Marshall County MsArchives News.....R. R. Cox Shoots Wife and Self February 18, 1856 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ms/msfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000719 June 15, 2012, 8:43 pm Springfield [MA] Republican February 18, 1856 R. R. Cox, who resided about twelve miles from Holly Springs, Miss., in the vicinity of Chulahoma, on Wednesday last, shot his wife, killing her instantly, and then shot himself through the head. When the servants broke into their room, both were found dead and weltering in their blood! They had been married but six weeks, and it is supposed the husband must have been taken with sudden insanity. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ms/marshall/newspapers/rrcoxsho124gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/msfiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb