I added it at
http://ancestraldata.com/Notes/index.cgi?1171923432+/ahnentafel/256/lineages/johncooley-desc.html
Do you know what paper it was from?
So many Cooley murders! Are we cursed?!
-Michael
> Michael,
> I forgot how to add a note to the male descendants.
>
> Obit for DeWitt C. Cooley
>
> Deputy Dewitt Cooley was killed while checking the locks on the cells in
> the
> jail. One of the prisoners had managed to pry open his cell door with a
> crowbar
> and struck Deputy Cooley from behind. Deputy Cooley lay unconscious for
> several
> hours until his wife came to the jail and found him. She was also attacked
> by
> the three escaping prisoners.
>
> The suspect was convicted of Deputy Cooley's murder and sentenced to life.
>
> Deputy Cooley had been with the agency for three years. He was survived by
> his
> wife and two children.
Received on Tue Jul 10 2012 - 14:27:46 MDT