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Monroe
1925
Boyd, Harrison L. Boyd [Here are several
articles about his murder.]
Source: The Marietta [Ohio]
Daily Times; Monday, January 12, 1925
Murdered Officer Wounded
One of Yeggs who Slew Him
ENTIRE COUNTRY ENLISTED IN
HUNT FOR THE SLAYERS
Policeman Harrison L. Boyd,
who was murdered by bandits early Sunday morning on Third street below Putnam,
marked at least one of his assailants. This is proved by the finding of a
bloody rag near the scene of the shooting. The cloth was wound about an old
chisel that had been tossed toward the city dump. The chisel has been
identified as having been stolen from the Martin blacksmith shop.
Jack McFarland, a student at
Junior high school, walking about the scene of the murder on Sunday afternoon
came upon the bloody rag and chisel. They were partially covered by snow but
the rag, about twice the size of a man's handkerchief, was thoroughly soaked
with blood. A tiny bit of flesh also was attached to the rag. Apparently the
rag had been used to staunch the flow of blood from a wound, wrapped about the
chisel and thrown on the dump as the gunmen fled from the scene.
H.R. Eggleston, city chemist,
was called into the case on Sunday afternoon and made a chemical analysis. His
tests showed absolutely that the rag was saturated with fresh blood.
Finding of this additional
evidence in the case caused the police to search with renewed activity for a
wounded man. Doctors in all neighboring cities and towns have been asked to
watch for anyone who might need medical attention. In the meantime all buildings,
basements, freight cars and even the storm sewers in the vicinity of Third and
Butler streets have been combed in the belief that a wounded man might be
found. So far this search has been fruitless.
Coroner N. O. Whiting, with
whom Prosecutor Vernon E. Metcalf is working, will conduct a formal inquest on
Monday afternoon. It will be held at the mayor's office and the following ten
witnesses have been called: Louis Braun, Jr., J. Mortimer Smith, Dr. Delaney,
and Officers Way, Miller, Kelly, Coffman, and Hune and Harold Cross. The
coroner announced on Monday that he would issue a burial permit so that funeral
services for the murdered officer may be arranged.
Suspects Brought In
Up to noon on Monday a number
of men had been taken into custody for investigation, but none of them appeared
to fit into the case. On Sunday afternoon a stranger, who had ridden an
interurban car to Beverly, was arrested and brought back to this city. He had
talked to the motorman enroute to Beverly and had remarked that he was beating
it out of Marietta because he fitted the description of one of the men that had
killed Officer Boyd. He says his home is at Byesville. He is being held.
Other local men were picked
up from time to time on Sunday and Monday and early today a stranger was found
at Westview, where he had applied for work. He too is being investigated.
Police Take Charge of Car
A promising lead was found
late Sunday night when the police took charge of a Jewett automobile on Fourth
street near the Baptist church. It had been parked there, with all curtains up,
since early Saturday night. In the car were found a lot of blankets, cushions
and articles of clothing, and two leather grips that contained sweaters, heavy
overshoes, caps, and other stuff, including a couple cartons of cigarettes. One
of the grips contained a cotton blanket bearing the name of the Monroe hotel at
Parkersburg.
The car bears Ohio Monroe
tags No. 683-541,* issued at Waverly, county seat to Pike county. The police
have learned that this car was in Ashland, KY. on Tuesday, and in Parkersburg
On Friday, and that several men had been riding in it.
Shot It Out With Gang
Another matter being
investigated today has to do with the finding of a Ford coupe that had gone
over the bank of the Muskingum river near Westview. It bears Ohio license tags
No. 1-457,* issued at Columbus. Blood_______ where
__________________________________** the Marietta officer went to his death in
the discharge of his duty -- of his fighting a gang of the criminals that he
came upon while they were in the act of burglarizing the Studebaker motor sales
establishment on Third street, below Putnam. He shot it out with the gang and
was instantly killed when a bullet pierced his heart. He fell in the middle of
the street directly in front of the motor sales room.
It is plainly evident that
one member of the gang that killed Boyd was engaged in robbing the Hickman
place when he arrived on the scene. Pals of the yegg were doing lookout duty
across the street, and they killed Boyd. Before the victim fell lifeless he and
his assailants had exchanged not less than 16 revolver shots, for that many
empty shells from their guns were found in the street.
Passes Through Body
The bullet that ended the
officer's life was a pellet of 38-calibre, and it entered his left breast over
the heart. It passed completely through his body, lodging in his under
clothing, where it later was found by the coroner. As it struck it came in
contact with a lead pencil, cutting off about an inch of the latter, and
carrying bits of the wood and lead into the wound. At least two other bullets
and possibly three hit Boyd, one piercing each arm below the elbow. There was a
cut across the front of his vest that barely raked his body, and this marked
the course of a bullet, which may or may not have been one of those that
wounded his arm.
Boyd's assailant, at least
when he began firing, was crouched at the corner of the Martin blacksmith shop
directly across the street from the Studebaker establishment. An empty gasoline
drum stood against the building and it is plain that the gunman used this as a
screen. Boyd was armed with a German Luger revolver, and the magazine holds
nine cartridges. Eight empty shells were found on the street and one loaded one
remained in the clip. On the opposite side of the street, eight brass shells of
straight design and of 38-calibre were scattered about, thus indicating that
eight shots had been fired from each side of the street.
Officer Falls Upon Face
When Boyd fell dead he struck
on his face near the middle of the street, and apparently he never moved. Three
men, Louis Braun, Mortimer Smith and Gurner LeForge, were eye witnesses of the
killing and they reached the side of the officer at about the same time. As
they approached they saw the gunman and his pals running down the west side of
Third street. These men are not absolutely certain as to the number of men who
left the scene but think there were three of them. One of the witnesses
declares that the fleeing men separated at Third and Butler streets.
Deputy Sheriffs Way and
Lindamood and Constable James Miller, who were at headquarters when the
shooting occurred, were the first officers to reach the scene. As they arrived
some one called to them that Boyd was dead and that his assailants had fled
down the street. They continued in pursuit, spreading out into the railroad
yards but found no one. They circled about the Butler street tracks, then
passed on toward Third and Church streets. On Church street they accosted Dewey
Allen, a Marietta man, and he called to them that "the two men that killed
a policeman ran out Church street toward Fourth." How Allen knew that a
policeman had been killed was not explained and he was sent to headquarters for
investigation.
Comb City Without Result
During the hours immediately
following the killing, police and deputy sheriffs combed all of that section of
the city surrounding the scene of the murder. They discovered that the
Studebaker sales rooms, owned by J. B. Hickman & Son, had been burglarized
and later they found that tools had been stolen from the Martin blacksmith shop
across Third street. Several hammers, two wrecking bars and a screw driver had
been taken. Three of the hammers and one of the bars were found on the ground
at the corner of the shop where Boyd's murderer had begun the fatal battle. The
other wrecking bar and the screw driver were found at the side of Butler street
in front of the A.M. Swan building.
Of the different men who knew
at least some of the facts in connection with the killing, the one who tells
the most important story is Harold Cross. He was on his way out the railroad
tracks to his home and was near Third street when the shooting began. He saw
the dash of the guns then saw two men running toward him down the west side of
Third street. He ducked back out of sight and saw the pair turn into Butler
street along side of some freight cars. He heard them conversing in guarded
terms, but could not distinguish what they were saying. As they emerged from
behind the cars they saw him and one of them said, "Get to hell out of
there or we'll finish you." He ran from there out into Second street past
the Pennsylvania passenger station.
Hurry Down Second Street
From that point, Cross
declares that two men went through between the depot and the express company
building, crossed over toward the front of the National Supply Company store,
and hurried on down Second street. He was standing in front of the Balley*
Grocery Company building as they ran down Second street. Just then, he says, a
strange man came down Second street and he walked over and told him what he had
seen. He could not see whether the gunmen passed into church strreet or
continued on down Second.
D. E. Hill, another Marietta
boy, also saw the two men running away from the scene of the murder. He was
enroute up Third street and saw the pair come out of Church street and turn
down Third toward Greene. They were hurrying and he heard no talk. One of the
men was fairly tall and wore a muddy raincoat and a cap. The other was shorter
of stature and wore a dark coat.
