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Small Town Shows Heart To Kiddies•4 r -•■I *'#Made Orphans By Violent ShootingsIt has been two weeks since a hail of bullets snuffed out the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cooper and a babysitter neighbor, Mrs. Doris Lewis, and wounded' one of the Cooper's three children at Davis..The man accused of the crime, Olin Collins, 48, who was captured by Prince Georges County lt;Md.) police at Qxon Hill where he reportedly fled after the shooting, is being held in Tucker County Jailhere. He has been arraigned on three counts of murder and an attempt to murder and the Grand Jury is- scheduled to consider the case June 2In (be interim, what happened to the three orphan ed children of the Cooper including the one wounded during the shooting spree which killed their parents?The children are Morgan Cooper, 5; Sandra Cooper, 2 and Jimmy, 11 months.It was Sandra who was wounded. The child was shot in the abdomen and taken to Tucker County Hospital. A couple days after the shooting, Morgan and Jimmy also were admitted to the hospital by relatives suffering from gastroenteritis,“The physical results of (he baby falling from the arms of its wounded mother and the horror of a five-year-old standing and seeing his mother and father shot down could well be the ‘bug’ which is hurfing the children most, a relative said at the time the two boys were taken to thehospital.The children soon endeared themselves to the hospital staff and Parsons and the area opened its hearts to them. They became very special patients.When the two boys were released from the hospital, Sandra remained behind for further treatment. It was the first time they had been separated. Last Tuesday, Sandra was released from the hospital but Thursday night, she was re-, admitted because, a county officer reported, the incision had reopened.These Cooper children, whose father, the late Fred D. Cooper, formerly resided in Cumberland, are shown inTucker County Hospital, Parsons, following rhe tragic deaths of their parents.fives In Ohio and Morgan with his grandfather, Fred Cooper Sr., who resides at Dry Fork, near Harman.The county official reported that at first, it had been thought the three children would be separated, Jimmy and Sandra going with rela-But later, he said, the grandfather took all three with him and He is expected to apply for guardianship. If so, this also will be a matter for the June term of court.* rWhile the children were patients in the hospital, they1 were . showered with gifts and affection, not only by citizens of the community, but doctors and nurses as well.children was Mrs. Forrest Isner, Tucker County reportertor. the Elkins Inter-Mountain.She found the two boys had the virus bug” and this is her account of the visit:One of the visitors to the“I visited the children with a doctor’s permission. I saw little Sandra first so I wouldn’t carry the “bug” to her from the boy's room. She had had a good nap, the doctor said, but wasn’t yet too awake and was sitting up in bed with • tears streaming from. her blue eyes. Wanna walk, wanna walk,” she kept saying over and over.'The doctor put beautifulpink slippers on her feet, and told how a woman patient knew Sandra had been walking in her street shoes, measured her feet and bought her the slippers after leaving the hospital. The doctor lifted Sandra to the floor and she reached up and put her hand in mine to gowalking. Later I learned, why Iwas so, favored. Sandra loves people who wear. glasses. Her mother wore glasses.I visited Jimmy and Morgan in the room they shared. Morgan, who is large for his age, and blonde like the other two children, was playing with a(Continued on Page 14)
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Cumberland Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Sun, Apr 25, 1965
Page 40
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