ormond signed. The agreement, which lias figured prominently in the ease from the be •-ginning, follows: The Peace Letter. "Nashville Methodist ehuroh, “Rev. A. E. Ormond, “Nashville, N. C., February 21, 1925. "Mr. W. B. Cole. “Rockingham, N. C. "Dear Sir. ' “Since talking over the matter of our differences with Mr. Fred \Y. Bynum, your attorney, I see the mat ter in a very different'light. I am sorry that I have corresponded with you about the relations of myself and your daughter, Elizifbcth, and you have .misunderstood me com pletely. t lever meant to do you any | harm or violence, but I confess I have felt aggrieved that you had denied me the right to go to your home and see Elizabeth. My purpose in writing you threatening letters was to induce you to let me come to see Elizabeth and 1 never intended any harm to you or-Jfer. "I never intends anything against you ar Elizabeth and regret the entire occurrence very much. I was only using this means to try to get permission to see Elizabeth, whom I have always loved sire* 1 first lfuew her- I would nor hurt her feelings for anything in the world and did not so intend in writing you. "However, I now agree not to write to her or to you again or .have any. further dealing with either of you in tin- future. 1 promise solemnly not to write any istore threatening or abusive lettM-s to you nor to have anything further to say to you in any way. In-the future I shall en deavor not to cross your path in any way that “H can be avoided. 1 am sorry for anything I have written you. ami promise to destroy any' let ters I have of yours and ask that you do me the same way. The entire occurrence will receive no publicity from me or my family and I trust the whole”regrettable affair will be closed forever. "Yours very truly. “IV. \V. ORMOND.” I Repeats Charge. Bill Ormond and tho lawyer 'then rode lank to Raleigh, according to tlie witness, during which ride the former " soldier, now admittedly part ly deaf by both state and defense. Ormond repeated the statement af ter denying it in the agreement, that lie had had immoral relations with Elizabeth Cole. During t ride, it was also said that Ormond said that lpouey -was Mr. Cole's one ob ject in life and that becan-e he (Ormond) was a minister’s son and not rich, the manufacturer wanted to dispose of Ormond as a prospec tive son-in-law und substitute John Porter, local cotton mill executive, ns his daughter's chosen husband. Ormond 4 was also quoted as say ing: "If he (Cole) ever crosses ta.v path, ) l've got the medicine for him. - ’ iOn Mr. llynum's reasoning with him and reminding hint of the agreement Ormoud is said to have quickly relented sSyiug: “I didn't mean that; I'll live up to my agree ment.” j “Ormond > Town.” On a latef occasion when Ormond ter started something. Bynum also admit led that he ig nored the letter from Hcv. Mr. Or mond requesting an apology from him to his km for calling young Or moaia “co*" f came to Rockingham, the witness ««id, the manufacturer came hastily I inti} the lawyer's office much excited ’ and distressed, saying: “Fred, Bill | Ormond’s in town, what must 1 do?’’ The witness quoted himself: "I ! dqfl't like to advise a man to arm | himself; suppose yfiu go to your of fice and stay there." Mr. Bynum said that he received the following, self-explanatory leyer front Bill Ormond July 10: Better to Bynum. "N. C- State College Station, Raleigh, X. C.,’’ “Mr. F. yf- Bynum, “Rockingham, N. C. "Dear Mr. Bynum : "If you won’t think I am still a fool I want to ask you if you in formed Mr. Cole all that I told you while we were returning from Nash ville? “I saw him here in Raleigh about six weeks ugo and it ne is looking for trouble he can find it, understand I am not trying to start anything, but I have got my eyes open for him. "I was nformed while there a few few days ago that he had given me orders to stay out of town. Js al ready know what kind of maw he is, and if you told him half I told you then I know what a man of his type will do for a dollar—he has sold his family and his name for a dollar —and he better not approach me either, I’ll be glad to talk to him in a civil way, otherwise I never want to see him make any move toward me. if he does I'll be sorry for all of us. “I’lcase inform him that he nor Libbut need not