Louis Braun, Mortimer Smith
and Gurner LeForge viewed the shooting from a considerable distance but are
agreed as to the general facts.
Sees Battle in Dark
Braun was enroute home from his
restaurant and as he approached his front door he saw the glare from a
flash-light swing across the Hickman building. He glanced that way, saw the
light flash against the window, then heard a shot. An instant later guns
flashed repeatedly and shots were fired so rapidly that he could not count
them. The gun battle was being waged across the street, participants apparently
advancing toward each other. As the one on the east side neared the middle of
the street, he fell, and the firing ceased. Braun ran to the scene, saw either
two or three men running down the street, and found that their victim was
Officer Boyd.
Mortimer Smith had been
spending the evening with friends at the Elmer Thoniley home, two doors above
the scene of the murder. As the first shot rang out, Smith and the others in
the party hurried to the front porch. They saw the flash of the battle and saw
the victim fall. They also saw men running away from the scene on the other
side of the street and Smith is positive that there were three of them.
Men Close Together
Gurner LeForge is a resident
of Bay City, Mich. He is an actor with a show company that had played during
the week at the Putnam theatre, and was stopping at the Wakefield. After he
left the theatre on Saturday night, he walked out to get a lunch and have a
smoke, and just happened to stroll down Third street toward the Thorniley
building. He was directly behind Louis Braun, and saw the whole of the gun
battle. He could not tell how many shots were fired but says there were a number
of them and the participants were so close together that the fire from their
guns crossed. He saw the officer fall and was one of three men to reach his
side a few seconds later.
The victim had pitched
forward on his face, and his revolver lay just out of his grasp. LeForge picked
up the weapon and later gave it over to the authorities. The clip contained but
one load, indicating that Boyd had fired eight shots at his assailants. As the
gunmen left the scene, LeForge heard one call to the other, "I got him all
right."
Front Window Forced
A search of the Hickman
building on Sunday morning showed that it had been entered through a front
office window. The sash had been pried up apparently with a wrecking bar. Once
inside, the robber had pried a lock from the stockroom door, but nothing was
missing from the room. From there he opened the back office door and ransacked
the safe cabinet. A box containing valuable papers was dumped on the floor in
front of the gas fire, as though to get the benefit of the light from the stove
in looking them over, but nothing was taken.
The robber evidently escaped
from the rear of the building and the door was propped on the outside. Tracks
in the mud showed that the escaping man had jumped over a brick wall to the
adjoining lot, and from there had made his way to the street.
Shot By The Lookout
The theory of all who
examined the place is that the man that killed Boyd was a lookout for the one
who was robbing the Hickman place. Apparently he saw Boyd, making his rounds,
approach the Hickman building, and flash his light across the windows. Knowing
that his pal was in the building, the lookout opened fire. While the guns were
barking, the man in the building passed on out the rear door, propping the door
to head off possible pursuit. Then he circled back to the street and as he
appeared the lookout called to him, "I got him all right," meaning
that he had killed the officer.
That the fight took place
directly in front of the Hickman building is shown by the marks of bullets
fired by the gunman. At least five of these hit the building. Three of them
passed through the large plate glass window, and two of the three hit a new
Studebaker sedan on display in the window. One struck the edge of a fender and
was diverted into one of the headlights. The other hit one of the sash frames
on the side of the top and, striking squarely against the steel, stopped there
and dropped to the floor. The third was found imbedded in the side wall of the
display window.
Many Officers On Job
Every possible clew that
might solve the identity of the murderers was followed by the officers during
the night. A detail of Parkersburg police, in charge of Lieut. O'Neal, hurried
to this city and assisted in the work. Representatives of the West Virginia
state police also came here and Chief Bush, of Williamstown, joined in the
work. All deputy sheriffs worked with the police, Chief Putnam directing the
work. Traffic officers, mounted on motorcycles, combed all roads leading out of
the city.
Just a few minutes after the murder
an automobile containing two or three men passed over the bridge to
Williamstown. It was going at a rapid clip but slowed down at the toll house
sufficiently to pay the bridge toll. It disappeared before the officers had had
an opportunity to even start after it.
Automobile Stolen
Early Sunday morning Gideon
Masters, of Mile Run, reported to the police that his Star touring car had been
stolen. Later in the morning it was found abandoned near the Dye farm at Gravel
Bank. A screw driver had been used to turn on the ignition. Henry Porter, also
of Gravel Bank, reported that his new Overland touring car had been stolen and
driven away. These facts indicated that the murderers might have adopted that
means of making their getaway, changing cars at the Porter home to throw
possible pursuers off the trail. Local police followed this clew to points
below Belpre but found no trace of the Porter car.
Through the medium of the B.
& O. railroad officials, it was learned that a gang of men boarded a west
bound freight train in the Belpre yards, just after 1:30 o'clock on Sunday
morning. This might have been the murderers, and railroad police at all points
west were asked to be on guard.
Finding of the tracks in the
mud about the rear of the Hickman building and across the street about the
Martin smithy brought to mind the need of blood hounds to trail the murderers,
and in a short time the police were in communication with James Noffsinger, a
railroad detective at Smithfield, W.Va. He left at once for Marietta, bringing
his dogs to Williamstown just after 10 o'clock on Sunday morning.
Blood Hounds On Trail
Noffsinger and his
man-hunters were hurried to the scene and quickly got to work. The telltale
tracks had been protected by boards and although snow was falling the dogs
seemed to take the trail. They started at the Hickman building and backtracked
down the east side of Third street and out Butler, then worked back and circled
the dump below the Martin smithy. At the point where the shooting started, the
dogs took up the main trail and followed down Third to Butler, out Butler past
the express company building, across the tracks there and down Second street
and into Church street, thus veryfying [sic] the story told earlier in the
morning by Harold Cross.
Entering Church street, the
dogs hurried along to Third street, then turned south to Greene and made their
way to a point in front of the traction company freight office, where they lost
the trail. Their owner is positive that the murderers left the ground at that point,
evidently having entered an automobile.
Hundreds Visit Scene
News of the killing of Boyd
spread rapidly through the city and all during the late hours of the night
crowds thronged police headquarters and stood about the streets. After daylight
the crowds increased in numbers and during Sunday hundreds visited the scene of
the gun battle. so large did the crowd become that it was with much difficulty
that they were held back to give the blood hounds a chance at the trail.
Parkersburg police, who came back on Sunday, assisted in handling the crowds
and in prosecuting the search.
For several hours on Sunday
morning officers scoured the lower part of the city in an effort to find anyone
who might have been wounded in the fight. Patrolman Boyd had the reputation of
being a good shot, one of the best on the force, and it is hard to believe that
he would have fired eight bullets at such close range without a hit.
That he may have wounded one
of his assailants was indicated later in the day by the finding of a bloody
handkerchief that had been dropped beside the street. A hand chisel, evidently
dropped by one of the fleeing men, also was found.
Mayor Informs Widow
To Mayor Sprague was
delegated the task of breaking the news of Boyd's death to his family and this sad
mission was performed shortly before 1 o'clock on Sunday morning. He drove to
the Boyd home at 823 Front street and after arousing neighbors, called Mrs.
Boyd to the door. As considerately as possible the news of her bereavement was
made known to the little woman. She all but swooned when told that her husband
had met death, but she bravely rallied before Mayor Sprague left the house.
Women of the neighborhood did
their best to comfort her. She and the two little sons of the dead patrolman
were alone when the murder was committed. On Sunday morning the older of the
children, a sturdy boy of four years, was told that his daddy was gone and
could not return. He seemed to realize what had happened and cried most
bitterly.
Relatives of Mrs. Boyd,
residing near Moss Run, were notified of the tragedy early Sunday and the
mother and other relatives came at once to help care for the dead officer's
family.
Representatives of different
fraternal societies in which Boyd had held membership joined in ministering to
the family, and the Masonic order, the Red Men and the American Legion all are
doing what they can to lighten the burden.
