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PROMINENT FARMER ASSASSINATED..Murphy, N. C.. Aug. 24.—Phillip Phillips, a pr-ominent farmer living -lU Graham county, near Topton, was assassinated yesterday morning about 5 o’clock, being shot in the back from the concealment of a clump of busheB near his home, just after he had left the home to take up his day’s labors. He died last night ‘about 7 o’clock,and before dying, is said to have made a statement in which he declared that either Hardy Wiggins or Coot Miller had shot him. Mr. Phillips is alleged to have declared that he saw both men just previous to the shooting, but is not certain as to which one fired the fatal shot.
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Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad Hustler
Hendersonville, North Carolina, US
Thu, Sep 16, 1915
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