Coleman County, Texas Obituaries for May 1911
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(Ernest H. Chadwell - born August 14, 1877 - died May 13, 1911.) Saturday
night between ten and ten thirty o'clock several pistol shots rang out
on the still air and as a result Ernest Chadwell is now resting in the
Coleman cemetery and Owen Griffis is the acknowledged cause of his
death and after an examining trial held in private is released on bond
for one thousand dollars. As the court refused to permit a
reporter at the trial it is impossible for us to report the evidence
taken. The circumstance that surrounds the sad affair makes it
rather difficult to give an authentic report but as near as we can
learn it is one of the most fearful tragedies ever enacted in Coleman.
The prominence of the parties and the far reaching results has thrown the entire town into a state of gloom and all day yesterday and this morning it was discussed in low tones and with seeming reluctance. The report of the affair most generally believed to be authentic is something like this. Griffis returned to his home from the skating-rink at about ten thirty and hearing someone trying to enter the back part of his house secured his gun, went out the front door, passing around the house discovered Chadwell who upon the apearance of Griffis started to run at which Griffis called to him to stop, after repeating the call and the fleeing man not stopping he fired, some say three times, some say five. Chadwell continued to run, crossing Commercial Avenue, then turning and running back, falling in the street dead, one bullet having struck him under the left shoulder and passing through to the skin on the right side in front. After the shooting Griffis went into the house and phoned for the officer to come and get him as he had killed someone. He was taken to jail where he was kept until this morning at the examining trial he was released on bond for $1000. Chadwell was buried yesterday by the Odd Fellows of Coleman, he leaving a wife and three children. Griffis has a wife and two children. We understand that Griffis claims that he did not now who he was shooting at, and we can offer no explanation of the circumstance that would cause a man of Chadwell's standing to be found as it appears that he was found. ... LOCALS AND PERSONALS ...
Mr. W. O. Gann and daughter, Dolores, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Gann, Mr. and Mrs. Norman were here Sunday to attend the funeral of Ernest Chadwell. (Coleman Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, May 19, 1911.) |
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(Earl Graham - born March 14, 1897 - died May 14, 1911.) On
the morning of May the 14th the death angel visited the home of Mr. and
Mrs. T. L. Graham and took from them their son, Earl, after an illness
of three weeks. Earl was born March 14, 1897, and was at the time
of his death fourteen years and two months of age.
Nothing that was within the skill of physicians or the power of loving mother and father and kind friends was left undone in their efforts to nurse the precious child back to health but the power of the disease was too great for his constitution and the Giver of Life called him to the mansion above where their is no more sickness, sorrow or pain to await the great resurrection morn. The grief stricken family have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community in this sad hour. From the happy family circle, From the light and joy of home, There has gone a treasured member, Leaving loved ones sad and lone. But the gloom is made to seatter, When we thinkof that glad day, When we shall be united, In that home not far away. E'er sin could harm or sorrow fade Death came with friendly care, The open bud to heaven conveyed, And bade it blossom there. The remins were laid to rest on Monday the 15th in the Santa Anna cemetery. A Schoolmate, M. E. C.
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Mr. R. E. L. Zimmerman has the sympathy of the entire town in the death of his father, J. W. Zimmerman, whose funeral services were held at the residence of R. L. L. (probably R. E. L.) Zimmerman at 4 o'clock this afternoon. (Coleman Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, May 26, 1911.) |
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