Conflicting theories are
advanced by the officers in the case regarding the number of men who were
shooting at Officer Boyd when he fell, some of them arguing that he was
confronted by but one man while others feel that he faced at least two gunmen.
Late Sunday it was discovered
that two or threes hots fired struck the new concrete building of the Farmers
Produce Company, which is separated by an alley from the Hickman building.
This, it is argued, indicates that at least two men were firing at Boyd and
that bullets were coming both from in front of the Martin shop and from a point
near the end of a bill board farther down the street.
Submitter's Notes: *The
print was small and these numbers were difficult to read so may be in error.
** Two complete lines were
unreadable on the submitter's copy of the article.
[A side encapsulated
paragraph said:]
BOYD WAS NO. 13
Members of the police force
discovered on Sunday evening that in a large group picture that hangs on the
wall at headquarters, the photograph of Harrison L. Boyd, murdered patrolman,
is No. 13. The picture of the force was made by a local photographer about four
years ago. That Boyd was given the "hoodoo" number had not been
noticed until after his death.
[Submitter s Note: Here is
another article on the murder of Harrison Boyd.]
Source: The Marietta [Ohio]
Daily Times; Tuesday, January 13, 1925, pp 1+
Omaha Police Hold Suspects
AUTO FOUND HERE DRIVEN BY
YEGGMAN
Jewett Stolen At Ironton
Local Officers Are Informed
SAFES CRACKED BY OCCUPANTS
Had Committed Robberies at
Logan and Chauncey On Trip
There is a well-established
theory that the two men who came into Marietta, in the Jewett car, stolen at
Ironton and recovered on Fourth street above Putnam, are widely known yeggmen,
who have been operating recently out of Columbus and possibly Charleston, W.
Va. It is known that they were in the Hocking valley during the past week and
there is evidence to connect them with robberies at Logan and Chauncey on
Wednesday and Thursday nights.
At Logan, O., a large
furniture store was robbed and the safe was cracked, apparently by experts. At
Chauncey a clothing store was robbed, the safe was cracked, and a large
quantity of merchandise was stolen. Some of the stuff found in the Jewett car
here has been identified as part of it. The Jewett car was stolen at Ironton
the day before the Logan robbery.
The men who are known to have
driven the car through Parkersburg to Marietta, and who registered at the
Parkersburg hotel as J. Knox and H.C .Smith, of Welch, W. Va., were in Logan on
the night of the furniture store robbery, stopped at a Logan hotel, and
registered under the same names used at Parkersburg.
W.C. Lee, an operative of the
National Detective Bureau, of Columbus, arrived in Marietta on Tuesday,
trailing the Jewett car and the men who registered as Knox and Smith. At police
headquarters he furnished detailed information regarding the Hocking valley
robberies and identified a black leather bag found in the Jewett car as one of
those the men carried at the Logan hotel. He likewise identified the caps,
sweaters, collars and heavy overshoes, found in the grips here, as goods stolen
in Chauncey.
All of this confirms the
belief of the police that the men who drove the Jewett car into Marietta had a
part in the slaying of Officer Boyd and made their getaway down the Ohio river,
using two stolen automobiles and a pair of horses in their flight.
ARREST MAN WHOSE ARM IS
WOUNDED
Norman Taylor Arrested
While Applying To Hospital
TWO OTHERS ARE BEING
HUNTED
Suspects's Wife and
Brother are Also Held by Police
Omaha Nebr., Jan. 13--Norman
Taylor, known in Omaha as a crook who has served time in seven different
penitentiaries for burglary, was arrested here last night, and is being held
for Marietta police on suspicion of connection with the murder of a policeman
in that city Saturday night. Taylor bears a gunshot wound in his left arm. His
arrest followed when he applied at the Frederick hospital for treatment for the
wound.
Following his appearance at
the hospital with a gunshot wound, police were notified, and he was arrested.
His description was broadcasted by wireless and was recognized in Marietta.
With Taylor, under arrest,
are his wife and his brother, Ed Taylor of Omaha. Omaha police believe two
others connected with the Marietta affair are in hiding in this city and they
are being searched for.
Taylor explains his gunshot
wounds by saying his wife shot him accidentally while shooting at fenceposts
along the way from St. Paul, Minn., to Omaha. Taylor says they made the trip
from St. Paul to Omaha Sunday by automobile.
Taylor is well known to Omaha
police and has been arrested here many times. Last summer, when arrested, he
asked for an operation on his head for the removal of a pressure on the brain
which he claimed caused him to commit thefts. He claimed to have suffered an
accident when a child. An examination disclosed a normal brain and Taylor was
sent to St. Paul to be tried on a burglary charge in that city. Taylor denies
all knowledge of the Marietta murder but says he was in Marietta a number of
years ago. He became hysterical when he Marietta affair was mentioned to him in
jail last night.
Taylor will be held until
Ohio authorities can come for him here.
News Comes By Radio
First news of the arrest of
Norman Taylor, Boyd murder suspect, came by radio on Monday . . . .
[SUBMITTER'S NOTE: MISSING
2 PARAGRAPHS HERE BEFORE CONTINUING ON PAGE 12]
the B. & O., and could
have made a close connection out of st. Louis for Omaha.
According to men who have had
experience in tracing criminals, Taylor, had he received the wound in Marietta,
and knowing that he had helped to commit murder, would have tried to get to his
home in the shortest possible time. Once in his home city he could cover up to
better advantage than among strangers.
Taylor is said to be a
nationally known yegg, and might easily have been one of a band of crooks
believed to have come here by way of Ironton, Logan, and Parkersburg on
Saturday evening.
[Submitter s Note: Here is
another article on the murder of Harrison Boyd.]
Source: The Marietta [Ohio]
Daily Times; Tuesday, January 13, 1925, pp 1+
BOYD NEAR YEGGS WHEN
BATTLE BEGAN
NEW THEORY OF SHOOTING IS
ADVANCED
Witness Declares He Saw
Three Men Firing at Patrolman
STRUNG OUT NEAR BLACKSMITH
SHOP
Officer Had Not Crossed
Third Street, Braun States
"Patrolman Boyd had not
crossed Third street before he was killed. He did not come out of Union street,
but walked out the railroad track below the Thorniley building. I believe that
he discovered the yeggs in the Martin blacksmith shop, or emerging from it,
said something to them and one of them opened fire. When the gunmen began
shooting at the officer he returned the fire.
"I am positive that
there were three men firing at Boyd, one of them at the lower corner of the
Martin shop, and the other two along on the edge of the dump below the shop. I
distinctly saw the flashes from their guns cross."
This statement was made by
Louis Braun, Jr., to The Times and to the police Monday night. It completely
changes the generally accepted theory that Patrolman Boyd was in front of the
Hickman building, on the east side of Third street, when the gun battle was
launched in which he was shot dead Saturday night.
Supported By Circumstances
The Martin shop stands about
50 feet below the railroad siding at the Thorniley building. If Boyd walked out
this track, as Braun believes, he would have reached the street before
discovering the men at the shop. Once he had seen them, he naturally would have
turned in their direction. Thus confronted, and possibly commanded to come out,
the yeggs probably would have opened fire. His turn toward the shop would have
brought Boyd around facing them and directly in line with the Hickman show
window, through which three bullets passed.
If, as Braun insists, one of
the men was down the street near the end of the billboard on the dump, that
would account for the bullets striking the Farmers Produce company building,
and it would bear out the story by Braun, already corroborated by that of
Gurney LeForge, that the flashes from their guns crossed. This version likewise
is confirmed by the statement made by J. Mortimer Smith, another eye witness,
who confidently said he saw three men on the west side of Third street, facing
Boyd.
Wounds Indicate Cross Fire
The Braun version of the
affair also is supported by the nature of the wounds on the dead officer. Those
in his arms apparently were made by the same bullet, and it is known that in
his revolver shooting, Boyd was accustomed to rest the barrel of his gun, held
in his right hand, across his elevated left arm. Apparently a bullet from the
side passed through his arms.
