The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-08-17
WAS WATCHING HIS HOME
Sensation Develops in Shooting Of
Cobb by His Wife-Woman charg.
ed with Voluntary Manslaughter.

ed with Voluntary MansIaushter.
Mrs. W. H. Cobb, who killed her
husband, ex-senator and County
School, Commissioner Cobb, at Roys-
ton, Ca, Tuesday night, claiming that
she mistook him for burglar, has
been charged by the coroner's jury
with voluntary manslsughter
The coroner instructed that the ex-
ecut;on of the warrant be held up
until after burial services.
It is said that sensational develop
ments will follow the Investigation in.
to the affair. According to statements
made public, Professor Cobb had re-
ceived notice about two weeks since
that he had better watch his home.
Before the date of the tragedy,
which cost the life of the husband,
it is alleged, there had been more
than one disagreement between him
self and his wife, and, owing to the
various rumors and reports, sensa-
tional developments are expected.
Mrs. Cobb's statement that she mis-
took her husband for a burglar is
doubted by many. It Is the general
opinion that when Professor Cobb
went away, ostensibly to be gone
several days, he returned unexpected
ly. and that the killing followed.
A sensational feature Of the coro-
ner's investigation was the evidence
of DR.. 10. McCrary, who was the first
physician to reach the scene after
Cobb was shot. He produced before
the coroners Jury revolver and rock
which he testified had been found in
an outer pocket CT the coat worn By
the dead man.
Mrs. Cobb's statement to the coro-
ner's jury was as follows:
"Mr. Cobb left home Tuesday morn
ing, telling me that he would not be
back until Thursday. Mr.. Cobb bought
! me a pistol in Atlanta since We moved
! here. This I generally kept under my
head, but last night I was reading
and had it on my table and left It
| there.
II retired about 10:3O o'clock, and
! woke up some time during the night.
heard kind of rustling noise at
the lower window Of my room. I got
up and got my pistol. AS approached
the window I saw a form some dis
tance from the window. AS 1t went
behind the chimney went to the
upper window.
81 went from window to window,
! two or three times, maybe more. The
form seemed to get nearer to the up
per window, and I pulled down the
shade so that 1 could see just below
it. The form seemed to crouch down.
I stood at the upper side OF the win
[ dow and pulled the shade to one SIDE
and shot twice.
sAfter shooting I thought every
thing. I began to scream and went 20
send Clifford CHM after doctor. l
called MT. Welborn. 1 couldn't call very
loud.
AFTER shooting I threw the pistol
down. don't know how long 1t was
between Shots"
Other witnesses declared that Mr..
Cobb was seen on the streets about
10 o'clock at night, but seemed anxious
! to be 'unobserved. It seems he had
gone out to his farm and, leaving his
horse and buggy there, had walke;t
back to town.
Upon post-mortem examination OF
the wound in the abdomen, it was
found that the shot had ranged up
ward, while the shot in the head
ranged downward.
Witnesses were. introduced who tes'
titled that there was a considerable
interval between the shots, sufficient
time for a person to walk back and
forth across q room.