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KILLS TWO IN FIGHT,About the Kent of n House in Whichthe KiUrr Lived.Dr, Clarence Pickens, a dentist, of Weaverville, N. C,, killed Rome and Furman Capps, brothers, aged 25 and 30, also of Weaverville, at his ume. Pickens, who claims he shot in self-defense surrendered to a deputy sheriff and is now in jail. The shooting followed a quarrel concerning the rent of a house owned by the Capps, in which the dentist lived.There were no eye-witnesses to fiie tradegv. The brothers fell in thei * tracks and the only knives found v.ere found closed in each of the dead mens pockets. The doctor's ’ wounds are two light cuts over his heart and one on his left arm. His coat was literally cut to ribbovs.
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The Times And Democrat
Orangeburg, South Carolina, US
Tue, Aug 16, 1910
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