Then, too, there was a bullet
mark across his stomach, which would indicate that he could not have been
facing the gun from which it came. The shot that pierced his heart, likewise,
may have been fired from a position off to Boyd's left, as it passed into his
left breast and out below his right shoulder. This, however, may have been
caused by the bullet coming into contact with a bone in his body.
Boyd Backs Into Street
As the gun battle opened,
Braun says, Boyd advanced well in front of the blacksmith shop and appeared to
be backing into the street as he fell. Doubtless he saw three guns flashing and
tried to square away, the better to keep all of them in front of him. From the
positions given by Braun, the gunmen easily could have found cover behind the
old gas drum at the corner of the Martin shop, a tree that stands nearby, and
the corner of the billboard farther down on the dump.
Mr. Braun talked at some
length regarding the matter. He was just approaching his home as he saw Boyd
step out below the Thorniley building. He is positive the officer had not come
out of Union street and it is known that it was his custom frequently to pass
through at the rear of the big wholesale house and circle it to the street.
Heard Voice, Then Shot
As he stepped over the curb,
the ray from a searchlight flashed over the front of the Hickman building.
Someone spoke as though giving a command, then a shot was fired. Whether the
opening shot came from Boyd's gun or from that of one of his assailants, Braun
cannot say. The flash of the searchlight, he says, described such an arc that
someone might have had hold of Boyd's arm, scuffling with him. The lamp is a
powerful one and its shaft of light showed high up on the Hickman building.
When Boyd fell to the street,
three men started down Third street. Two of then were side by side, Braun says,
and the third ran back onto the dump and was running in a stooped position,
indicating that he may have been wounded. The finding of the bloody cloth and
the chisel back on that part of the dump bears out this statement.
It is Mr. Braun's belief that
the Hickman robbery had been completed before Boyd reached the neighborhood and
that the yeggs had gone back to the Martin blacksmith shop to get more tools,
possibly for a bigger job. Boyd came out the track below the Thorniley
building, discovered the men in the shop and hailed them. Then the shooting
began.
STORES CLOSED
2:30 TO 3:30 P.M.
Tomorrow--Wednesday
During the funeral of
Patrolman
Harrison L. Boyd
MERCHANT DIVISION
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
[Submitter s Note: Here is another article on the
murder of Harrison Boyd.]
Source: Marietta [Ohio]
Times; Wednesday, January 14, 1925, p 1
FEEL SURE OUTSIDERS SHOT
BOYD
Satisfactory progress with no
developments of a definite nature--this sums up the situation on Wednesday in
the Boyd murder. The police department and several outside agencies are working
in close co-operation and all clues, of whatever character, are being run down.
Virtually every man engaged
in the hunt for the dead policeman's slayers seemed agreed today that the
gunmen were outside men and that none of them were Mariettans. Nothing had been
found up to date to discourage the belief that the gang came into Marietta in
the Jewett automobile that was found on Fourth street.
The department was marking
time in the Norman Taylor matter, awaiting receipt of photographs and finger
prints from the police of Omaha, Nebraska. These are understood to have been
mailed on Tuesday. The Parkersburg hotel people are positive that they can tell
whether Taylor was one of the men who registered at their hostelry under the
names of J. Knox and H.C. Smith. If the photograph is identified immediate
steps will be taken to bring Taylor to Marietta.
No further trace has been
found of the Henry Porter automobile stolen at Gravel Bank and the conviction
that this machine had a part in the getaway of the gunmen continued to hold an
important place in the chain of facts being welded by the police.
On Tuesday afternoon a report
came to headquarters that a Jewett automobile had been abandoned on the streets
of Belpre. The report was verified and it was found that the car had been
stolen at Huntington, W. Va., and was left in Belpre early Tuesday morning. It
is almost an exact duplicate of the Jewett car found on Fourth street.
Arrest of suspicious
characters has been continued by the police and some of these, at least, are
being held. None of them have thrown any light on the Boyd murder.
Matters were quiet in the
city during Tuesday night, about the only disorder reported being the presence
of a suspicious man in the vicinity of Third street and Sacra Via. He was
Emerson Wright, local colored man. He was locked up for investigation.
[Submitter s Note: Here is
another article on the murder of Harrison Boyd.]
Source: Marietta [Ohio]
Times; Wednesday, January 14, 1925, p 1, p 1
TAYLOR IS NOW WANTED AT
CHICAGO
Omaha Prisoner Suspected
Of Shooting Officer On Sunday
ALIBI EXPLODED BY
NEWSPAPERS
Marietta To Have Man If
Police Want To Bring Him Back
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 14--Norman
A. Taylor, a burglar who has done time in many prisons, who was arrested here
Monday night when he applied at a hospital to have a wound in his left arm
dressed, is now claimed by the Chicago police as wanted in connection with the
shooting and wounding of a policeman in that city on Sunday. Taylor was taken
into custody after receipt of radio messages that a man who killed a patrolman
in Marietta, Ohio was believed to have been wounded before the officer fell
dead.
Chicago offers to send an
officer to Omaha after Taylor, but Omaha officers will hold the suspect at the
disposal of Marietta if the police of that city still want him. In the Chicago
affair the policeman was wounded but was not killed. The officer surprised
burglars at work and a gun fight followed.
Taylor's alibi that he was in
Mankato, Minn., Sunday, and had his wound dressed in a hospital in that city
was shot to pieces when Omaha newspapers checked all hospitals and doctors in
Mankato, and found that Taylor's story was false. Taylor said he received the
wound in his arm while his wife was shooting at fence posts from an automobile
while coming from St. Paul, Minn., to Omaha.
Taylor still denies any
connection with the Marietta affair.
His wife and brother, Ed
Taylor, are being held in jail as suspects and will be held until Ohio officers
arrive here. No traces of two men said to be Taylor's accomplices in Marietta
have been found although police yesterday combed the underworld thoroughly.
[Submitter s Note: Here is
another article on the murder of Harrison Boyd.]
Source: Marietta [Ohio]
Times; Wednesday, January 14, 1925, p 1 and 3
CITY PAYS TRIBUTE TO ITS
DEAD
Marietta as a community
paused in its busy march of business on Wednesday to pay final tribute to the
memory of Harrison L. R. Boyd, city patrolman, who was killed in the line of
duty on Sunday morning, and many hundreds of people attended the obsequies which
began at the First Presbyterian church at 2:30 o'clock. The Masonic order had
direct charge of the service, although other fraternal societies, civic
organizations and virtually all city officials and employes, participated. Rev.
Edward B. Townsend preached the funeral sermon.
The body of the dead officer,
taken to a morgue following his murder, had been removed to the Boyd home,
upper Front street, late Monday afternoon. There it lay, in the bosom of his
family, until Wednesday afternoon. Scores of floral tributes were sent to the
Boyd home and so profuse was this display that several motor cars were required
to move them to the church and thence to Oak Grove.
Large delegations of the
various Masonic bodies were in the line of march during the services, as were
the Red Men, the Modern Woodmen, the Moose, the American Legion, and city
officials and employes. The police force was turned out in uniform, the fire
department marched in a body, and virtually all other city employes were in
line with Mayor Sprague and Director Watson at their head. The Marietta band
furnished music.
Police officers and patrolmen
from this section of Ohio and West Virginia were in the procession. A large
delegation from Parkersburg, in uniform, were in line.
Business houses, almost
without exception, were closed for an hour, starting at 2:30 o'clock, and many
factories shut down that their employes might attend the services. In the city
schools there was a concerted pause in activities, while brief talks were given
on the duties of citizenship and the necessity of strict obedience to law.
American Union Lodge No. 1
opened at the Masonic Temple at 3 o'clock and the members and officers went to
the Boyd home and escorted the body to the church. All of the active
pallbearers were members of the Masonic order, although two of them were Red
Men, George E. Wilson and Carl Stephan, two of them were Modern Woodmen, George
Wilking and George D. Schad, and the other two were legionnaires, Murhl Huff
and Harry M. Schafer, who served with Patrolman Boyd when he answered his
country's call during the World War. All members of the Marietta police force
were honorary pallbearers.
Following the services at the
church the Masonic ritual was performed at the grave with Past Master, Ed
Morgenstern, delivering the sermon. The Masonic service was under the direction
of George Edwards, Master of American Union Lodge No. 1, F. & A.M.
