CIGARETTE CAUSED KILLING

See? Smoking can kill you.

FIRED 4 SHOTS INTO FATHER
Young James Riddle Objected to Being Whipped,
CIGARETTE CAUSED KILLING
Young Riddle Approached Father Smoking Cigarette—Father Objected and Quarrel Followed Whlch Resulted In the Tragedy.

Raleigh, 1898 August 3.—Thomas Riddle, a young white man, shot and Instantly killed his father, James A. Riddle, at Cotton, a cotton mill town 7 miles south of Fayetteville, late Sunday evening.

Young Riddle approached his father, In the presence' of others, smoking a cigarette, when the elder remonstrated with him, bringing On a quarrel. The father attempted to strike him with a hoard when the young man drew a revolver and fired four shots Into his father's body, the first causing instant death.he prisoner also says his father had him hemmed In a jam and was about to slay him with a board.

Thomas Riddle Immediately surrendered to the police. Coroner J. Vance McGougan ordered the murderer hold without ball. He was taken to Fayetteville late Sunday night and placed in Jail.

Today he made a statement for publication In which he claims that his father was under the Influence of an Intoxicant Sunday afternoon, and that, according to a statement made to the prisoner by his mother a short while before the tragedy.

James A. Riddle had left the home to secure a pistol with the threat that he would kill the family upon his return. The young man came in contact with his father before the latter's return.

Terry's Notes:

Now can anyone tell me where in this story Cigarette cause the Killing? I swear, they were just as bad as today's press.  

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