stay in the house or leave town when I cqpte to Rocking ham as they have done on two oc casions. I am not going to hurt thatn but I am going to look out for my self. “I still feel sorry for her. Mr. By num—but if they can stand <t I guess I can. "If you cqre to answer, I’ll / be, glad to hear from you. "Sincerely, W. W. ORMOND." Following is the lawyer's reply, as introduced in the evidence today: Bynum to Ormonn. "July 15, 1925. “Dear Bill: "I received your letter, and I don’t know anything I can say in reply but will answer anyway. "I regret that this matter stays on your mind and I had hoped that, after giving the entire matter due sonsideration, you would not care to worry either Mr., Cole or Elizabeth any! fur/iier. Ves, I talked fully with Mr. Cole after 1 saw you in Ntfsh ville and Raleigh but I assured him that you would uot bother either one agy more about the unfortunate mat ter and that you really meant what you said in your letter. While, of course, no one can keep you away Trout Rockingham, jt docs look ogly for you to conic here atul «jalk promiscuously as I heard you did on one of your trips here. 1 did not know you bad been here but the one time, and I thought maybe 1 would get to talk with you then but did not. I think it is unnecessary to re fer to Mr. Cole being afraid of you doing him harm, or watching out for him. I can’t imagine either .of you gentlemen entertaining such idua- against each Other. I feel sure that neither would desire to injure the other. "It looks to me that you should not care to force any attentions on Elizabeth further; she is her own agent and is 21 I should guess and if she prefers to remain at home, why, that is her privilege. “Bill, it seems to me that the now existing between you and Elizabeth and the Cole family will be better for you and them if you will let the whole matter drop —"Eet the dead past bury its dead." and maybe a new situation will spring up later after you have com pleted your college work and set tled down it* some active position. “With kindest regard, I am. "Yours very truly.” F. W. BYNUM. The last of the series was Or mond’s last letter to Mr. Bynum as follows: , Ormond to Bynum. “.Slate College Station, "Raleigh. X. C. "Dear Mr. Bynum: "I appreciate your letter ami re gret having talked promiscuously, Jbut 1 was asked questions concern ing the matter. I do not intend to tell a lie for them or anybody else— if I have cast any reflections on you I want tb apoigize—and I'll promise you that I will never mention it again to any one. not even ask any questions. “Mr. Bynum. I am not trying to force any attentions on her. yes she is 24 and free I guess? "It is the first time in m? life that I have bad any enemies and I’ll treat them such from now on. "Yes, I realize the situation that, nfcw exists between the Cole family and myself, and I Tlo not care to have anything (o do with such a family—from now on us long as I" live the matter hate dropped so far I'll never pick it up again. "Ylr. Bynum, the duy you left here—before you even rlstched Stan ford. I got my present job here with the State college. I am chief electri cian, am itv charge of all motors, lights and equipment, do alt t’he electrical buying. It is the best job 1 ever bad and as I)r. Brooks wrote dad. ’I have great future here—so I am not attending school as you thought. I like my work fine and I intend to be somebody, regardless of the Cole family. 1 run sure live with out either of them- Thanking you again for your letter, and rest as sured, “Sincerely, W. W. ORMOND ” On an envelope In the mamifac turer'te bank box was the following notation, nerording to the evidence. ‘This letter is the personal proh erty -df F.\ W.-'B.Vlriim und'must uot bo opened by anyone else, ilnfo whoHoeever hands this letter may fall. I hope you will tutu it over to Mr. B.vmint unopened. “W. B. CODE” The lawyer Explained that it was left there by Mr. Cole “in case any thing should happen.” f - (NATIONWIDE M |l JXSTITUTION- I IslenneyvQ DEPARTMENT STORES 40-54 South Union Street, Concord, N. C. I Big Slip Over Sweater* For Boys—All Weights and Colors J Great sweaters for any regular fellers’ activities —school, play or work. Shaker or Jumbo knit; ; -iji Bhawl or convertible collars. 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