[Submitter s Note: Here is
another article on the murder of Harrison Boyd.]
Source: The Marietta [Ohio]
Times; Thursday, January 15, 1925, p 1
TAYLOR WILL BE RETURNED TO
CHICAGO
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 15--Norman
A. Taylor, under arrest in Omaha, will go to Chicago and stand trial for
shooting an officer in that city on Sunday, rather than go to Marietta and be
charged with the murder of a policeman who was slain early on the same day.
Taylor today practically
admitted he did the Chicago shooting and said he will "take the fall"
to save his wife, who is jointly charged with him and is also under arrest
here.
Omaha officers are not sure
but that Taylor is taking credit for the Chicago shooting to escape the
Marietta charge.
Northing further had been
heard from Marietta officers; and it is said that officers from Chicago will
come here tonight with requisition papers for Taylor. He has said that he will
go to that city without a fight.
[Submitter s Note: Here is
another article on the murder of Harrison Boyd.]
Source: The Marietta [Ohio]
Times; Thursday, January 15, 1925, p 1
PINKERTONS WORKING ON BOYD
CASE
Great Detective Agency is
Taking part In Hunt For Slayers
EXPERIENCED MEN AID LOCAL
POLICE
City and County Expected
To Join In Paying of Operatives
Pinkerton detectives have
been at work on the Boyd murder mystery since the first of the week, and have
placed a squad of their best men, from their Pittsburgh office, on the job. N.
J. Lacey, assistant superintendent, of the Pittsburgh district, is in charge of
the case. This means that one of the biggest and best organized detective
forces in the world is engaged in trailing the murderers.
It is a rule of the Pinkerton
organization to pay no attention to rewards and regardless of how successful
may be its clients it accepts no money thus offered. It works on a straight
contract and its services in the local case will be paid for at the regular
scale of prices. It is expected that city and county authorities will join in
meeting the cost.
Local officers, representing
both the city and the county, are working with the Pinkertons and are
cooperating in every possible way. Police authorities both here and in all
surrounding cities and towns are making every effort to find the Boyd
murderers, and every clue, regardless of how trivial it may seem, is being
followed carefully and systematically.
According to Superintendent
Lacey the case is just getting down to a basis where real work begins to count.
Naturally, in a crime of this nature, there is a lot of chaff to be sifted, a
lot of unimportant but necessary work to be done and, he says, it takes about a
week to get real bearings on which to start actual detective work.
The Pinkerton agency is one
of the best organized in the world, having bureaus in all of the principal
cities, and today it is stretching a net for the murderers of Patrolman Boyd.
[Submitter s Note: Here is
another article on murder of Harrison Boyd.]
Source: The Marietta [Ohio]
Times; Thursday, January 15, 1925, p 1
STOLEN AUTO IS RECOVERED
NEAR ATHENS
Thought To Have Been Used
by Yeggs Who Killed Officer
TAKEN FROM BARN AT GRAVEL
BANK
Abandoned When Supply Of Gasoline
Became Exhausted
Henry Porter's Overland
automobile, stolen from his barn at Gravel Bank last Saturday night, has been
recovered in Athens county. It was abandoned along the Belpre-Athens road about
three miles east of the latter city where it had run out of gasoline. The car
was in good condition, according to the sheriff at Athens, whose men recovered
it and notified the Marietta police.
Finding of this car is an
important link in the chain of facts unearthed in connection with the murder of
Policeman Harrison L. Boyd. It supports strongly the belief that the murderers,
or at least some of them, made their escape in that direction. Incidentally it
bolsters up the theory that Norman A. Taylor, held by the Omaha, Nebraska,
police was concerned in the Marietta murder. It would have been necessary for
Taylor to reach Athens ahead of train No. 1 on the B. & O. main line if he
were to get through to Omaha by Monday night, when he was arrested for seeking
hospital treatment for a gunshot wound.
The fact that the Overland
car was driven to a point near Athens also strengthens the belief that the
yeggs who killed Boyd are the men who came in here in the Jewett automobile
found on Fourth street. That gang is known to have been operating in the
Hocking valley and down along the Ohio river, using either Columbus or
Charleston, W. Va. as their headquarters. They check up with the gang that
cracked a safe in a Logan furniture store and later robbed a clothing store at
Chauncey.
In order to complete the
evidence of a getaway down the Ohio river it was necessary to find the Porter
car. Apparently the same men stole both the Gideon Masters car at Mile Run,
later abandoned near Gravel Bank, and the Porter car. The Star car showed
evidence of hard driving and had to be abandoned. Then the Porter car was taken
from a barn nearby. It was used to make the run toward Athens and it carried
its occupants to within three miles of that city. Once in Athens, the yeggs
could have escaped either toward Cincinnati, into West Virginia, or to
Columbus.
The owner of the Porter car
went to Athens on Wednesday evening and recovered it, having been informed by
Chief Putnam of its recovery.
[Submitter s Note: Here is
another article on murder of Harrison Boyd.]
Source: The Marietta [Ohio] Times;
Thursday, January 15, 1925, p 2
Impressive Services Mark
Funeral of Officer Boyd
High on the hill near the
center of Oak Grove, overlooking the city in whose service he died, the remains
of Harrison L. Boyd, murdered patrolman, were laid to rest on Wednesday
afternoon. As the cold winter sun dropped behind the western hills, its rays
glinted on the rifles of an armed squad that fired a three-volley salute over
this grave. Then the clear notes of a bugle wafted across the city, sounding
taps, the military signal for rest. Another faithful soldier had gone to his
reward.
Many hundreds of men, women
and children braved the chilling air and the ice and snow of the mid winter day
to pay final respects to Officer Boyd, and massed about the open grave on that
bleak hillside, stood silent with bowed heads as the impressive ceremonies were
carried to conclusion.
What is believed to have been
the largest Masonic escort on an occasion of this sort in the history of
American Union Lodge accompanied the remains of their dead brother to his final
resting place. Other orders, Red Men, Woodmen and Moose, swelled the throng,
while the American Legion of Marietta Post was out enmasse. The local military
company furnished an armed guard for the casket.
Officers of the Masonic
order, E.C. Morgenstern in charge, conducted the service at the grave, and the
ritual was impressively performed. Rev. E.B.Townsend gave the final prayers,
then the fraternal brothers of the departed dropped their tributes of evergreen
on the grave. The military salute was fired by a squad of men who saw service
with Office Boyd and taps were sounded by Dick Van Duson, a city fireman.
The procession that escorted
the casket from the church to the grave was a long one, all of the different
bodies marching in order, the Marietta Band leading the way. The uniformed
police, with all of Officer Boyd's former colleagues, a squad from Parkersburg
and Williamstown, the county sheriff and his men and visiting police officials
had a place of honor in line.
[Submitter s Note: Here is
another article on the murder of Harrison Boyd.]
Source: The Marietta [Ohio]
Times; Friday, January 16, 1925, p 1
REWARD FOR SLAYER NOW
AVAILABLE
City Council on Thursday
evening provided $1,000 with which to take care of the reward offered for the
arrest and conviction of the murderers of Patrolman Boyd, began action toward
replenishing a secret service fund of $5,000 with which to hunt down the
criminals, and took steps to furnish the safety director with funds with which
to equip the police force with new, high-power guns, holsters, and ammunition.
All members were present except Councilman Summers.
Money for the reward was
provided by resolution and the auditor is authorized to draw it from the
contingent fund or the city general fund. The money for the guns and ammunition
comes from the same source and $275 is appropriated.
Mayor Sprague called
attention of Council to the need of money in the secret service fund. He said
that money is being spent pretty rapidly and quite a lot may be needed. He
thought the city should have a fund of not less than $5,000 with which to
finance the search for Officer Boyd's murderers. He desired that Council act as
a whole in the matter and said if the city is not able to put up the money he
feels he can go outside and get $10,000 if necessary in private subscriptions.
