The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-11
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While Alone siin the 2 anl 81 Shoots 7t':s'
a Bullet Int 7E:[i Eiis s. 81 .ss;
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iTH E CAUSE o !. |! IS ] 4! MYSTERY r (
He Was Vealthy and His g AM am
ily Relations Most
Happy
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SUFFOLK, Al March 10:---AugustEu!l's E!l'
$II. Cobb a wealthy banke and I'D. mil mill
owner, blew out his brains at a 3quartersto
812E clock this morning 81 was sta ndlng
beside the cashier w!nd low { the suf- VI
folk Banking and Trust Comp facing g
the street. 81, The bullet entered at the the
lower lobe OF the right ear and y peeln!e7-- el !7
trated3 the brain. Ss Il n ;s5t
When found, the banker wa $ lying on 'll
his back. his feet towards the window, y,
tho blood gushing from tho ghastly lA's;'
wound. ,3s VI ,. al !. II i. @
rs He \ was about As years old. x 4. 4
No one was in the Q flee when the trage- az. J.
5dy was enacted. Mr.. Cobb had returned ed
this morning from orfolk. He entered .3te go
the building and spoke to Bruce IA Wies'
one OF the clerks who excused hlmselI,
going out o e a rear door and leaving sMfs MI
Cobb reclining in ian office. Az the rear ear
Of the one where hes died :s5
$a Rlwles returned In about ten minutes minutes
and found Cobb dead $ln the cas- h'er's z
office a t; 35# 4 Il Il J.
4 cling Coroner j. - c. i. II day and nd
Sheriff A. III. Baker decided that an q sh-
quest was not necessary. sS 81 & \
rho motive for the self-ltillng ~ some-
what a8mystery, An iabscondiing oash'er y !
had carried II somc Of the banks money
shut not enough to- embarrass the instl-
q III Ion. 4. Aside from the bank, the de-
ceased ana brother, w, 2. Coop, %
owned the SUFFOLK knitting MI sWillcn
have been paying profits COLDS lnco.No saN
wns. slnposed to have been at least ss,-
900 a. year. 4. !. .. n y, nv
fHTIis domestic rela Ions We're most ma ppy'
frha surviving brother lived wi W the az
ceased and his family, and their relatlosls l'I0
were most pleasant, Is :, 3. u, j,
The deceased had been suirerlll g itoi.
\ a nervous trouble for. some days ahu Whs
taking medicine, some of Whllelt l WE
FOUND IN his pockets, He had not been
ah,a 10 = sleep , we'll, SO ho told ~ frlend
'N1Ie wns not u hard drlnker. though
occasionally lie took n soclal glass, alla
had taken a drink since returning, q apout
10 O'Clock this morning. Mr. Cobh's GUS
position was sunny and happy ana ~
WIS not regarded rs tho sort Of person
WHO would seek 10 destroy himself !, !, 4,
4 ,rhe Cobb brothers came ~ sHlloiK
about fifteen years ~ go rom ~ W'uAi
Mo, and started aS knitting null ~ 9
small way They made money IA ahd
despite q fire and some loss OH account
of elnbezzlements had madfe, mpch nohey
and were regarded as Wealt ny.
They started the bank about two or
three years 49, zai5 I'll l. " !.
Il Though it lsG generally. conceded that
1t was a case Of suicide, there has been
some town talk In regard to tho absence
OF an inquest. l5s Y, S, y, s.
Asked about the matter, Sheriff lsa ker
said tile discretion Of the scorone was
broad, and since there We're no susplclo Gus Y.
Scircumstan nces, 1t was no use soing 70
kfxtTa expense. u NJ sl ssss n