Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1901 — Kills to Save His House. [ARTICLE]

Kills to Save His House.

Sidney Cole of Parkersburg, W. Va., shot and killed William T. Terry, a carpenter on the steamer Keystone State. Cole’s house on the river bank had seven feet of water in it. The Keystone State was about to land near it. Cole feared the swell would float his house away and warned the officers not to land. The steamer persisted, and Cole fired three shots, one passing through the heart of Terry. Cole was arrested and held without bail.