Councilman Steadman thought
the city should "spare no expense" in the effort to get the
murderers. Councilman Brooker asked the mayor if he were sure that $5,000 would
be sufficient. Solicitor Ogle warned them not to move too rapidly. "The
cause may be a worthy one, but I can not see where you are going to get the
money," the solicitor warned. He explained that the contingent fund of the
general fund is the only place where money is kept for such emergencies, and it
contained but $5,000 at the beginning of the year. He suggested that the
finance committee give careful consideration to the matter.
After a brief discussion,
motion to refer the matter to the finance committee prevailed, with the
understanding that in the event that hurried action is necessary President
Carleton will call an early meeting of the legislative body.
[Submitter s Note: Here is
another article on murder of Harrison Boyd.]
Source: The Marietta [Ohio]
Times; Friday, January 16, 1925, page 1
BOYD TRUST FUND PLAN UNDER
WAY
Following out instructions
given by the Marietta Rotary Club at its meeting on Thursday, the welfare
committee of the organization has called a meeting of heads of all the local
luncheon clubs to be held at the banking room of the Peoples Banking &
Trust Company on Friday evening at 7 o'clock, at which time definite plans will
be formulated for handling the proposed trust fund for assisting with the care
of the widow and two small sons of Harrison L. Boyd, dead patrolman.
The welfare committee, of
which L.D. Strecker is chairman, has asked that all other local organizations
join in the movement so that there will be no wasted effort and no mistakes
made in the handling of this matter, and it is assured that Kiwanis, the
Civitans, the Lions and the Marietta Ad Club will be represented. Mayor Sprague
likewise has been asked to be present.
At a preliminary meeting on
Friday, the committee asked the Peoples Banking & Trust Company to serve as
trustee for the fund, and while the matter is left open until the evening
meeting is convened, officers of the bank have expressed their willingness to
comply and to do all in their power to bring success to the undertaking. If
they act in this capacity, the bank's officers have made it clear that they
will serve without compensation of any sort.
[Submitter s Note: Here is
another article on murder of Harrison Boyd.]
Source: The Marietta [Ohio]
Times; Friday, January 16, 1925, page 5
TAYLOR NOT IMPLICATED IN MURDER
Norman A. Taylor, Omaha
crook, had no part in the killing of Patrolman Boyd, it is decided, and he has
been taken back to Chicago to face a charge of shooting a policeman in that
city last Sunday.
Late Thursday afternoon a
letter came from the Omaha police, bringing a picture of Taylor, together with
copies of his finger prints. A Pinkerton detective took the photograph
immediately to Parkersburg and submitted it to hotel and railroad people, and
none of them could identify it as the picture of a man who stopped there last
Saturday while enroute to Marietta, or of any person who may have been a
passenger on a B. & O. train going west on Sunday morning.
With this lead definitely
cleared up local police and detectives turned their attention once more to the
tracing of the two men who came into Marietta in the Jewett car parked on
Fourth street, and left later in the night after the murder in a Star car
stolen at Mile Run, exchanging it for an Overland machine at the Porter farm at
Gravel Bank.
Where the trail of these men
turned after they reached Athens is the problem that must be solved, it is
felt, and to that end the detectives are bending every effort. The pair are
known to have figured in a number of robberies in southern Ohio and much is
known of their activities. It is believed that in due time some definite trace
of them will be found.
The detectives have checked
and re-checked all incidents surrounding the Boyd murder and gradually they are
centering in the belief that but two men faced the officer when he fell dead on
Third street. Every place that suspects of any sort were seen either just
before or following the crome [sic] there were two of them, all witnesses now
being agreed as to this.
Cariens, Norman Lee Cariens
Source: The Wayne County
[Illinois] Press; Thursday, 15 Oct 1925
Norman Lee, son of Edgar and
Flora Cariens, was born February 18th, 1923; departed this life October 3rd,
1925, age one year, seven months and fifteen days. He leaves a father, mother, little
sister Juanita May, two grandfathers, two grandmothers and a host of other
relatives and friends.
A precious one from us is
gone
A voice we loved is stilled,
A place is vacant in our
home,
Which never can be filled.
Christman, Infant
Christman
Source: Monroe County death records and St. John's church records
The Infant son of Elmer and Clara Claus CHRISTMAN was stillborn in July 1925.
His burial was made in the St. John's Middle Church cemetery in Summit
township.
Clegg, T. F. (Thoburn)
Clegg
T. F. Clegg obituaty July 31,
1924 Spirit of Democracy newspaper
T. F. Clegg, merchant and
postmaster at Round Bottom, died Thursday morning, July 24th, following a
stroke of paralysis some days before. Mr. Clegg was 57 years old and leaves a
wife, (Sarah Eva Smittle) 3 sons, 1 daughter and many other relatives and
friends to mourn. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Chapel
Hill M.E. Church, by Rev. Young of Cameron, after services at the home.
Interment by Bauer & Willison at Chapel Hill.
Diehl,
Flavia/Flevier Diehl nee Franke
Flevier FRANKE
DIEHL born FRANKE; d 24 Apr 1925; bur 26 Apr 1925 in Oaklawn
Cemetery, Woodsfield, OH; wife of late Peter DIEHL; born 30 Nov 1828 in
Weimar, Sachsen Weimar, Germany; d in Woodsfield; survived by 1 son and 2
daughters.
Source: The
Spirit of Democracy, [Woodsfield, Ohio]; Thursday, March 19, 1925
On
February 24th the silent messenger of Death visited our community and claimed
for its victim Fred Gauding. He was a son of Charles and Minnie Gauding (nee Hartlieb). He was born in Monroe County June 13th, 1888,
age 36 years, 8 months and 11 days. He
came to Ravenna in 1910. On June 2,
1917, he was united in marriage to Frances E. Schindler, also of Monroe
County. To this happy union were born
two sons, Sylvester, age 6 and Wilber, age 4.
He united with the Methodist church of Ravenna and has been a faithful
member ever since. He seemed to take
such a comfort in his religious affairs and never failed to read his Bible, and
went to church as long as he was able to go.
The morning before he died he asked his wife to read a Psalm, "The
Lord is My Shepherd," and some other comforting verses. He said "the Lord is with me."
He was a
kind father and a loving husband, and was loved by all who knew him. His illness lasted about 14 months, although
his death came as a shock to all. He
leaves to mourn his sad and early departure, a devoted wife, two sons, father,
stepmother; three sisters--Mrs. Herman Eisenbarth of Ravenna;
Mrs. Charles Stalder and Mrs. Jacob Stalder of Sardis, Ohio, and two step-sisters, two
step-brothers and a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral
services were held at the home Saturday at 2:30 P.M. by Rev. C.W. Danford, after which the body was laid to rest in Maple
Grove cemetery to await the resurrection morn.
Precious father thou hast left us;
Left us,
yes, forever more;
But we hope to meet our loved one
On that bright and happy shore.
Lonely the hours, and sad the days
Since
our dear one has gone
But, oh, a brighter home than ours
In
heaven is now his own.
----- C.
R. S.
Goddard, Louisa Jane Goddard
Spirit of Democracy,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated
Last Thursday morning, January 22d, relatives and friends
of Mrs. Louisa Jane Goddard were sadly grieved to learn of her sudden and
unexpected death as a result of heart failure.
Mrs. Goddard who had been slightly indisposed the day and
evening preceding her death was found dead in her bed Thursday morning. Members
of the family had waited on her at intervals during the night, and did all they
could for her, feeling quite sure she was not seriously ill, as indicated by
her conversation and appearance.
Mrs. Goddard was the widow of the late Ex-Treasurer James
M. Goddard, who died very suddenly in the Woodsfield M. E. church on Sunday
morning,
She leaves to mourn her death the following children:
William Goddard of Sardis; Mrs. Ed Schar of Rittman, Ohio; George Goddard of
Bartletsville, Oklahoma; Mrs. Grover C. Soles, Harold and Clyde W. Goddard,
Mrs. Urban Patton and Misses Lucy Goddard and Bessie Smittle of Woodsfield, all
of whom were present at the funeral, which was held at the Soles home on Maple
avenue last Sunday afternoon, with Rev. J. Fleming Cash in charge of the
funeral services, which were attended by a large concourse of relatives and
friends from far and near, who wished to pay a tribute of respect with flowers
and their presence to a well spent life of noble achievements.
