Gaston County NcArchives Obituaries.....Rob, Neely October 1897 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Natasha Miles bittersweet3@yahoo.com June 1, 2020, 5:03 pm The Semi-Weekly Messenger (Wilmington NC) 22 October 1897 Gastonia Gazette: At Lowell last Thursday night Joe Foster shot and fatally wounded Rob Neely, both colored. They were alone in the home of Rob's sister Lou, not far from the new colored church. Rob's brother Tom, about 15 years old, was in the yard and was startled to hear a pistol shot and upon turning to see Foster pull the door open and flee. Rob Neely was reeling from the effects of a fatal wound. The boy Tom says he hadn't heard any guarreling in the house. Before he died Saturday morning Rob told that he didn't want anything done with Joe. It is said the boys were gambling. Foster made good his escape. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/gaston/obits/r/rob3805gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb