Weimar Mercury
January 30, 1931
ONE OF OLDEST FAMILIES OF FAYETTE COUNTY
C. A. Young and son, W. S. Young, who live above West Point, were in LaGrange Thursday afternoon—paying taxes, they said at the rate of $2.14 on the hundred. And this reminded Mr. C. A. Young of the fact that his father, A. W. Young, who owned 640 acres of land, paid a total of $2.90 per year taxes in his time.
A. W. Young, by the way, who has been dead for thirty-three yours, came with his father Samuel Young to Fayette county from Tennessee in 1840, when he was 17 years of age. Every one of his six children—three boys and three girls—and his widow, too—still live on the A. W. Young estate near West Point. Also seven of the nine grandchildren live there.
The A. W. Young estate was divided among the wife and the children before the death of the original settler. His widow. however, was left In control and still has a right to collect rent on every acre.
The Youngs are therefore one of the old families of Fayette county of 91 years residence. LaGrange Record.
Weimar Mercury, April 17, 1931
H0RAK STUDIOS INSTALL ROLLER STAGE CURTAIN
Recently an attractive stage curtain was installed in our school building. Not only will this curtain be an attractive addition. but it will greatly facilitate the presentation of programs which are given occasionally during the school term. The writer experiences pleasure in mentioning that this curtain was prepared by the Horak Scenic Studios of Weimar and made possible by the following list of progressive business establishments:
Baca's Band and Orchestra.
E. J. Knesek.
Hotman & Zdaril.
Industry Co-operative Association. Rek"s Service Station.
Rud. A. Baca.
F. J. Piwetz, Jr.
E. Sarrazin.
LaGrange Cotton & 0il Mfg. Co.
Day and Night Service Station.
E. C. Minssen.
E. Lindemnn Store.
R. B. Spacek.
Lee Heinsohn.
Mrs. C. J. Klimicek.
Emil Zapalac.
Zekner Garage.
The Albrechts.
The board of trustees and the patrons of the school are especially desirous of expressing their heartfelt appreciation to Mr. Beck of the Horak Studios for his efforts in obtaining contributors, and to all the contributors for making this curtain available in our school.
Since it is believed that the willingness of the contributors was prompted by a feeling of appreciation for past benefits rather than for benefits to be derived in the future, we feel even more grateful to those who were responsible for the installation of this equipment in our school.—Willow Springs Corr. LaGrange Journal
The La Grange Journal, Thursday, May 28, 1931
Sladczyk Home Scene of Bridge Party
Mrs. Hy. Sladczyk and her daughters Mesdames John Berry, Max Melcher and Lee Koenig entertained their friends Tuesday afternoon at the spacious Sladczyk home with the popular game of “bridge.” The home was decorated in larkspurs and lace handerchief flowers, the colors of red and white being dominent.
A salad course with ice cream and cake was served on attractive trays with fruit drops in nut cups as an aftermath. Mrs. W. L. Shaw and Mrs. Fannie Haidusek received high scores.
The La Grange Journal
Thursday, May 31, 1931
Married Sunday
Friends of Miss Marguerite Schroeder and Frank J. Willman were agreeably surprised with an announcement of their wedding which took place Sunday morning at 9:30 o’clock at the Methodist parsonage at Schulenburg, Rev. Wm. Weisemann performing the ceremony. The parents of the bride were the only witnesses.
A trip to San Antonio and Mason where Mr. Willmann’s parents reside was taken by the newlyweds. They will reside here.
The Journal, proud of the friendship of the young couple, adds to the foregoing the pleasure it experiences at witnessing the announcement of their wedding, and offers its congratulations.
Dallas Morning News
April 19, 1933
Three Held After Burned Body Found
Schulenberg, Texas April 18 (AP)
A sheriff's posse Tuesday dug up the charred body of Henry Stoever, 58, hired man on the farm of Mrs. Anton Dach, 36, five miles northwest of here. Stoever had been employed on the farm for three years and disappeared several weeks ago.
The body was buried beneath seven feet of dirt and a new chicken house had been erected on the spot, according to Deputy Sheriff, T. J. Flournoy of Lagrange, who, with Sheriff Will Loessin and a posse of officers, conducted the search for the missing man.
Mrs. Dach, according to Deputy Flournoy told different stories about the disappearance of Stoever. The woman and two men were removed to Lagrange, where they were held for further questioning, officers said.
All newspaper articles about the Stoever/Dach murder contributed by Vanessa Burzynski.
Dallas Morning News
April 19, 1933
Death of Farm Hand Under Investigation
LaGrange, Texas April 19 (AP)
District Attorney Fred Blundell of Lockhart arrived here Wednesday and began an investigation into the unexplained death and burning of Henry Stoever, 58, hired man on the farm of Mrs. Anton Dach, near Schulenberg.
Stoever's body, burned almost beyond recognition, was found buried seven feet deep under a newly-constructed chicken house on Mrs. Dach's farm. The body was unearthed by Sheriff Will Loessin of Lagrange, who became suspicious of Stoever's absence since Feb. 24.
The Sheriff said notes due Stoever to the amount of $550 were found in possession of Mrs. Dach. The woman, according to the Sheriff, said Stoever transferred the notes to her just before he disappeared.
The La Grange Journal, Thursday, April 27, 1933
A “Battle” Dance
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Hunger, assisted by O. A. Hunger, threw open wide the gates of hospitality to the numerous young folks of La Grange when on Saturday night, April 22, they honored “The Three Lucky Pals” – their daughter Regina Hunger, Virginia Elizabeth Frede and William Gates Philips, all 1933 seniors – with a “battle” dance in the beautiful, spacious store building just recently erected by Otto A. Hunger.
The color scheme, being a Mexican one, was tastefully carried out by draperies of green crepe, paper garlands, and floating balloons on white walls and ceilings, with large white pendant globes illuminating same. Large floor baskets with asparagus ferns and red and white roses were alternately and attractively placed among pot plants of sprengeri, ferns and cactus.
The opening was staged with a grand march at 8:15 o’clock; music for the occasion was played by our ever-willing and talented young musicians, Joseph Schuhmacher, Harvey Dippel and Wilbur Zapp.
After this games of various kinds were arranged in the rear part of the building for those who do not dance; while the joyful tones of laughter and the gliding of gracefulness to the beautiful strains of music from famous dance orchestras over the Philco radio, which was provided by Mr. Geo. Adamcik, and the large Edison phonograph with loud speaker attached, donated for use by Mr. O. E. Stolz when static threatened to destroy the music, told of the pleasure of others.
At 10 o’clock the battle was raging at its height when the bombs bursted and confetti and streamers were seen flying in abundance.
Throughout the evening refreshments consisting of iced friut punch were lavishly served in punch cups from large crystal punch bowls, presided over by Mrs. C. W. Amberg and Mrs. F. W. Hunger.
Everyone departed at a late hour, thanking the host and hostess for the wonderful hospitality and great enjoyment which shall always remain in their memory as one of youth’s most enjoyable days. —One Present.
Dallas Morning News
May 7, 1933
Lagrange Woman Indicted
Lagrange, Texas, May 6 (AP)
The Fayette County grand jury Saturday indicted Mrs. Marie Dach on three counts for the slaying of Henry Stoever. Mrs. Dach was arrested a month ago and held in the county jail. A short time later she began to refuse food but broke her fast after thirteen days.
Dallas Morning News
May 23, 1933
Slaying is Admitted at Mrs. Dach's Trial
LaGrange, Texas May 23 (AP)
Mrs. Maria Dach, 36 year old farm woman, replied in German "I am guilty. I did it." Tuesday when the indictment charging her with the slaying of Henry Stoever, 56, was read at her trial.
Procedings got under way after a day and a half had been taken to select the jury. Victor Kruschke, 13, a neighbor's son opened the State evidence with testimony that before Jan. 13 he went to sell flower seeds to Mrs. Dach and saw and discussed a hole four by six feet near the Dach home with her and Stoever. Both said it was to be used for flowers.
Joe Krischke, 50, the boy's father, the next witness testsified he knew the parties involved well and said he saw a fire at midnight, Feb. 24, where two weeks later a chicken house was built and where later the charred remains of Stoever were found.
Dallas Morning News
May 26, 1933
Woman is Sentenced to Chair; Is Second Such Case in Texas
Lagrange, Texas, May 25 (AP)
Without show of emotion, Mrs. Maria Dach, 36-year old farm woman who speaks but little English, Thursday heard a jury sentence her to death for slaying Henry Stoever, 58-year old farm hand.
Defense attorneys who presented Mrs. Dach's claim that she shot Stoever in defense of herself and her children, announced they would file a motion for a new trial and should that be denied, would appeal the decision.
It was the second time as far as court records showed that a woman had been given the death penalty in Texas. In the previous case, that of Mrs. Clara Uhr, convicted for the ax slaying of her husband, a life imprisonment term was substituted when she pleaded guilty at a second trial. Mrs. Uhr is now in prison at Huntsville.
Mrs. Dach claimed she lived in fear of Stoever, who had aided her about the farm for three years and that he attacked her last December. Stoever was shot and killed as he slept. His body was dug up from a seven-foot deep pit on the woman's farm April 18 after officers began an investigation at the instance of Stoever's two brothers. Over the pit a chicken house had been erected. Until the body was found, burned badly, Mrs. Dach maintained that Stoever had burned a calf in the fire pit. Later she was quoted as having declared she burned the body because she didn't want her children to see it.
When a deputy read the indictment at the trial, Mrs. Dach replied in German: "I am guilty, I did it."
She was brought to the jail here from her farm several days after the body was found and immediately refused food. She held out for thirteen days, then began to eat slowly. She cried constantly and asked to see her children, a son and two daughters.
Dallas Morning News
May 27, 1933
Woman Sentenced to Chair is Still on Hunger Strike
Mrs. Marie Dach Reads in German Bible in Jail Cell's Solitude
LaGrange, Texas, May 26 (AP)
In the solitude of a jail cell, the widow, Marie Dach, 36, sentenced Thursday to die for the fire-pit murder of Henry Stoever, 58, sought solace in prayer Friday night as she continued her hunger strike.
'I will not eat" she said to Jailer R. G. Koenig in German. The widow speaks but little English and said she did not know what the jury's verdict was until she was told by Koenig in her native language. The jailer said he informed her of the death sentence just before he placed her in her cell.
"It is no use to live any longer," she said. "It is about all over with me, I fear. I will take no food until I know what they are going to do with me."
Only a few mouthfuls of soup and a small amount of coffee has been consumed by the widow since her arrest April 18 after Sheriff Will Loessin dug up the charred and bullet marked body of Stoever in a pit on the Dach 160-acre farm near Schulenburg. Mrs. Dach has lost fifty pounds in the interim.
La Grange Journal
Thursday, August 10, 1933
Miscellaneous Shower
Thursday evening, Mrs. Geo. Giesber entertained for her friend, Miss Lorine Kruse, with a miscellaneous shower. She was assisted by her mother, Mrs. Wm. Loessin.
The spacious home was decorated with large pink and white zinnias, in tall flower baskets, placed at every point of vantage.
The diversion for the evening was the ever popular game of “bridge”; after four games had been played refreshments consisting of pink and white brick cream and Angel Food cake was served on decorated trays.
High score (a set of China bread and butter plates) was awarded to Mrs. Foy English, and [low] (a China platter) to Mrs. Chas. Ehlert; the two presented the awards to the bride-to-be. The hostess’ gift to the bride was a set of China dinner plates.
Little Roy Loessin, dressed as a sailor, entered the roomand after saluting Miss Kruse, presented her with a picture of a ship, with the following inscription on the sail:
“Your ship has come a-sailing in,
And so you should at once begin
To search its cargo thru and thru,
And find the gifts it holds for you.”
Curtains were parted, revealing a large sail boat decorated with white crepe paper, and baby ribbon, and pink sail, adrift on a sea of blue and green maline. Blue crepe paper representing the sky formed the background. At the extreme front of the boat stood a large kewpie, with pink maline bows and white sailor hat. Above the sail of the boat was a silver pennant bearing the inscription: “Maggie”, a nickname for the bride. The “boat” was truly loaded with a cargo of beautiful and useful gifts and kind thoughts these gifts conveyed.
Dallas Morning News
August 25, 1933
Woman Starves Self to Death to Avoid Penalty for Murder
Lagrange, Texas Aug. 24 (AP)
Self-imposed starvation brought death to Mrs. Maria Dach, 36-year old German farm woman, Wednesday night as she sought through the courts to avoid paying the supreme penalty for the slaying of Henry Stoever, her 58-year old helper.
For days she was unconscious on the cot in her jail cell. A physician watched her closely and then began to treat her for a stomach ailment. Frequently she broke her fast to nibble at the food the jailer brought her, but she lost weight and her 100 pounds Wednesday offered a sharp contrast to the 200 pounds of three months ago. She had eaten only three meals in thirty-seven days.
"The food makes me sick, " she would say at mealtime.
The first thirteen days after she was convicted last May 25 Mrs. Dach refused food altogether. Finally she was pursuaded to eat a few vegetables, but she quickly began fasting again.
Mrs. Dach accepted her death sentence without show of emotion but clung to her claim that she shot Stoever in defense of herself and her children. She insisted that she lived in fear of him as helped about the farm after he attacked her last December.
Stoever was shot and killed as he slept and his body was dug up from a seven-foot pit on the woman's farm several months later after officers began an investigation at the request of two of Stoever's brothers.
Mrs. Dach's three children were present at the time of their mother's death. The body was sent to Schulenburg for burial.
All newspaper articles about the Stoever/Dach murder contributed by Vanessa Burzynski.
The La Grange Journal, Thursday, September 7, 1933
Will Visit Fair
Mrs. O. L. Amberg left for Houston, Wednesday morning, where she will visit briefly with her three daughters, Mrs. F. W. Koehler and Misses Stella and Elviera Amberg. Next Saturday, in company with Misses Stella and Elviera, Mrs. Amberg will leave Houston for Chicago to attend the Century of Progress Fair, and visit for a week or ten days with her brother, Gus. Prause, formerly of La Grange.
The La Grange Journal
October 13, 1933
Of Historical Interest
By Leonie Rummel Weyand
Two Surviving Members of Fayette County Ox-Team Caravan to Mexico
Memories of the days when great cotton caravans meandered through miles of bandit-infested mesquite and cactus to bring fantastic profits to their owners still live vividly in the minds of George Huebner and John Speckels now living in La Grange. These two are the only living survivors of the Fayette county crew who so deftly handled ox-teams with the chant, “Haw”, “He”, and “Gee.” The redoubtable two have lived to see this mode of transportation superceded, first by railway, then by truck, and now by the unbelievably fast air express. Not that they are impressed by these fast moving contraptions. Oh, no! They see in the slow moving ox-teams which they so skillfully manipulated, disciplinary value to the young entirely absent in the breezy transportation used by the younger generation. In fact, these stalwarts attribute much of the jazziness of the present generation to the devilishly fast machines which enables the young folks to be “On again, off again, gone again, Flannigan.” These hardened ox-team drivers further contend that the hazardous occupation of hauling cotton to Mexico during their ‘teen years when boys of today haven’t yet finished high school, developed in them brawn and grain and fortitude to see a disagreeable thing thru. These two boys, all in their eighties and as tough as pine knots, are brilliant examples of the efficacy of their “take ‘em young and treat ‘em rough” theory.
George Huebner, one of the two who did teamstering duties during the sixties, has a remarkable memory and a ready flow of picturesque words. He lives about twelve miles from La Grange on a rich black land farm, an inheritance from his pioneer father. Near his home is the burial ground of the unfortunate Men of Mier, who were executed in Mexico and those of the Dawson Massacre. Members of the Huebner family were present at the burial in September, 1848.
Until recently, Huebner’s physical vigor was a match for his alert mentality. A year ago, against the advice of his children, he attempted to break a wild horse which promptly threw him. An injured leg now hampers his movements but in no way diminishes his remarkable energy.
Huebner has no patience with the mamby-pamby “finickyness” of the present generation. “I wonder”, he says, “How they would have survived just one trip to the Mexican border.” He made five. “The dust”, he continues, “was awful—like a dense cloud. We looked like mounds of earth slowly moving along.” Huebner’s description of the dust menace is borne out by a story appearing in the Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph of April 29, 1863. “The drought extending from the mouth of the Rio Grande to within thirty miles of the Nueces, has proved to be the most thorough vegetation destroyer of any kind that has visited the country in years. The country begins to look as if seared with red hot irons. Surface water sink holes give a feeble supply of water highly impregnated with offensive gases and saline properties. Oxen by droves are falling by the wayside, never again to bear the yoke or put their shoulders to the cotton loaded wheels. Rain we must soon have or the transportation jig will assuredly be up; the dust of the earth filling the eyes, nose, mouth and hair – making one feel gritty often and dusty always – dust of which a man eats his peck monthly and breathes daily – a terrible, inhuman, diabolical dust. A kingdom for a shower is the standing offer.” And not a shower bath, girls.
In his smooth flowing style, Huebner tells the following story of his cotton hauling experiences:
“Slave owners in Fayette county gave the Confederacy all the cotton they could spare. Those not owning slaves were forced to suffer confiscation of one-half of their cotton crop. Hauling cotton was a branch of military service that found favor among some Fayette county citizens; for, in spite of the long, hazardous journey, it was safer than serving in the army. Before being permitted to haul cotton, the teamster had to procure a detail, a contract with the government which pledged the teamster to haul at least five bales of cotton to Mexico, the round trip not to take longer than three months. The contract provided that certain contingencies such as a broken wheel, lost oxen and failure to secure food for the animals would be considered legitimate reasons for a tardy return. Some of ---------- abandoned the ox-team, and proceeded on by steamer to New Orleans where they joined the Union forces. These men later drew fat pensions. Christian Lomaun, and expert ox driver of the sixties, whose partner left his ox team in Brownsville, performed the unusual feat of driving back both ox-teams from the border.
Since it was impossible to maintain a check on the drivers, killing time systematically was the order of the day among some of them in order to increase the time between trips and to postpone compulsory military service. The teamsters received for services rendered, twelve cents per pound of cotton transported—but in Confederate money.
Fayette county teamsters hauled to Mexico not only cotton raised in Fayette county, but also cotton that was raised in East Texas and in Louisiana. Cotton raised in these two sections was not hauled directly to Mexico, but was dumped at certain convenient concentration points, from which, it was relayed to its destination. These points were Alleytown, Bernard, Columbus in Colorado county, and La Grange and Round Top in Fayette county. There were two cotton agents in Fayette county, Judge J. C. Stiehle, stationed in La Grange, and A. Meerscheidt, at Round Top. Cotton sent to Fayette county was hauled to one of the following places for re-shipment to Mexico: Brownsville, Mier, Rancho Davis, Laredo or Eagle Pass.
A cotton convoy usually consisted of from three to fifteen wagons. From five to seven yoke of oxen were necessary to pull one wagon. It was necessary for teamsters to take along sufficient food for the entire trip, for often food was not available. Procuring enough food for men and oxen was often quite an undertaking.
The difficulties of the Confederate, state and county governments were by no means ended when the cotton had been hauled to the border. Here the cotton was likely to seized by the Mexicans, the Federals, or even by the Confederates. On one occasion a convoy of eighteen wagons from Fayetteville was captured by Mexican bandits. The Mexicans stripped the teamsters of everything - - cotton, wagons and ox-teams. The men had to thumb a ride home or walk. Bryan Lane, an unfortunate member of this party, was killed by the Mexicans and, as a warning to future teamsters, was buried with his hands and feet sticking out of the ground.
The Fayette County Commissioners in 1863 conceived the idea of buying cotton and selling it to Mexico for relief of the county’s destitute war widows and orphans. In accordance with this plan, they bought thirty-two bales of cotton from William J. Russel to haul it to Mexico. At King’s Ranch, the party was seized by General Bee, who had been forced to evacuate Brownsville as a result of the Federal invasion. Negroes, teams and cotton, according to Russel, were impressed into service by General Bee, who compelled Russel to sell him the cotton at fifty cents per pound, Confederate money. When Russel made his report to the Commissioners’ Court, they agreed to let him keep the money given him by Bee as a remuneration for freight charges.
Still another large shipment of cotton that was a total loss to the owner, belonged to William Neese of Warrenton. He had sent thirty-eight bales of cotton to Mexico with the following teamsters in charge: J. C. Moss, F. Holman, Conrad [Tiemann] and Mano Garbardes. In Brownsville, Neese’s cotton was taken away from him by order of General Brown, the Federal Commander in charge of the Forty-third Indiana Infantry, the Sixty-second Ohio (a colored regiment), and the Second Texas Regiment. It was the colored Major of the Ohio contingent who actually took possession of the cotton.
The fraud in the cotton business which aroused such indignation among the soldiers and patriotic citizens of Texas was not entirely absent in the Fayette county teamsters’ trade. A Confederate law prohibited teamsters from carrying more than ten bales a trip, and special agents were placed at Flatonia and at Gonzales to supervise the transportation. By splitting with them, it became an easy matter to arrange with the agents to carry an extra bale or two, and with cotton selling at forty cents per pound, such a rascally procedure was highly profitable.
The second of the surviving teamsters, John Speckels, eighty-five, and a peppy as a sophomore, recalls that the Confederate government sponsored the first trip of cotton hauling that he made to Mexico. The ------unsatisfactory schedule, Speckels, explained, was due to the fact that the necessary food for the men and oxen through the long desert stretches along the last part of the journey was not promptly furnished by the Confederate government. During the waiting period, perhaps the most satisfactory of all to the men, hunting parties were organized, which netted rich bags of wild turkey and plenty of deer. Deer and turkey meat with rye coffee and bread made a satisfying meal. The Speckels lad was unfortunate and contracted measles on the trip. A rain storm came up and the sick boy spent the night trying to hold a flapping wagon cover back in place. He suffered a relapse and as a result his hearing today is slightly impaired.
The exhausted men and oxen finally reached Eagle Pass. The place named as a cotton depot by the Confederate government. Here the Confederate officials ordered machinery to be placed on the wagons and delivered in San Antonio on the return trip. A sturdy band of German farmers, all neighbors of his father, were Speckel’s next companions on a cotton hauling trip to Mexico. By agreeing to turn over over one-half the profits to the government, Speckels secured permission to take cotton to Mexico. The hazardous journey was safely negotiated. The cotton was sold in Rio Grande City for thirty-one cents per pound. The youth carried the money paid him for his father’s cotton (in Doubloons) safely in his belt. The same financial success that attended Speckels’ trip to Mexico has followed him throughout life. His business ability has made profitable all his ventures. Speckels, in addition to the part that he played in transporting cotton during the Civil War, has assisted materially in the industrial development of Fayette county. He represented his county in the State Legislature during the years 1895-97.