Interment in Oaklawn cemetery by the side of her husband,
with W. P. Galbraith serving as funeral director.
Goodhart, Josie
Gale Goodhart, nee Everett
Source: The [Cambridge, Ohio]
Jeffersonian; 30 Jul 1925
MRS. H. C. GOODHART
Mrs. H. C. Goodhart, age 38
years, who had been ill from complications for two years, passed away Thursday
morning at 2 o'clock at her home, No. 229 North Sixth street, Byesville.
Mrs. Goodhart was well known
and highly respected in the community in which she lived. She was a member of
the M.E. church and Eastern Star lodge of Byesville. Surviving are her husband;
two daughters, Gertrude and Evelyn, of the home; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Everett, of Batesville, and two sisters, Mrs. Addie Calvert, of Bridgeport, and
Mrs. Nellie Krong,* of Texas.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Byesville M. E. church, conducted by
the pastor, Rev. Giffin. The members of the Byesville Eastern Star lodge will
attend the services in a body and conduct ritualistic services. Interment will
be made at Northwood cemetery, Cambridge.
*Submitter's Note: This
name should be KRONING.
Harbin, Albert R. Harbin
Spirit of Democracy,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Albert R. Harbin of Shadyside, while visiting her mother,
Mrs. Minnie Briggs of this place for a few days, died rather suddenly at the
Briggs home last Friday of heart trouble.
He was 49 years old and
leaves a wife and three daughters.
The funeral took place last
Sunday afternoon from the Briggs home with Rev. J. C. Sharburn of the local
Free Methodist Church and Rev. Hopkins of Zanesville in charge. Bauer &
Willison served as funeral directors. Interment in Oaklawn
cemetery.
Hutchinson, Evaline (Evelyn) Hutchinson
Hutchison, Evaline (Evelyn) Hutchison
Source: Photo of obituary posted on findagrave.com;
21 Nov 1925
Evaline*
Hutchinson,* 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hutchinson,* died
last evening in the home, Washington street, Newell.
Funeral services will be held in the
home Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev.
Lulu Kell, pastor of the Newell Nazarene church, will
be in charge. Burial will be made in
Locust Hill cemetery.
*Submitter's Note: On the death record that can be seen at
wvculture.org the name is clearly spelled as ERLINE HUTCHISON and her father also as HUTCHISON. On the back
of a photo of her as a child, the name was spelled EVELYN.
Jeffers, Louise Jeffers nee Lopp
Spirit of Democracy,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
A sad death occurred at Beallsville on New Years day, when
Mrs. I. N. Jeffers passed to her eternal reward. The Beallsville correspondent
to the Monroe republican tells the sad story as follows:
The death of Mrs.
Mrs. Louise (Lopp) Jeffers, wife of I. N. Jeffers, occurred at the family
residence after an illness of less than two days. Mr. Jeffers retired at the
usual hour Tuesday evening after banking the furnace for the night, leaving
Mrs. Jeffers who had been occupying a room on the first floor during the cold
weather, sitting in her chair. At an early hour Wednesday morning their son,
Vernon had occasion to call at the paternal home before starting on his mail
route. He found his mother sitting in her chair as his father had left her the
evening before. She was unconscious and in a serious condition from the
exposure to the cold. A physician was called who found that she had suffered a
stroke of paralysis and also contracted pneumonia which resulted in her death
Thursday afternoon.
She is survived by her husband, two sons, Bert of Medina
and Vernon of Beallsville, and two daughters, Mrs. Mary Mellott of Beallsville
and Mrs. Lettie Radde of Loraine.
She was a kind mother and a good woman and gave her friends
a thrill at the Centennial, Nov. 1st, when she appeared in a pageant
dress in a riding habit of the past, wearing a black calico slat sunbonnet and
sitting in her saddle as firmly as in her girlhood days.
The family has the sympathy of their many friends.
Lapp, Sarah L. Lapp
Spirit of Democracy,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Relatives and many friends of Monroe County were grieved to
learn of the sudden death of Mrs. Sarah L. Lapp of Dennison, Ohio, by an
automobile and passenger train collision, which also resulted in the severe
injury of her son Harry and daughter, Miss Estella Lapp, who were with her in an
automobile at the time of the accident.
Mrs. Lapp, who met her sudden death on this occasion, was
the widow of the late Dr. Lapp, ex-auditor of Monroe County, and was born at
Laings, this county. She is a sister of Mrs. W. Everett Moore of Woodsfield, who
attended the funeral Tuesday.
A freight train on the Pennsylvania railroad at Dennison
had broken to permit several automobiles to cross the tracks. The Lapp family,
with Harry M. driving, were the first to cross, and in doing so were struck by
a fast passenger train. The yard men were no doubt to blame for not giving the
proper signals to automobiles and the trainmen.
Harry Lapp had a collar bone broken and was otherwise badly
hurt. His sister, Miss Estella, supervisor of music in Dennison public schools,
had a hip broken, was otherwise severely hurt.
Latta, Thomas Latta
Source: The Cambridge [Ohio]
Jeffersonian; Tuesday 5 May 1925
QUAKER CITY, May 5--Thomas
Latta, a prominent school teacher of Eldon, passed away Saturday morning
following a brief illness of pneumonia, at the age of 59 years.
He had not enjoyed the best of health during the winter and about one week ago
contracted pneumonia.
He was united in marriage to Miss Mary Burris and no children were born to this
union.*
Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. M.S. Spear and interment was made
at the Calais Cemetery.
*Submitter's Note: Thomas
and Mary had one child, Thomas Burris Latta, who was born and died in 1896. He
is also buried in the Calais Cemetery in Monroe County, Ohio.
McPeek,
Norma McPeek, nee DeNoon
Source: The Moundsville [West
Virginia] Echo; 20 Apr 1925
MRS. RUSSELL M'PEEK
VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA
Mrs. Norma McPeek, 26, wife
of Russell McPeek, died Saturday afternoon at 4:45 o'clock in the family home
at 427 Clinton avenue following two days illness of pneumonia.
Mrs. McPeek was taken ill on
Thursday of pneumonia, and despite all medical aid, expired Saturday afternoon.
She was very well known in this community and the sense of loss is acute.
Surviving are her husband,
two daughters, Mary Lee and Maxine, her mother, Mrs. Iva DeNoon of Moundsville,
and six sisters, Mrs. Winifred Nelson of Moundsville, Mrs. William Wright, of Uniontown,
Pa., Cleo, Mildred, Clara and Beulah, all at home. One brother Robert, at home,
also survives.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the late home with Rev. W.W. Sutton of
Calvary M.E. Church in charge.
Miller, Pearly Leo Miller
Source: A book containing
summaries of obituaries for Wayne Co., Illinois, composed by Bettie Wheat, in
the library at Fairfield, Wayne Co., Illinois; from newspaper dated 7 May 1925
Pearly, son of John and Lizzie
Miller b. Fairfield, Feb. 25, 1887. He died at Urbana Apr. 22,* 1925. Three
children.** Veran, Kay and Victor. Also leaves his parents, one brother, Wm. of
Urbana and one sister Mrs. J. T. Ashenfelter of Decatur. Bestow cemetery. Told
who came.
Submitter's Notes:
* The Illinois Statewide
Death Index gives April 23 as the date of death.
**From the 1920 and the
1930 census and the obituary of Pearly's son Victor, the children are Vera Lee
who married a Cox, W. Kay (male), Victor, and also another son Bobbie born
after his father's death later in 1925.
Morris, Alfred E. Morris
Source: The Cannelton
[Indiana] Telephone newspaper; 9 Oct 1925 [posted on the FINDAGRAVE web site*]
The infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harmon Morris passed away last week. The funeral took place Wednesday
afternoon. Interment at the Greenwood cemetery. Rev E N Ropssier of the M E
church officiating.
*Submitted by P.E.
Frichtl.
Myers, Frances Myers
Spirit of Democracy,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Miss Frances Myers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Myers,
died at her home on Eastern avenue Friday, February 6th, after a
lingering illness from tuberculosis, aged 20 years, 9 months and 10 days.