Brownsville, on Texas soil, and Matamoras just across the Rio Grande, on the Mexican side, formed the hub of the contraband cotton trade during the war days. These two places became the Sodom and Gemorrah of the Southwest. It was said of Brownsville that it was at that time the rowdiest town in the most lawless state of the Confederacy. And Matamoras, her sister city and Mecca for the riff-raff and adveuturers of three nations, did her worst to outdo her American twin in sin. As a result of the cotton boom, Matamoras mushroomed in population from eight thousand to forty thousand almost overnight. Men made millions in the cotton business. The Stillman and Ranger fortunes are brilliant examples. The Ranger Brothers bought 650 bales of cotton from the Willis family in Houston, at six cents a pound. The Willis’ were forced to sell at a sacrifice to prevent confiscation by the Confederates, but neither side could confiscate cotton owned by Gus. Ranger because he was a German Jew and an alien. He carted the cotton at once to Matamoras, from whence he succeeded in shipping it to England when cotton prices were at their peak. He was said to have received the fabulous price of a dollar and eighty cents per pound. He became later one of the “cotton kings” of the world.
People from every corner of the globe rushed to Matamoras, lured thereto by fantastic tales of immense fortunes made with effortless ease. Union sympathizers and draft evaders drank beer with cotton agents, importers and merchants of all nations. There was just one person who was “persona non grata” and that was an abolitionist. Any person was privileged to shoot him down at sight, and all the year-round was open season on these vermin and conviction for such sport was unknown.
Business was good in Matamoras during the war. Importers who opened with well-stocked shelves often had to close within a week because their merchandise stocks were completely sold out. The town was filled to overflowing with goods of all descriptions, and people rented and moved into thrown-up shanties. Even then, constantly arriving merchandise could not be housed. Owners were forced to stack their goods on the ground and expose it to nature in the raw – which is never mild. Ingenious Yankees shipped in a big lot of tarpaulins which were hired out to the merchants at a dollar a night. Harrassed merchants used them to cover a valuable store load of imported goods.
Such is the picture painted by George Huebner and John Speckels of the thriving business in contraband cotton hauling and trading between Texas and Mexico during -------- .
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La Grange Journal
January 25, 1934, Page 8
Marriages
Andrew Dotson and Olar Lee Slater (colored).
Lovis Scott and Christina Beasley (colored).
R. L. Scott and Mabel M. Moore (colored).
Transcribed by Connie F. Sneed
La Grange Journal
Thursday, February 1, 1934, Page 1
CUTTING SCRAPE AT SCHULENBURG SATURDAY NIGHT
Disagreement between three Negroes, A.L. Carter, Hy Murphy and Turner Krumplin, resulted seriously for the latter two. Carted used his black-handled pocket knife in order to settle the fight and made a good job of it, cutting both severely, placing them in a serious condition. The Sheriff’s office was notified and deputies went to the scene. Carter was brought to La Grange and placed in jail.
Transcribed by Connie F. Sneed
La Grange Journal
Thursday, February 1, 1934, page 1
TWO NEGROES FIGHT OVER POSESSION OF GUN—ONE SHOT
JACK DOTSON AND ALBERT TAYLOR
Two Negroes, engaged in a fight for possession of a pistol Sunday afternoon late, in front of the Negro barber shop in the old Carter building, created an usual flurry. The gun belonged to Jack Dotson, and in the argument with Albert Taylor, he pulled the fire arm, but could not use it as he desired.
What the trouble was all about is immaterial, as he jerked it from his pocket the other Negro grabbed his arm and the fight for possession began. Suddenly the gun was discharged; the bullet raced around the last rib, left breast, of Dotson, and the fight was over. Dotson became feint when he saw the blood staining his shirt and he had to be revived.
Taylor was placed in jail and Dotson taken to the County Hospital for treatment. He will recover.
Transcribed by Connie F. Sneed
La Grange Journal
February 8, 1934, page 8
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