She was born
She was a member of St. Sylvester s R. C. Church.
The funeral service was held
in that church at
She leaves beside her father
and mother, one sister, Mrs. Chas. Hoover of Cleveland. Her father O. E. Myers
is a son of the late A. Myers and her mother, a daughter of the late Danielwire
Dougherty.
Olson, Mary Elizabeth
Olson nee Morris
Mary Elizabeth Olson nee Morris,
daughter of John A. and Sarah Morris, was born December 2, 1864 at Woodsfield,
Ohio where she grew to young womanhood. In 1879 she moved with her parents to
Kansas, locating near Sedgwick and later at Halstead. While living there she
was married, March 14, 1883 to Andrew J. Olson and to this union eight children
were born, two preceding her to their heavenly home.
She came of a musical family and until
her voice was weakened by diphtheria just before her marriage, was a talented
singer and her solos were demanded at the entertainments in her home town.
She with her husband and one child
came to Kiowa County, March 14, 1885, taking up a claim 3 miles north west of
Mullinville and made that their home till in August 1903 at which time they
came to Greensburg and since this has been their home.
When a young woman Mrs. Olson
joined the Christian Church and later became a member of the Methodist Church
of this town. She has lived an earnest and conscientious Christian life, always
a good wife, a perfect mother---passing from life on Mother s Day, May 10,
1925, after a lingering illness and since the discovery of cancer a couple of
years ago, was almost continually under medical treatment.
Her calm, even temper, easy smile, her
motherliness made her loved by all, she left no enemies, all were her friends.
She leaves to mourn her loss, her husband and six children, Mrs. Edith M.
Pedigo, Carl A., Clarence H., and Marjorie of Greensburg; Mrs. Cassie S. Kelley
of Meade and Ernest M. of Dodge City, beside a brother, J. W. Morris of
Fairview, Oklahoma and a sister Harriet Beal of Colwich and her several
grandchildren.
She departed this life Sunday morning
at seven o clock at the age of 60 years, 5 months and 8 days. All her children
were with her to the last.
The funeral services were conducted by
Rev. Hestwood at the Methodist Church at 2:30 p.m. Monday, May 11th.
Interment in Fairview Cemetery.
Card of Thanks: We wish to express our
gratitude for the many evidences of friendship, the floral offerings and the
kindly offices of the friends during the illness and after the death of wife
and mother. J. Olson and family
Powless, Tilden H. Powless
Source: A book containing
summaries of obituaries for Wayne Co., Illinois, composed by Bettie Wheat, in
the library at Fairfield, Wayne Co., Illinois
Tildon* H. Powless, only son
of John and Amanda Powless was born Wayne co, IL. Jan. 5, 1876. D. Jan. 20,**
1925. He m. Winnie Schell Sept. 12, 1896. They had nine children. One little
girl died in infancy.
Submitter's Notes:
* On the tombstone the
spelling is TILDEN.
** The Illinois Statewide
Death Index gives Jan. 30 as the death date. His wife's obituary gives his
death date as Jan. 28.
Rothenbuhler, Elizabeth Jane Rothenbuhler
Spirit of Democracy,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Elizabeth Jane, infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Rothenbuhler, of Cameron, Ohio, died suddenly in the early morning of
Suffer the little ones to
come unto me for such is the Kingdom of Heaven. In the case of little children
we can truly sing Asleep in Jesus. May we attain to their eternal purity!
Burial in Grandview cemetery, Belmont County. Funeral
services conducted at both home and Grandview church by John C. Atkinson of
Clarington. Funeral directors, Bauer & Willison.
Source: The Topeka [Kansas]
State Journal; 4 Nov 1925
F. SARDOU IS DEAD
ONE OF FIRST RESIDENTS OF
TOPEKA DIES TODAY
PROMINENT FRUIT GROWER CAME
HERE IN 1854
Freeman Sardou, 71, one of
the first residents of Topeka, died at 1:20 o'clock this afternoon at his home,
702 Grattan street. He graduated in 1870 from the first graded school course
provided in Topeka and had been a resident of the city since August 28, 1954.
He was at one time one of the most prominent fruit growers in this section of
the state, and was extensively engaged for some years in the canning business.
Mr. Sardou was born on the
Atlantic ocean January 16, 1854, while his mother and father were en route to
America. His father Charles Sardou was a French refugee, forced to flee from
his native land because of his conspicuous part in the French revolution of
1848. With a party of his mates, numbering seventeen, he seized a vessel on the
Italian coast and made the voyage to America.
CAME TO TOPEKA IN 1854
Charles Sardou, together with
J. B. Billard, and two others came to Topeka, August 28, 1854, and the Sardous
first house was a dugout. When the revolution following the war with Prussia
broke out in France in 1870, Charles Sardou returned and helped to establish
the republic.
Freeman Sardou, remaining
behind, grew to manhood in Topeka, walking two miles a day for many years to
attend a school at Tenth and Jackson streets. Subsequently he attended the
Harrison and Lincoln schools. He was one of the five forming the first class of
Topeka high school in 1869.
After completing his
education he learned the tinner's trade in St. Louis and followed that line for
thirteen years. In 1883 he took charge of his father's farm on the outskirts of
Topeka. It was at that time one of the most beautiful suburban places of which
Topeka boasted and bore a huge number of fine fruit trees.
Mr. Sardou was married
September 26, 1878, to Miss Mary A. Morris.
There are two sons--George
and Charles Sardou--both prominent here in the electrical business.
During the flood of 1903 Mr.
Sardou and his sons were credited with rescuing more than 300 persons whose
lives were imperiled by the rising waters, and in token of appreciation by the
citizens, all were given gold medals appropriately inscribed.
Funeral arrangements have not
been made.
Schell, Sarah Leota Schell, nee Galiher
Source: The Wayne Co.
[Illinois] Press; 23 Jul 1925
MRS. JAMES W. SHELL*
Sarah Leota, daughter of A.
J. and Margaret F. Galiher, was born in Wayne county, Illinois, February 14,
1881. She grew to womanhood in the Pure Gold neighborhood.
She was united in marriage to
James W. Shell,* July 2nd, 1902. This union was blessed with 4 children, two
having died in infancy and one son Dale passed away at the age of 16 years on
November 18th, 1921 and she leaves one daughter Frances. Early in life she
professed her faith in Jesus Christ as her savior and united with the General
Baptist church at Victory.
For several months she has
been in failing health and on Sunday night after having attended church
services at Oak Valley she took seriously ill and after a couple days and
nights of intense suffering the spirit took its flight from the mortal body at
12:30 o'clock, Wednesday morning at the age of 44 years, 4 months and 24 days.
All that medical skill and loving care could do to relieve her suffering was
done but to no avail.
She is survived by her
husband and daughter and one son-in-law and an aged father, stepmother and
three brothers and 6 sisters and one half-sister and 6 half-brothers, besides a
host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were
conducted at Oak Valley Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Warren W.
Crippin after which the body was laid to rest in the Oak Valley cemetery in the
family lot, with many floral offerings.
*Submitter's Note: This
name is usually spelled SCHELL.
Staib, Frances Gertrude Staib, nee Kurtzman
Source: Monroe County, Ohio,
newspaper; Thursday, March 26, 1925
Mrs. Oscar Staib who died at
a Wheeling hospital early Friday morning and whose remains were brought down
Friday evening and taken to her late home, where funeral services were held
Sunday, with interment at a nearby cemetery.
Thompson,
Raymond Arthur Thompson
Source: The Indianapolis
[Indiana] Star; Friday, 6 Mar 1925
SHELBYVILLE -- Raymond Arthur
Thompson, 32 years old, is dead* at his home in Waldron. Surviving is the
widow, Mrs. Eunive [sic--Eunice] Thompson; two daughters, his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thompson; three brothers, Warnie Thompson of Indianapolis,
and Orville Thompson and Roscoe Thompson of Shelby county.
*Submitter's Note: His
death certificate said he died of tuberculosis and that a factor in the death
was his being gassed in World War I.
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